A man wades through a flooded road in front of a truck half submerged in rainwater, following heavy monsoon rainfall in Ahmedabad, India Ahmedabad: “When an exam paper leaks, the education minister is forced to resign. If Ahmedabad ‘leaks’, who should be held responsible?” asked Congress councillor Shehzad Khan Pathan, during a heated debate on…
Kolkata: Even 48 hours after the deadline set for submitting a draft report on the findings of the ongoing delimitation survey for Kolkata, no report was submitted at KMC till Tuesday evening.According to a KMC official, though discussions and reviews started on the preliminary findings of the survey on Monday, no report was tabled till…
The release from the Khadakwasla dam into the Mutha river was stopped completely in the afternoon and resumed late in the evening at 1,700 cusec Pune: Dam discharges were reduced on Tuesday with rainfall easing across the catchment areas. Officials, however, remained on high alert, saying flood warnings for low-lying areas along the Mutha, Mula…
Goa has so far received only 637.6mm of rainfall against the climatological mean of 1,119mm Panaji: Goa crossed the 50-inch rainfall mark on Tuesday, recording about 1,270mm of cumulative rainfall since the onset of the southwest monsoon on June 1. In comparison, the state had reached the same milestone much earlier last year, within 40…
State-owned fuel retailers in India are expected to increase purchases of US LPG from 2027. India’s largest refiner, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), is planning to acquire a 50% stake in very large gas carriers (VLGCs). The move comes amid preparation to step up imports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the United States, according to…
Shilpa KS (Image credit: X) MYSURU: At four, when most children are hopping and skipping around, Shilpa KS lost her left leg in a road accident. Her family could not afford treatment, or even a wheelchair.More than three decades later, the little girl from Kanchugara Koppalu village in KR Nagar taluk completed an extraordinary journey…
Karisma Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan publicly had confirmed their relationship during Amitabh Bachchan’s 60th birthday celebration in 2002, with their engagement taking place shortly afterward. However, the engagement ended in early 2003, only a few months later. Despite years of speculation, neither the Kapoor family nor the Bachchan family has ever publicly disclosed the reason…
The story of survival of Virginia cockatoo Sometimes life throws us into the most difficult times, only to make us stronger and shine through in the future endeavors. While you might think that this rule of universe applies only to humans, the reality is beyond that. Today we will tell you the story of the…
The great Bermuda snail, which was once considered to be lost forever, is now safe and secure. The species known as Poecilozonites bermudensis was believed to be lost for over 40 years until a small surviving population was rediscovered in a damp alleyway in the North Atlantic archipelago’s capital, Hamilton, about ten years ago. They…
Photo: Instagram/ @info.pulsedaily For many parents, stopping children from eating junk food is like a constant battle. While parents understand the harmful effects of eating junk, kids naturally don’t understand the negatives of it. However, in a now viral video, a father’s creativity to help his daughter understand the bad effects of junk food has…
