Delhi world's most polluted capital city again: Report

March 19, 2024 10:52 am | Updated 11:38 am IST - New Delhi Bihar's Begusarai emerged as the world's most polluted metropolitan area while Delhi was identified as the capital city with the poorest air quality, according to a new report. With an average annual PM2.5 concentration of 54.4 micrograms …...Read More

Four Naxalites killed in encounter with Police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli

March 19, 2024 10:45 am | Updated 10:45 am IST - Gadchiroli “Four Naxalites, carrying a collective bounty of ₹36 lakh, were killed in an encounter with police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on March 19,” a senior official said. The police received information on March 18 (afternoon) that some Naxalites …...Read More

Couple loses passports after boarding flight

March 19, 2024 10:29 am | Updated 10:29 am IST - HYDERABAD A journey to Bali turned into a nightmare for Kalpana Avunoori and her husband as they lost their passports aboard a Malaysian Airline flight on March 13. The couple, hailing from Warangal, was scheduled to start on their …...Read More

Doctors, engineer of Vijayapura-based BLDE get patent for artificial leg

March 19, 2024 10:06 am | Updated 10:07 am IST - belagavi India Patent Office has granted a patent to scientists at the BLDE deemed-to-be-university’s B.M. Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Center in Vijayapura for their invention of a ‘Novel Foldable Artificial Leg’. The Intellectual property certificate was issued …...Read More

India committed to combating piracy, terrorism in Indian Ocean region: PM Modi

March 19, 2024 09:40 am | Updated 09:40 am IST - New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, that India is committed to protecting freedom of navigation and combating piracy and terrorism in the Indian Ocean region after Bulgarian President Rumen Radev thanked him for …...Read More

Case on fraudulent learner’s tests during pandemic to be handed over to cyber cell

March 19, 2024 09:15 am | Updated 09:15 am IST - KOCHI The probe into a case in which learner’s test for driving licence was being arranged even for illiterate people by collecting cash during the pandemic is about to be handed over to the police cyber cell. Media had …...Read More

Don’t be selective, disclose full bond details: Supreme Court to SBI

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday directed chairman of State Bank of India to disclose to Election Commission by Thursday 5pm all the information in its possession relating to issuance and redemption of electoral bonds (EBS), from April 12, 2019 to Feb 15, 2024, their unique alphanumeric numbers and serial …...Read More

BJP leader Ramesh Katti denies rumours of joining the Congress

March 19, 2024 09:02 am | Updated 09:02 am IST - Belagavi Ramesh Katti, former MP and BJP leader, has denied as baseless rumours, reports of him joining the Congress before the Lok Sabha polls. He told reporters in Belagavi on Monday, that he was not interested in leaving the …...Read More

16th edition of Bengaluru International Arts Festival to pay tribute to Kumar Gandharva

March 19, 2024 09:00 am | Updated 09:00 am IST - Bengaluru The five-day Bengaluru International Arts Festival (BIAF), 2024, will kick off on March 22 at Chowdiah Memorial Hall in Bengaluru with a Jugalbandi with Dr. Suma Sudhindra and Ronu Majundar at 6.30 p.m. and a Carnatic music performance …...Read More

Water woes of Bengaluru: Think long term, go beyond knee-jerk reactions, say experts

March 19, 2024 09:00 am | Updated 09:00 am IST - Bengaluru Bengaluru’s desperate dependence on an external drinking water source, while offering scant regard to alternatives, came out starkly in that one single notification. But is the latest Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) directive banning drinking water …...Read More