The usually rain-sufficient Khed, Velhe and Bhor tehsils in Pune district were also declared drought-affected Pune: Baramati, Indapur, Daund, Shirur, Purandar and the usually rain-sufficient Khed, Velhe and Bhor are among the eight tehsils in Pune district declared as drought-affected after rainfall deficit in these areas exceeded 25% and dry spells lasted at least 21…
The fishers dive about six metres to the riverbed, scooping clams into a net Panaji: A small fishing community at Campal alternates between dangerous deep dives for clams in Mandovi river and odd jobs during the off-season to survive. Yet, despite their precarious livelihood, the fishers have voluntarily stopped clam (tisreo) fishing for two months…
Towering Ganesha idols line the road as devotees make their way for visarjan at Hazira Surat: Amid chants of “Ganpati Bappa Morya” and a steady stream of devotees accompanying their beloved deities to the immersion points, Surat’s Ganesh visarjan continued into Saturday night, with the exercise extending at some locations due to the large number…
At just 11 years old, Japan’s Yuki Kurihara has already won an Asian Games gold medal. But after beating players much older than him, the young esports player said he felt “embarrassed” and could not show much emotion.Kurihara, a primary school student and the youngest athlete in Japan’s Asian Games history, defeated South Korea’s 24-year-old…
The famous blue-door home from Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts’ ‘Notting Hill’ is on the market for £7.95 million. The London home made famous by Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts and Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill is on the market for £7.95 million, nearly three decades after the romantic comedy turned its famous blue doorway into…
After Daunte Wright’s 2021 death, a GoFundMe raised about $1.04 million (Image Credit: Stephen Maturen/ Getty Images) What began as a public effort to support Daunte Wright’s family after his death later became a dispute over more than $1 million in donations. A GoFundMe campaign launched following Wright’s fatal shooting in Minnesota in 2021 raised…
Harsh Goenka reacts to littered Vande Bharat coach: ‘How to teach our people civic sense?’ A post about a Vande Bharat train has sparked a discussion online about a familiar issue: civic sense in public spaces. Industrialist Harsh Goenka shared a video from a train journey, and the footage has led social media users to…
General:At last, the pressure begins to loosen. Work improves, and with that improvement comes mental relief. The Moon is helping your task zone, while Jupiter sends support through useful contacts and timely openings. You’ll still be busy, maybe too busy, but the busyness has purpose now. That’s a big difference.Home matters also start shifting in…
The court rejected the argument that the wife’s purported monthly income of Rs 3.5 lakh disentitled her and their daughters from interim maintenance Mumbai: Observing that children of a father earning Rs 3 crore annually must not become “financial collateral damage” in a marital dispute, the sessions court upheld a Rs 4 lakh monthly interim…
New Delhi: “The complainant not only lost her brother, but you took away her right to conduct the last rites,” a Delhi court observed Saturday, rebuking Gurgaon Police over the delayed uploading of ZIPNET details of the recovery and cremation of Delhi-based real estate executive Yuvraj Singh Manchanda’s body.Judicial magistrate First class Rahul Jain questioned…
