Srinagar records hottest April day in 78 years at 30.4 degrees Celsius

Srinagar records hottest April day in 78 years at 30.4 degrees Celsius

The city on Tuesday recorded the hottest April day in nearly eight decades at 30.4 degrees Celsius, which was 10.2 degrees above normal for this time of the season, officials said. The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded the highest ever maximum temperature of 31.1 degrees Celsius on April 20, 1946, the officials of … Read more

Thunderstorm alert to nine Telangana dists for April 15; Jagtial records 43.4°C

Thunderstorm alert to nine Telangana dists for April 15; Jagtial records 43.4°C

Nine districts of Telangana were forecast to receive thunderstorms on Tuesday (April 15, 2025). | Photo Credit: Graphics: Subyendu Ganguly The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert cautioning of thunderstorm in nine districts of Telangana on Tuesday (April 15, 2025). According to IMD’s daily weather bulletin, isolated places in Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Mulugu, Bhadradri … Read more

Grand public meeting to follow multiple events to celebrate Basava Jayanti in Kalaburagi on April 29

Grand public meeting to follow multiple events to celebrate Basava Jayanti in Kalaburagi on April 29

Afzalpur MLA M.Y. Patil, along with Lingayat leaders, addressing a media conference at the Dasoha Mahamane of Sharana Basaveshwara Samsthan in Kalaburagi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI In a press conference held at the Dasoha Mahamane of Sharana Basaveshwara Samsthana in Kalaburagi on Sunday (April 13, 2025), M.Y. Patil, MLA for Afzalpur and … Read more

VSAT–2025 phase I results announced, counselling begins on April 16

VSAT–2025 phase I results announced, counselling begins on April 16

Vignan’s Scholastic Aptitude Test (VSAT–2025) phase I results were announced on Saturday (April 12) by Vignan’s University vice-chancellor Col. P. Nagabhushan. The university reported an overwhelming response from students across India for admissions into B.Tech, B. Pharm, B.Sc. Agriculture and Pharma D courses at its Vadlamudi campus in Guntur and Deshmukhi campus near Hyderabad. This … Read more

Permit compulsory from April 10 for transportation of petroleum products into Kerala

Permit compulsory from April 10 for transportation of petroleum products into Kerala

An official permit will be compulsory from April 10 for the transportation of petroleum products into the State and their storage. The decision applies to quantities of 50 litres and above. The State Goods and Services Tax department has issued a notification listing the conditions and the documents required for their transport and storage. Persons … Read more

MGNREGA wage revised from ₹349 to ₹370 a day from April 1

MGNREGA wage revised from ₹349 to ₹370 a day from April 1

People digging a pond near Honna Kiranagi village in Kalaburagi district in Karnataka under MGNREGA. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI The daily wage for workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has been revised from ₹349 to ₹370 per person with effect from April 1. Announcing this update on March 31, … Read more

Work on city’s first steel bridge to begin in April

Work on city’s first steel bridge to begin in April

Houses demolished on Buckingham Canal Road at Thoraipakkam for laying the road between Neelankarai on ECR and Thoraipakkam on OMR. Construction of the city’s first steel bridge, which will come up across Buckingham Canal connecting Thoraipakkam and Neelankarai, is expected to begin in two months’ time. The State government has sanctioned a total of ₹35 … Read more

Apple says iOS 18.4 rollout will begin in April, reveals list of new features

Apple says iOS 18.4 rollout will begin in April, reveals list of new features

Apple has officially confirmed that iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 will be rolling out in April, bringing a bunch of new features and updates for iPhone and iPad users. While the first beta of the update is already available for developers and public testers, the final release promises to introduce some notable additions, including a … Read more