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School Bus Owners Association has expressed serious concern over the continuous rise in diesel and fuel prices Mumbai The School Bus Owners Association (SBOA) on Monday expressed serious concern over the continuous rise in diesel and fuel prices at a time when schools across the state are preparing to reopen for the new academic year.“School bus operators, who are already facing severe financial pressure due to increasing operational expenses, maintenance costs, insurance premiums, permits, staff salaries, and compliance requirements, may now be compelled to revise school bus transportation fees if fuel prices continue to rise further,” said Anil Garg of…

New Delhi: As Delhi Gymkhana Club faces a deepening crisis, its long-time members say the institution is far more than an elite club. For many, it has been a second home — woven into decades of family life, friendships and daily routine.Suresh Goel, a member since 1994, recalls receiving his membership after nearly a decade of waiting. “I applied around 1984 when I was posted in New York with Indian Foreign Service,” he says. When he eventually returned to Delhi, the club quickly became an anchor for his family.“We were living in the Kasturba Gandhi Marg flats, which were small,…

Bengaluru: Brace for bumper-to-bumper chaos in Bengaluru’s central business district as schools and colleges gear up to reopen in June. Major sewage pipeline replacement works on key roads such as Richmond Road and Lavelle Road are set to choke traffic at the worst possible time, triggering commuter nightmares across some of the city’s busiest stretches. With lakhs of students and parents expected to hit the roads daily once the academic year begins, motorists are staring at longer snarls, crawling traffic and peak-hour gridlock in the heart of the city.Shantinagar MLA NA Haris estimated that more than 2.5 lakh students commute…

BRS leader Ch Madhu, 45, was stabbed to death on Saturday Hyderabad: Police on Monday arrested five persons in connection with the murder of BRS leader C Madhu in Suryapet district, saying the killing was allegedly a revenge plot linked to a murder case dating back nearly two decades.Addressing a press conference, investigators identified the arrested accused as M Jeevan, C Saidulu, M Prasad, M Anand and K Bharat Chand. Police said Jeevan, the prime accused, allegedly confessed that he had planned Madhu’s murder to avenge the killing of his father Ravinder in 2007, in which Madhu was allegedly involved.According…

Chennai: More than one in three pregnancies in Poonamallee carried a significant medical risk last year, according to a study by Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.Published in the latest edition of Tamil Nadu Journal of Public Health and Medical Research, the study found that 38.1% of pregnancies in peri-urban area were classified as high-risk, and that conditions driving maternal risk have shifted from haemorrhage and sepsis to thyroid disorders and repeat C-sections.The study examined 9,426 pregnancies registered between April 2024 and March 2025 across Poonamallee health unit district in Tiruvallur, on PICME — the state-run digital…

Gandhinagar: The state govt on Monday issued charge arrangement orders, giving additional charge to IAS officers.Suthar Raj Rameshchandra, chief executive officer, Surat Urban Development Authority (Suda) has been given additional charge of the post of MD, Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (DGVCL), relieving Yogesh Choudhary of additional charge of that post.K P Joshi, MS, Paschim Gujrat Vij Company Ltd (PGVCL) will hold additional charge of the post of regional commissioner of municipalities, Rajkot. K P Joshi will also hold additional charge of the post of deputy municipal commissioner (DyMC), Rajkot Municipal Corporation, relieving Mahesh Jani of additional charge of that…

Prayagraj: Aishwarya Auti from Pune, Maharashtra, and Krishika Mehta from Sangrur, Punjab, both third-year BTech students in information technology at the Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIITA), have been selected for the prestigious fully funded Erasmus+ Student Mobility Programme at the University of Ostrava (UO), Czech Republic.Erasmus+ is the European Union’s flagship programme supporting education, training, youth, and sport. It provides fully funded scholarships and grants for students, professionals, and institutions worldwide to study, intern, or teach abroad while gaining international degrees and professional experience.The Erasmus+ programme is being implemented under the academic collaboration framework established through a memorandum…

Berhampur: Forest officials on Monday arrested 11 fishermen for illegally entering the banned area of Nalaban, a wildlife sanctuary in Chilika Lake. Two mechanized boats, two motor engines, super dubinets (13) and bamboo oar (two), thermocol boxes (two) were seized from their possession. During patrolling in the lake by the staff of Chilika range, they found two groups consisting of fishermen who had illegally entered the banned sanctuary area on the mechanized boats. Source link

City observatories recorded maximum temperatures between 41.6°C and 42.7°C on Monday Intense heat continued to tighten its grip on the city, and the little respite after sundown also seems to be dwindling.Monday brought one of the season’s warmest nights, with the mercury settling at 31.2 degrees Celsius — 4.5 degrees above normal and only the second time this season the minimum has breached the 30-degree mark.The reading meets India Meteorological Department’s definition of a “warm night”, declared when the minimum temperature departs between 4.5°C and 6.4°C above normal during heatwave conditions. A departure beyond 6.4°C earns the grimmer tag of…

Agartala: The Tripura govt has introduced a five-day work week for state offices, declaring Saturdays and Sundays as holidays.The decision was taken at a special ministers’ meeting chaired by CM Manik Saha on Monday and took effect immediately.Cabinet spokesperson Sushanta Chowdhury said office hours from Monday to Friday will now be 9.30am to 6pm, replacing the earlier schedule of 10am to 5.30pm that ran Monday through Saturday, except on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays.The state govt said the move is aimed at cutting fuel consumption amid rising global crude oil prices and mounting economic pressure, while also reducing electricity bills…