Foundation seeks CM’s nod for Baba Gouda statue, university renamingHubballi: The Raitashree Baba Gouda Patil Agriculture Foundation-Karnataka has urged the state government to fulfil several of its demands ahead of Farmers’ Martyrs’ Day. Speaking to reporters in Hubballi on Monday, foundation Dharwad district coordinator B.C. Patil said a statue of freedom fighter and farmers’ leader…

Mumbai: As of 6 am on July 6, the seven lakes that supply to Mumbai held 2,44,900 million litres of water, or 16.9% of their live storage capacity of 14,47,363 million litres — up 3.7% in 24 hours — as heavy rains continued to lash catchment areas on Monday.Despite the improvement, reservoir levels remain well…

Officials said the man and his wife used to make tattoos at local fairs and markets along the roadside. MEERUT: A 22-year-old man and his wife — both tattoo artists in UP’s Bulandshahr — have tested HIV positive, with health officials suspecting the infection may have been linked to unsafe tattooing practices, including tattoos they…

Bhubaneswar: Housing and urban development minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra on Monday reviewed drinking water supply arrangements ahead of Rath Yatra and the expected influx of lakhs of devotees to Puri and inspected the ongoing construction of the new 42 MLD water treatment plants in the city.The minister held a review meeting with senior officials to…

Funeral expenditure faces scrutiny amid economic woes The Islamic Republic’s funeral for Ali Khamenei has drawn criticism from a section of Iranians over attendance, the scale of state resources used for the ceremonies and what critics described as an attempt to project political strength. Much of the criticism focused on the contrast between the public…

A newlywed woman died by suicide after an argument over honeymoon travel plans LUCKNOW: A 24-year-old newlywed woman allegedly died by suicide a day after she argued with her husband over replacing their planned flight to Kashmir with a train journey for their delayed honeymoon, according to the husband’s statement to police.However, following a complaint…

WASHINGTON: The beautiful game has met an ugly precedent. MAGA supremo Donald Trump, who has long believed that every contest — whether it is elections, tv ratings, golf games, beauty pageants or trade negotiations — is existential, has now added football matches to the same universe of perpetual competition. Following an extraordinary intervention from Trump,…

Explain KLIS failures in assembly: Ponguleti to KCR Hyderabad: Revenue and housing minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Monday demanded that former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), who had touted the Kaleshwaram project as the eighth wonder, should come to the state legislative assembly and explain to the people of Telangana why components of the…