New Delhi: The national capital continues to grapple with toxic air quality. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded was 410 at 6 a.m. on Monday which falls in the ‘severe’ category. A thin layer of fog blanketed the city, reducing visibility, while the minimum temperature dropped to 9.2…
Mathura: Visitors have been barred from wearing inappropriate clothes such as skirts, half pants, night suits and torn jeans at the Thakur Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan ahead of the New Year. The temple authorities has appealed to the visitors to “dress modestly” and avoid wearing “indecent clothes” while on the temple premises.The temple authorities made…
Gautam Buddh Nagar: A fire broke out in an electronics company in Noida Sector 65 on Sunday, according to the police.As per the police, around 15 fire tenders and 75 firefighters are present at the site and efforts are underway to douse the fire, which broke out in the basement of an electronics company in…
Lieutenant governor VK Saxena has allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case related to a now-scrapped excise policy, according to multiple media outlets on Saturday. Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), however, dismissed the reports as “fake news”, in a fresh row that broke out in the…
Bihar: In a video recorded on camera, a principal of a government school was allegedly caught stealing eggs meant for students. The students were to be provided the eggs under the Mid-day Meal (MDM) scheme. The incident happened on December 13. In the viral video circulating on social media site X (formerly twitter), the principal…
Jaipur: The death toll in the tanker truck collision on Bhankrota Ajmer Road in Jaipur on Saturday rose to 14, as confirmed by DCP West Jaipur, Amit Kumar. The Friday accident, which resulted in a massive fire, involved a truck loaded with chemicals colliding with a tanker carrying LPG and other vehicles. Prior to DCP…
Dewas: In a tragic fire accident, four of a family were charred to death in Nayapura area under Nahar Darwaja police station of Dewas late on Friday night. Properties worth lakhs have been gutted in the fire.According to sources, the fire was so severe that three fire brigades were involved to extinguish the fire. It…
Kolkata: Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is decked up to mark 100 years of flight operations. The airport is set to celebrate its centenary today, the grand event will be inaugurated by Union Minister of Civil Aviation Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu.Director of Kolkata Airport, Pravat Ranjan Beuria said, “It is a matter of great…
Jaisalmer, 20/12: The GST Council, in its meeting on Saturday, is likely to decide on reducing tax rates on life and health insurance premiums, while hiking it on high-end wrist watches, shoes and apparels, besides considering a separate 35 per cent tax slabs for sin good. The 55th meeting of the GST Council, chaired by…
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh): In an accident late at night, a truck rammed into kiosks near an old church on the Kanpur Sagar highway in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.The accident caused significant damage to roadside shops, scooters, and motorcycles parked along the roadside. Three people, including the truck driver, sustained injuries and were admitted to the…
