Chandigarh’s suspension of major ride-hailing services highlights commuter reliance on private transport. Nikhil Verma doesn’t own a car. For years, that wasn’t a problem — Uber, Ola, Rapido and inDrive made sure of it. This week, all four stopped being an option, in a city built around private mobility but still without a reliable mass-transit…
Department heads directed to complete the project within the stipulated deadline Mysuru: Construction of a primary health centre (PHC) has finally begun at Gopinatham, the village of slain brigand Veerappan, located on the edge of the dense forests of MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary along the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border.The state govt last year granted administrative approval…
Officials at the Bhubaneswar zoo say the five babyorangutans appear healthy and are settling comfortably into captivity BHUBANESWAR: As wildlife campaigners press for repatriation of the five infant orangutans rescued from an alleged international trafficking racket in Odisha’s Balasore, history suggests returning the primates to their native forests may be far more complicated.Indonesian authorities have…
Noida will get two real estate projects that will add 564 more flats Ghaziabad: The state real estate regulator (UP-Rera) has approved 13 projects worth Rs 2,380 crore across six districts, adding 4,724 residential and commercial units. Of these, three projects worth an estimated Rs 286 crore are to come up in Ghaziabad and two…
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. I tell everyone who is willing to listen that there are three great dystopian novels one needs to read. The first, by Bihari lad George Orwell, is obviously Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, discovered, much like Buddha before him, that any association…
The department had received 911 applications from districts for medals won between April 1, 2024, and Jan 31 this year Ranchi: The sports department has approved cash rewards worth nearly Rs 4.51 crore for 493 medal-winning athletes across 24 disciplines.The decision was taken at a high-level committee meeting chaired by sports director Chhavi Ranjan on…
Nagpur: Intermittent downpours through the day and a heavy spell of evening rain failed to dampen the festive spirit as devotees danced to dhol rhythms, joined colourful processions and welcomed Lord Ganesh with chants of “Ganpati Bappa Morya”.The narrow lanes of Chitaroli, the city’s traditional idol-making hub, were bustling through the day, while adjoining Itwari…
Pune: A sessions court at Khed has acquitted a teacher of a spiritual boarding school at Alandi of the charges of attempted murder and culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the death of an 11-year-old Std V student allegedly due to medical complications arising out of an assault in the classroom.The alleged…
Dhanbad: A day after a headless body was recovered in a forest located on the fringes of Dhangi village under the Baliapur police station limits on Friday morning, it has been identified as that of Poonam Kumari (26) of Rajganj village in Dhanbad. Poonam’s husband, Rishi Kumar of the same village, and two others have…
The original logo created by Sandip Ray Kolkata: The 32nd Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), scheduled to inaugurate on the Victoria Memorial ground on Dec 16, has initiated discussions beyond its film lineup.During the initial planning meeting at Nandan on Friday, officials not only proposed introducing an Uttam Kumar Lifetime Achievement Award, increasing prize money…
