Chennai: Residents across Chennai city, Tambaram and Avadi can now submit their household details online as the self-enumeration process for the first phase of Census of India 2027 has begun ahead of the door-to-door house-listing exercise scheduled from Aug 1.Self-enumeration can be done through the Census portal using a mobile phone or computer. Once the…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu human resources management minister D Sarathkumar on Friday denied allegations of drug use after a two-year-old video resurfaced on social media, showing him arranging a white powder-like substance on the surface of a mobile phone using an ATM card and holding a currency note.“I was crushing a tablet meant for my daughter…
Sanitation workers are expected to get raincoats among other facilities Pune: The standing committee on Thursday approved a Rs 8-crore proposal to provide facilities to conservancy staff handling domestic waste. The funds will be utilised to provide 42 facilities, including raincoats to sweepers and waste collectors. The committee’s chairman Shrinath Bhimale said the funds will…
Congress leader in PMC Ramchandra Kadam alleged that only four contractors nationwide handled mixed-waste processing, forming cartels to split contracts among themselves Pune: Congress has demanded that Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) retender its garbage processing project, seeking separate tenders for wet and dry waste instead of the current mixed-waste model. In a letter submitted on…
The rupee extended its gains for a second straight session on Friday, closing 7 paise higher at 94.33 against the US dollar as optimism around India-US trade negotiations supported sentiment, though a stronger dollar and lingering geopolitical uncertainties capped gains.The local currency opened at 94.30 against the greenback and traded in a range of 94.20-94.52…
Pune: Ajay Tyagi will look to put on display his variety and utility to the Indian team management when he competes in the men’s lightweight single scull at the World Rowing Championships in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, next week.The 27-year-old Army oarsman had competed largely in lightweight double scull and quadruple scull, winning gold and silver…
Kolkata Police emergency SOP Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday announced the setting up of a 200-member, highly skilled, elite team for quick response to an emergency, like the Taratala tragedy. “The rescue operation at Taratala is continuing. Keeping the need for emergency response to such incidents in mind, the state has decided to form…
Heavy rain is also likely over parts of the Northeast, central India, eastern India and southern India. NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rain at isolated places across several states on Monday, with Odisha likely to see heavy to very heavy rainfall.Heavy rain is also likely over parts of the Northeast,…
5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Aragua in Venezuela (Image/AP) Another earthquake measuring 5.6 magnitude struck Venezuela as the Latin American nation continued to reel from the devastating twin earthquakes earlier this week that have left more than 1,430 people dead and thousands injured.According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the latest earthquake struck the Aragua region of…
Pune: In the last one month, the Pune city police have booked as many as 210 youngsters for consuming contraband drugs, including marijuana and mephedrone, and registered FIRs against them.The youngsters, according to the Pune city crime branch, did not have commercial quantities of the drugs. Police are counselling these youngsters while simultaneously filing chargesheets…
