Work to widen the East Coast Road (ECR) running from Villupuram to Nagapattinam is expected to be completed by October 2025. The four-lane-wide road — NH 32 (NH – 45A) — with a median and service lanes, and taken up as part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana Scheme, is mostly complete up to Sattanathapuram with both … Read more
From Ayodhya lighting up with 28 lakh diyas and setting a Guinness World Record to the skies of Mumbai illuminated with firecrackers, India welcomed Goddess Laxmi into their homes on Deepavali with fervour. Here’s a collection of pictures from across the country of the Diwali celebrations: Photo: PTI Fireworks illuminate the sky above the banks … Read more
NCP candidate from Mankhurd seat Nawab Malik files his nomination for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Mumbai on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI No clarity yet on sharing of seats in Mahayuti, MVA Maharashtra witnessed dramatic scenes on the last day to file nominations for the Assembly election, with confusion in both the ruling and Opposition … Read more
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sanchez, will inaugurate the Tata aircraft complex in Gujarat’s Vadodara on Monday (October 28, 2024) for manufacturing C-295 aircraft by Tata Advanced Systems. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), in a statement on Saturday, said this will … Read more
Air India has announced it will start daily, non-stop service between Bengaluru and London Heathrow from October 27. The new flights will replace Air India’s currently served Bengaluru-London Gatwick route and increase the frequency between Bengaluru and London from five times weekly to seven times weekly, said a release. “The non-stop service, to be operated … Read more
Chennai Corporation workers removed the stagnated rainwater at North Avenue, Korattur, on Wednesday (October 16, 2024). | Photo Credit: Vedhan. M Rainfall will abate over Chennai and surrounding districts on Thursday (October 17, 2024) as the depression that had formed in the Bay of Bengal crossed north Tamil Nadu and South Andhra Pradesh coasts close … Read more
Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, walked out of Tihar Jail, in New Delhi, on September 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI A Delhi court extended the interim bail of Baramulla Member of Parliament, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, alias Engineer Rashid, until October 28 on Tuesday. He was being held in Tihar jail in connection with … Read more
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini praying at the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati on October 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI Ahead of the new BJP government’s swearing-in ceremony on October 17, the BJP legislature party will hold a meeting on October 16, Haryana’s caretaker Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Monday (October 14, … Read more
A low-pressure area that formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal during the early hours of Monday (October 14, 2024) would set the stage for widespread rainfall over north Tamil Nadu and herald the onset of the Northeast monsoon over the State. The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, has forecast heavy rainspells, set to begin over … Read more
