Hyundai Motor India today announced the launch of Hyundai Creta under the BaaS (Battery-As-A-Service) programme. This reduces the starting price of the EV SUV to Rs 10.99 lakh (ex-showroom). Under the battery-as-a-service model, rental costs start at Rs 3.9 per kilometre, helping reduce the initial acquisition cost. For buyers preferring full ownership, the Creta Electric…
Ben Stokes said he has no second thoughts about retiring from international cricket, insisting he is “very happy” with his decision despite ending his England career with a Test series defeat to New Zealand.The England captain announced on Sunday, in the middle of the third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge, that he would…
Ganesh Pyne’s ‘The Conversation’ Kolkata: The Fisherman’ (1979), the work of Kolkata artist Ganesh Pyne, sold for Rs 42.8 crore, about 15 times more than its estimate, registering a massive 100% surge over its previous record made at London. It was auctioned on June 11 at the Mumbai-headquartered AstaGuru Auction House. Another of his painting,…
Margao: A day after dead fish were discovered floating in a water body at Karmaliwada in Cacora, officials from the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) and the health department on Saturday visited the site. GSPCB drew water samples from the nullah and the nearby garbage treatment plant to ascertain the source of contamination.The development…
NEW DELHI: India’s passenger vehicle industry ended the first quarter of FY27 on a strong footing, with most major automakers reporting healthy year-on-year growth in June, reflecting resilient consumer demand for SUVs and electric vehicles, despite supply disruptions at select manufacturers.Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles emerged as the biggest gainer among leading carmakers, reporting sales of…
“Love is evil, you might even fall for a goat.” Russian love proverb “Lyubov’ – zla, polyubish’ i kozla”Translation: “Love is evil, you might even fall for a goat.”Meaning: Love is blind.This Russian love proverb is witty and very human. It sounds like a playful warning: love is a tricky thing that can make you…
New Delhi: Behind polite “namastes” and a high rent of Rs 15,000 — more than double what other tenants pay a month — a suspected synthetic drug lab used to operate out of a flat in a residential building in north Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar.Nearly three weeks after a Nigerian woman plunged to her death from…
The infant was cared for by officials of Ashwinikumar police station before she was handed over to her late father’s brother Surat: In a tragic fallout of fractured family ties, a 25-year-old woman who married against her family’s wishes died by suicide days ago, leaving behind a one-year-old daughter. Police and her late husband’s relatives…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday urged locals and opposition parties not to create trouble over govt’s plan to build IIT Goa’s campus on govt land at Farmagudi. He said the project will not affect the Katamgal Dada shrine located in the vicinity.Sawant said he asked Ponda MLA Ramakrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar and Priol MLA…
Thane: A 75-year-old Mumbai-based businessman was allegedly duped of Rs 56 lakh by a ‘healer’ who promised to cure his ailments with alternative treatments before allegedly blackmailing him using nude photographs, police said.According to the Kasarvadavali police, the accused and an associate befriended the businessman at a Mumbai hospital nearly two years ago while he…
