Hyderabad: Five abandoned Siberian Huskies trudging along a village road on the outskirts of Hyderabad under the scorching sun were rescued Wednesday, while a sixth was found dead nearby, possibly after suffering a heatstroke. Passers-by reported seeing a larger pack of pedigreed dogs wandering through a scrubland near Nandigaon village along the Shankarpally-Patancheru Road.Animal rescuers…
Panihati: For the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim’s mother, her first poll day as a candidate was marked by tension, confrontations and complaints from multiple quarters.Controversies trailed the poll debutante all day, from allegations for trying to influence people standing in line at multiple booths to cast their votes, stepping into scuffles between BJP and Trinamool…
Lucknow: A car owner commuting between Meerut and Prayagraj or vice versa via the newly inaugurated Ganga Expressway will have to pay Rs 1,800 toll for a one-way trip.Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority announced the toll for motor vehicles soon after the expressway was thrown open for the public on Wednesday. Toll for two-wheelers,…
May Offer Price And Logistics Advantage New Delhi: The UAE’s exit from Opec may prove significantly beneficial for India, which is looking to secure its energy requirements in the long run following the recent squeeze on supplies amid the military conflict in West Asia, officials in the know said.While Abu Dhabi has taken the decision…
New Delhi: Flight operations at Jodhpur airport resumed after nearly a month as runway resurfacing work was completed, with an Indian Air Force Dornier aircraft landing early on Tuesday to mark the reopening of the main runway, officials said. After Jodhpur runway recarpeting, Srinagar, Pune and Adampur airports will also be recarpeted under different schedules…
Jamalpur (East Burdwan): Sk Ibrahim, the 104-year-old who has cast his vote in every election since Independence, kept his date with democracy on Wednesday as well. However, the EC had initially placed his name under adjudication on the final voters’ list, published on Feb 28, because of a “discrepancy” in his name — it appeared…
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Ganga Expressway PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded the naming of the Ganga Expressway after the Ganga river and announced that the 594-km greenfield corridor connecting Prayagraj and Meerut would be extended to Haridwar in Uttarakhand.Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the eway, Modi said govt would also work on a link…
Kolkata: Voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes during the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Kolkata: Kolkata, which traditionally registers a low voter turnout, almost caught up with the rest of Bengal Wednesday.Election Commission data shows that till 9pm, Kolkata recorded over 88.4% voter turnout,…
IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, labelled ‘Singham’ Kolkata: Falta in South 24 Parganas woke up on the polling day with apprehensions of a major face-off. One man moved relentlessly across the constituency, while the other stayed stationed in a single room, monitoring every activity from a distance. The much-hyped ‘Singham vs Pushpa’ confrontation, built over…
Voters queue up as they wait to cast their votes during the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026 at a polling station, in Howrah on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) Kolkata: The special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll left several families across the city divided on poll day — while a chosen…