This is an AI generated image. NEW DELHI: The Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has launched a major drive to monitor stray dogs by equipping them with GPS-enabled collars and QR codes.SMC, one of India’s oldest civic bodies, has also started vaccination and sterilisation campaigns to prevent rabies and reduce human-dog conflicts.The initiative comes a day…
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday announced that Canada is dropping retaliatory tariffs on US goods, aligning with Washington’s recent decision to exempt products covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).Speaking a day after a call with US President Donald Trump, PM Carney told reporters that starting September 1, Canada would be “eliminating all Canadian…
A petition has been started to reduce truck driver Harjinder Singh’s sentencing. A signature-collection petition in support of Harjinder Singh, the truck driver who killed three people in a crash in Florida, is at the center of a fresh row as social media users ask how they were allowed to start a petition in support…
Gurgaon: Union minister Rao Inderjeet Singh on Friday directed NHAI and district officials to examine the possibility of relocating the under-construction Pachgaon toll plaza towards Gurgaon, after villagers objected that the current site would block their connectivity and jeopardise road safety.“Development becomes meaningful only when residents are participants in the process and benefit directly from…
NEW DELHI: A 200-foot-long wall collapsed in Amer Fort in Jaipur on Saturday amid heavy rains in the city, according to the video shared by PTI news agency. In the video, a dramatic collapse at Jaipur’s Amer Fort, where a large section of the centuries-old wall crumbled under relentless rainfall, could be seen, and sending…
NEW DELHI: The Dharmasthala mass burial case in Karnataka took an unexpected turn on Saturday after the special investigation team arrested the complainant and witness Chinnaiah after “inconsistencies” were found in his statements and documents during questioning.He was earlier referred to as the ‘masked man’ as he had kept his identity hidden while seeking protection…
NEW DELHI: Declining to stay an earlier order prohibiting restaurants from mandatorily levying a service charge, Delhi High Court on Friday questioned how hotels/restaurants can charge customers above the MRP. It further asked restaurant associations, who have come in appeal, about the rationale to separately ask for a service charge instead of including it in…
The Department of Posts on Saturday announced a temporary suspension of most international postal services to the United States, effective August 25, following new US regulations impacting international shipments. In the backdrop of US-India trade tensions and India’s Russian oil imports, EAM S Jaishankar stressed that national interest will guide India’s policies. Meanwhile, ED has…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami spoke to the public representatives of Chamoli district over the phone and took detailed information about the damage caused by the cloudburst.According to a press statement released from the Chief Minister’s office, expressing deep grief over the disaster, the Chief Minister has requested all the public representatives to…
NEW DELHI: Expelled Samajwadi Party MLA Pooja Pal on Saturday claimed that she was removed from the party for publicly praising UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and calling Atiq Ahmed a “mafia,” alleging that her removal boosted the gangster-turned politician’s supporters.Her remarks came a day after she wrote to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, expressing fear…
