Chennai: Power troubles continued for a third straight day on Thursday, as residents of Tiruvottiyur and Tambaram spent the night without electricity following major failures in the city’s distribution network. The outages came a day after similar disruptions struck Palavakkam and TondiarpetIn Tiruvottiyur, men and women blocked the high road that night, staging a protest…
Pune: The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)’s Centre for Open and Distance Learning (CODL) has allowed students with backlog subjects to appear for examinations without submitting application forms, since the online process could not be completed because of technical issues.University officials said the decision was taken to ensure that students did not lose a term….
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has frowned at state govt for “prolonged” delay in reimbursing private unaided schools providing children between 6 and 14 years free education under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act. It has asked it to undertake a comprehensive review of the existing reimbursement mechanism.“The consequences of such…
Badminton World Championships in New Delhi (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: The 2026 BWF World Championships, which began on Monday, has the most representation from China (30) followed by Chinese Taipei (24), Indonesia (24), Japan (23) and India, Malaysia (20). European powerhouse Denmark have 13 members across the five draws. One can guage the popularity of…
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Kolkata: Police have launched a criminal investigation into the death of a woman whose body was recovered from her matrimonial residence in the Anandapur area on Aug 20. Following a formal complaint lodged by the deceased’s mother, cops registered a case at the Anandapur Police Station against the victim’s husband under sections 85 and 108…
Kolkata: A low-pressure system over Bay of Bengal brought a couple of spells of light-moderate rain to the city and suburbs on Monday. While the system is on its way to Jharkhand, the Met office expects similar rain on Tuesday, too. The rain, along with the cloud cover, kept the mercury under control with the…
As we all know that Total Solar Eclipse is going to take place on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. This will be an exciting celestial event for the sky watchers and astronomers because they always wait eagerly for such events to happen so that they can capture that event in their camera’s and do research work…
Tamil cinema titan K Bhagyaraj passes away at 73 (File Photo). CHENNAI: Two weeks after the death of his mentor K Bharathiraja, Tamil cinema lost its one-man studio — a titan, K Bhagyaraj on Saturday.The director, actor, screenwriter, composer and novelist, who was 73, was brought unconscious to Apollo Hospitals, where doctors declared him dead.Born…
Maharashtra’s health minister announced Ulhasnagar Central Hospital’s redevelopment. KALYAN: Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar on Tuesday announced that the government-run Central Hospital in Ulhasnagar will be redeveloped into a modern 500-bed multi-speciality hospital on the lines of the Thane District Civil Hospital. The announcement was made during the minister’s visit to the Central Hospital and…
