Kolkata police commissioner Ajay Nand and transport minister Arjun Singh during the closing ceremony of the Road Safety Week on Sunday Kolkata: Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand has directed all traffic guards to identify motorists who repeatedly violate traffic rules, signalling a tougher approach towards habitual offenders.“Let us identify repeat offenders… . Three traffic violations…
Tanisha Koticha (L) and Sayali Wani competed at the championship held in New Delhi Pune: Two students from Pune have won a collective three medals at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship 2026.MIT World Peace University second year students Tanisha Koticha and Sayali Wani, pursuing BBA Business Analytics, have set an international flag in their nascent…
The tourism department said the that construction of the proposed convention centre could not be completed due to administrative constraints Panaji: The tourism department has approached the Goa Investment Promotion Board (IPB) to seek in-principle approval for the completion and vertical expansion of the existing convention centre and hotel complex at Patto Plaza. The department…
Rupee trades in red on Monday Rupee began the week on a negative note, weakening 8 paise to 95.25 against the US dollar in early trade as a firmer greenback and higher global crude oil prices put pressure on the currency.The fall was limited by foreign institutional investor (FII) inflows and the country’s stronger foreign…
L-R: Basant Kumar Meghwal, Ashish Yadav and Shahnavaz Khan (AFI Photos) India’s campaign at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon, USA, ended with three medals after high jumper Pooja Singh finished seventh in the women’s final, falling well short of the national senior record that had raised expectations around her title bid.The 19-year-old Pooja…
The legacy of legendary actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, lives strongly in the minds of Telugu audience. Known simply as NTR Sr, he enjoys a rare place in the history of Telugu cinema and politics. Naturally, any scene that appears to mock or disrespect the iconic actor can…
When it comes to solar panels, they are usually spread across rooftops or open fields where they serve more purposes than just providing energy. But near Chandrasan village in the western Indian state of Gujarat, a roughly 2,460-foot ribbon of panels sits above moving irrigation water, turning an existing canal into both a power site…
Honeybees can be trained with nothing more than the promise of a sugary reward; they learn to pick out a specific face and keep picking it out later, even when it appears from a slightly different angle or sits among faces they have never encountered before. It is a strange and slightly humbling discovery, not…
Flaxseed is a great source of vitamins and minerals. Moreover, in the same serving, one gets a decent amount of copper, magnesium, and manganese required for improved brain function, immunity, and metabolism. In general, the mentioned nutrients are essential for human health, and the addition of flaxseeds to the diet can help cover the daily…
The Mondays of Shravan are the most auspicious days for the devotees of Lord Shiva. Many devotees follow a simple daily routine of meditation, prayers, worship of Lord Shiva and a vrat (fast).Some devotees follow the age-old practice and do not wash their hair on Shravan Somwar. The vrat is generally associated with spiritual discipline,…
