Panaji: Power minister Ramkrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar on Tuesday said the electricity department has begun correcting power bills and will correct all bills within a year. He said the penalties of Rs 43.9 crore imposed on consumers for eight months will be credited and adjusted in future bills.Chief electrical engineer Stephen Fernandes said penalties have been…
There came a point in R Madhavan’s career, around his early 40s, when something fundamental changed. The actor, celebrated for unforgettable performances in Alaipayuthey, Rang De Basanti, and 3 Idiots, hadn’t stopped working or signing films. But the excitement that once drove him—the eagerness to immerse himself in stories and the enthusiasm to head to…
Pune: State cabinet minister NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal has opposed the Chalo Mumbai protest rally on Sept 1 organised by OBC activists to safeguard the existing reservation quota and counter Maratha activist Manoj Jarange’s agitation starting Aug 29, in an evident surfacing of differences among community leaders.OBC activist Laxman Hake and others said if more members…
Rishikanta Singh Chanambam (right) with his family in Imphal and (pic right) after winning silver in Glasgow on Sunday. As Rishikanta Singh Chanambam stepped onto the platform for the men’s 60kg weightlifting competition at Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Sunday, his biggest supporters gathered around a mobile phone over 7,000km away in Uttarlai, Barmer, Rajasthan.Although…
Nikola Tesla (Image: Wikipedia) Anger has a strange way of taking up more room in your head than almost anything else. It can replay the same old argument for days, sometimes years, long after everyone else involved has moved on and forgotten about it. Nikola Tesla, the man whose work helped bring electricity into homes…
Any vessel wanting to ply outside its permitted zone, or move out of Goa’s inland water limits entirely, now explicitly needs case-by-case permission from the captain of ports Panaji: The captain of ports has notified new operational zones for inland vessels, demarcating Goa’s waters into three categories based on wave height and fixing different limits…
India’s Tejaswin Shankar competes in the men’s decathlon 110m hurdles at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo) Tejaswin Shankar became the first Indian to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the men’s decathlon after battling a long-standing knee injury to claim bronze in Glasgow on Friday.The national record holder…
India’s bowler Mayank Yadav gestures as he prepares to bowl during the first T20 cricket match between Zimbabwe and India in Harare, Zimbabwe, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Wonder Mashura) New Delhi: Prabhu Yadav was performing the ‘Govardhan Parikrama’ in Mathura when his son, Mayank Yadav, over 7,000 kms away at the Harare Sports Club,…
Mumbai: A 19-year-old boy drowned after he entered Powai Lake while playing with his brother on Thursday afternoon. His body was yet to be found, Powai police said.The tragedy took place after Kailash Soman, a resident of Filterpada, reached the lake with his brother. “We are gathering information about the boy. The exact circumstances leading…
New Delhi: IMD has issued a yellow alert for moderate to heavy showers for Tuesday and Wednesday, after several parts of Delhi saw light rain Monday.Safdarjung, city’s base station, and Lodhi Road logged 5.8 mm and 4.7 mm of rainfall, respectively till 8.30 am Monday. Between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, Safdarjung received 1.4 mm,…
