Major retailers said linen shorts and suits were flying off the shelves in Britain WARSAW/LONDON: Scorching summer temperatures have done what decades of dress-down Fridays have failed to do — get men to the office in shorts.Japan’s capital led the way. This year the metropolitan govt’s long-standing no-tie, no-jacket “Cool Biz” campaign took a step…
Kolkata: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said that the decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to establish fast-track courts for paper leak cases will act as “a decisive blow to crush the paper leak mafia”.Adhikari on his X handle said, “This will ensure swift and stringent justice and would be effective in protecting…
The Deonar dumping ground, spread over nearly 120 hectares, is one of the oldest and largest dumping grounds in India Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has issued a Consent to Operate (Part) for the Deonar legacy-waste biomining project on August 21.The approval covers biomining operations at a permitted capacity of 15,000 metric tonnes per…
The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) has started the online application process for the Forest Guard and Wildlife Guard recruitment 2026. The recruitment drive aims to fill a total of 708 vacancies.Eligible candidates can submit their applications through the official UPSSSC website. The online registration process will continue until July 20, 2026. Candidates…
For years, the idea that Mars once held vast amounts of water has remained one of planetary science’s most persistent questions. Dry river valleys, mineral deposits, and ancient lake basins have all hinted that the planet looked very different billions of years ago, but proving the existence of a true ocean has been far more…
New Delhi: Door-to-door visits will start in Delhi from June 30 as part of a special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ lists to cleanse and update the electoral rolls which includes nearly 1.5 crore voters.The booth-level officers (BLOs) will do the door-to-door enumeration till July 29, distributing pre-printed enumeration forms to all existing voters who…
Pune: For truck driver Santosh Kumar, reaching the Nashik highway from Chakan MIDC has become a daily battle. On some days, he spends nearly three hours crawling through traffic maze just to exit Chakan, almost as long as it takes to drive to Mumbai.“The roads outside MIDC limits are in a terrible state. Some roads…
Calangute panchayat sealed four illegal nightclubs, including Tito’s, on Friday. CALANGUTE: Continuing its drive against illegal nightclubs at Baga, the Calangute panchayat on Friday sealed four more establishments, including Tito’s. The adjoining Tito’s Courtyard will be sealed on Monday, said sarpanch Joseph Sequeira.He said that the action followed a report submitted by a joint inspection…
Police arrested a key suspect in the dismembered body suitcase murder case CHENNAI: Guduvanchery police arrested the key suspect in the murder of a woman whose dismembered body was found in a suitcase on a Tamil Nadu Express train earlier this month.Manik Uddin Laskar, 22, was arrested at Kashimpur in Jiribam district of Manipur.He will…
Udhna Police Arrest 56-Year-Old Labour Contractor Rape Surat: A ‘Good Touch, Bad Touch’ awareness session at an ashram shala in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district led to the disclosure of the alleged rape of two minor sisters in Surat, following which Udhna police arrested a 56-year-old construction labour contractor.The 11-year-old girl disclosed during the session that she…
