New Delhi: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has informed National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has found heavy metals, such as copper, zinc, chromium and molybdenum, ranging between 0.1% and 2.1% of the total PM10 concentration across 10 Indian cities, including Delhi. The other nine are Jaipur, Bhopal, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam and…
PUNE: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Monday morning arrested a software engineer, Zubair Hangargekar (35) from Kondhwa, on the charge of possessing literature of the banned terrorist organisation, al-Qaida. The ATS also detained Hangargekar’s friend at the Pune railway station for questioning soon after the two returned from Chennai. They had gone there to…
THANE: A 17-year-old boy was detained by the Kapurbawdi police for allegedly setting his minor girlfriend on fire after a quarrel in Thane. The girl, 17, sustained nearly 80% burn injuries and is undergoing treatment at a hospital, said police.Police said the victim lives with her family in the Kapurbawdi area and earlier resided in…
Cyclone Montha is set to make landfall near Kakinada tonight, bringing heavy rains and winds up to 110 kmph to Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and northern Tamil Nadu NEW DELHI: As Cyclone Montha barrels toward the Andhra coast, heavy rains, strong gales, and emergency evacuations have gripped several coastal districts. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has…
JALANDHAR: Prominent Punjabi-Canadian businessman Darshan Singh Sahsi, 68, was shot dead in Abbotsford, British Columbia, on Monday morning outside his house. Originally hailing from the village of Rajgarh, near Doraha, district Ludhiana, Sahsi was President of Canam International, a very prominent clothing recycler in the world.According to the Abbotsford Police Department, the shootout took place…
Delhi’s Environment Minister announced a potential cloud-seeding operation for artificial rain today, contingent on favorable weather in Kanpur where the aircraft is stationed NEW DELHI: Delhi Environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Tuesday that a cloud-seeding operation to create artificial rainfall in Delhi may take place today if weather conditions become favourable in Kanpur,…
BENGALURU: The issue of lack of security at Bangalore Football Stadium yet again came to the fore Monday when a group of men armed with machetes chased a spectator during a Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) Super Division league match between FC Bengaluru United and Sporting Club Bengaluru here.“One spectator ran from the stands, after…
AHMEDABAD: A tailor’s broken promise left him Rs 7,000 poorer after he failed to deliver a blouse for a wedding. His client from Navrangpura had one straightforward requirement: a traditional blouse for her relative’s wedding on Dec 24, 2024.She paid Rs 4,395 upfront to the tailor, who runs his shop on CG Road in Nov…
In a major push to consolidate its presence in the Indian market, OpenAI has announced that it will offer ChatGPT Go free to all users in India starting November 4. For the uninitiated, ChatGPT Go is OpenAI’s mid-tier subscription plan for its AI chatbot ChatGPT. The move targets India, which the company identifies as its…
A 22-year-old grocery delivery agent was arrested in Bengaluru for allegedly sexually harassing a Brazilian model at her city flat BENGALURU: A 22-year-old delivery agent, working for an online grocery delivery firm, was arrested by RT Nagar police for allegedly sexually harassing a Brazilian woman in her city flat. Kumar Rao Pawar and a graduation…
