An SFES team checking the premises of an educational institution Surat: In the wake of the Lucknow fire incident, the Surat Fire and Emergency Services (SFES) has launched a citywide awareness and inspection drive across educational institutes to strengthen fire safety preparedness. So far, SFES teams have conducted checking of 52 educational institutes, including schools,…
New Delhi: Eight years after an antique dealer was allegedly cheated of nearly Rs 9 crore in an elaborate “rice puller” scam, the economic offences wing of Delhi Police has arrested a 53-year-old temple priest from Jaipur, who was part of the gang of cons and had evaded arrest for 12 years.The rice-puller scam is…
New Delhi: Five battery energy storage systems (BESS) will be installed at substations in Dwarka, Bindapur, Hari Nagar, Sagarpur and Pappankala-2 to strengthen Delhi’s power infrastructure. The 97.5 MW project is expected to benefit around 2.6 lakh consumers by improving grid reliability, easing peak-load stress and supporting renewable energy integration.BESS works like a giant rechargeable…
As lakhs of medical aspirants headed to NEET-UG 2026 re-examination centres, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly postponed his airport departure to avoid adding to traffic congestion in Delhi. The decision coincided with one of the country’s largest entrance examinations, where more than 22 lakh candidates appeared amid heightened security measures introduced after the earlier test…
Surat: The Navsari District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (CDRC) directed a Chennai-based stem cell banking company to pay Rs 20 lakh to a 30-year-old woman after it failed to honour a contractual commitment related to stem cell treatment.The woman entered into an agreement with LifeCell International Pvt Ltd under which the stem cells of her…
India’s captain Shubman Gill (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Shubman Gill‘s remarkable purple patch continued on Wednesday as the India captain produced another batting masterclass, prompting high praise from Sunil Gavaskar after India’s emphatic ODI series-clinching victory over Afghanistan in Lucknow.Gill has enjoyed a stunning run of form over the past three weeks, piling up runs across…
Pune: The Talegaon MIDC police are on the lookout for a man who allegedly duped a mobile shopowner of Rs 1.35 lakh.The incident took place on June 16. The shop owner lodged a complaint with the police on June 19.According to the police, the accused purchased a high-end smartphone from the shop. He showed the…
The twin earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, struck within a minute of each other on Wednesday evening Rescue workers and volunteers continued a desperate search for survivors across northern Venezuela on Thursday (local time) after two powerful earthquakes devastated large parts of the country, with the death toll rising to at least 235…
Norton Motorcycles has rolled out the first Atlas motorcycle from TVS Motor Company’s manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The development comes ahead of the model’s official global debut scheduled for next month, with customer deliveries expected to begin later in the third quarter of this year.The event highlighted the growing collaboration between Norton and…
Panaji: The town and country planning (TCP) department has approved the conversion of 17,518 square metres of land into settlement zones across Goa, while simultaneously inviting public objections and suggestions to proposals seeking the conversion of another 30,034 sqm, according to notifications issued by the department.The land-use changes, processed under Section 39A of the Goa…
