Monsoon has finally hit the parched city of Mumbai and how! In a recent update, the Mumbai rain chaos has disrupted travel and triggered an orange alert. Heavy showers have once again brought the capital of Maharashtra to a standstill, with waterlogged roads, trees uprooted, traffic congestion, and weather warnings. For travellers, this means extra…
A POSCO case was registered after video showing Tamil Nadu Higher education minister P Viswanathan touching the outstretched legs of girl athletes while speaking to them at an event in Melur, Madurai, triggered outrage on social media.The authenticity of the viral video has not been independently verified. According to reports, the athletes were resting after…
Western Railway is deploying staff at busy stations like Andheri and Dadar to ensure AC local train doors close promptly MUMBAI: Western Railway will deploy personnel at crowded stations such as Andheri, Dadar and Borivali to ensure automated doors of AC local trains close on time, as overcrowding in these services has emerged as a…
Delhi-NCR experienced much-needed rainfall on Tuesday evening, bringing a welcome break from the oppressive humidity (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Parts of Delhi-NCR witnessed heavy rainfall on Tuesday evening, bringing temporary relief from prevailing humid conditions.Light to moderate showers were reported across several areas of Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, and Faridabad, accompanied by overcast skies and…
File photo of KMC workers and Kolkata Police trying to clear the road at Bidhan Market on Tuesday Kolkata: The city remained cloudy and received occasional drizzles on Wednesday (June 24) even as the maximum temperature clocked 30.8°C.Several areas across south Bengal continued to be lashed by severe thunderstorms.A seasonal trough and cyclonic circulations over…
The father of an accused in a premeditated murder at Lohagad Fort defends his son, claiming he was a bystander and not involved in the businessman’s fatal fall PUNE: Even as Pune Rural Police piece together a premeditated murder conspiracy at Lohagad Fort, the father of accused Chetan Chaudhary has come out in his son’s…
Sensex soared nearly 800 points and the Nifty reclaimed the 24,000 mark Benchmark equity indices rebounded sharply on Wednesday, with the Sensex soaring nearly 800 points and the Nifty reclaiming the 24,000 mark, driven by falling crude oil prices, strong buying in banking and IT stocks, and optimism over a potential India-US trade agreement.The 30-share…
Harry Kane and Ghana witch doctor England’s goalless World Cup draw against Ghana sparked attention both on and off the pitch after a Ghanaian witch doctor claimed he had placed a curse on England captain Harry Kane and later “released” it following the match.Nana Kwaku Bonsam, a self-proclaimed spiritualist who previously claimed responsibility for a…
On June 23, veteran singer Alka Yagnik was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian awards, by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The singer has crooned some of the most iconic songs of Hindi cinema and for years has made a huge mark in the hearts of the audience. Which is…
Henry Nowak (L) and Vickrum Digwa (R) A newly released police bodycam transcript has revealed that officers took around eight minutes to discover the fatal stab wound that killed 18-year-old Henry Nowak, after being misled by convicted murderer Vickrum Singh Digwa’s false account of what had happened.According to a transcript released by the Crown Prosecution…
