Pune: The city unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has written to the state chief electoral officer to extend the SIR drive up to Sept 1. The party said the administrative machinery would not be able to complete the exercise by Aug 8.AAP functionaries said that teachers are managing additional duties as BLOs but face…
New Delhi: Danish shuttler Anders Antonsen has questioned the decision to stage the India Open in New Delhi in February next year, saying the city’s pollution during that period can be “pretty insane” and that he was “not happy” to see the tournament return to the same time slot.Antonsen, who is competing at the BWF…
Priyanka Chopra Jonas has added another accolade to her growing list of international award recognitions. After securing an Emmy nomination for ‘Heads of State’, the star has now been nominated for Best Actress in an Action Movie at the 6th Annual Critics Choice Super Awards.Priyanka received the nomination for her performance as Ercell Bodden in…
Latika Katt’s works are displayed at the Gallery Threshold in Sarvodaya Enclave Aman Nath, a close friend of Katt and who attended the preview, recalled that the two had planned a sculpture garden at one of his heritage properties. “We had decided to call it Latika Bagh, but she passed away before it could happen,”…
‘Crooked logs also make straight fires’ Crooked logs also make straight fires Not every piece of wood is perfectly straight. Yet when placed in a fire, even a twisted log burns just as well as a straight one. That simple observation lies behind one of Germany’s most enduring proverbs: “Krummes Holz gibt auch gerades Feuer.”…
Surat: The Detection Of Crime Branch (DCB), with the help of the Surat Rural SOG, seized 977gm of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 29.32 lakh and arrested two persons, including former air hostess Mansi Abdul Saiyed (41) and Sohel Shaikh (20).Police said Mansi had allegedly been involved in drug trafficking for several years and had adopted…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt will table all pending CAG reports, including the one on alleged irregularities in Amphan relief distribution, in the assembly on July 25 and recommend registration of FIRs wherever audit findings establish corruption, regardless of the stature of or high office held by those involved, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday.“Wherever the…
Kalyan: A Kalyan court on Thursday rejected the police’s plea to produce arrested Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre through video conferencing in the case of alleged assault of a doctor and nursing staff at Dombivli’s Shastri Nagar Hospital. The court directed the police to produce the 72-year-old corporator, who had been admitted to hospital on…
New Delhi: ENT specialists are reporting a rise in painful ear canal infections this summer, warning that trapped water, wax build-up and unsafe cleaning practices are turning minor discomfort into serious problems.Doctors attribute the increase to higher footfall at swimming pools and water parks as people try to beat the heat. Moisture trapped inside the…
A postgraduate student of environmental science, Inkster sorts city’s waste at the Ranip centre of Paryavaran Mitra Every morning, in a tin-roofed shed, 21-year-old Samuel Inkster reaches into piles of discarded plastic. The bottles are crusted with betel juice, sticky with spit and sometimes still filled with remnants of gutka. There are half-eaten snacks and…
