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Mira Road school rolls back tiffin diktat after backlash

In 2022, Ontario's Durham Region used 400 tonnes of glass in a 3.6-km road pilot. 4 years later, it could reuse 240 tonnes of PET each year across Durham roads under its plan

Delhi Traffic Police issued an advisory warning that traffic in the Paharganj area is likely to be heavy and slow from 10 am onwards on Thursday, September 3, due to the Shri Krishna Janmashtami Shobha Yatra. "In view of the Shri Krishna Janmashtami Shobha Yat

Most plastic bottles are used briefly before becoming waste. But in Hawaii, the equivalent of nearly 195,000 plastic bottles was given a very different destination beneath the tyres of thousands of vehicles

The Bareilly Municipal Corporation has identified 146 alleged encroachments, including houses, shops, hospitals and religious structures, along a nearly 1.5-km stretch of road as it begins work under the third phase of the Chief Minister Grid (CM-Grid) scheme

Rising tuition costs, visa and immigration restrictions, and concerns over safety and geopolitical uncertainty are prompting Indian Gen Z students to reassess plans to study abroad, with nearly half of those who had considered an overseas education saying thei

Welcome to Delhi Confidential, your inside track to the power corridors of the capital. Today: From a notably low-key railway launch near the Nepal border following the devastating floods in the neighbouring country, to the Environment Ministry s packed August

Shimla: Moderate rains lashed parts of Himachal Pradesh, with Dharamshala recording 68.2 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours, as the local Met office predicted a wet spell in the state till August 28.Dharamshala recorded the highest rainfall of 68.2 mm, follow

Seven people, including two police officers, died early Saturday in a collision. A Volkswagen Passat was travelling the wrong way down the A66 highway

An unidentified man, around 50, was killed after allegedly being knocked down by a speeding truck near the Vashi toll plaza on Thursday morning. The accident occurred around 6am on the Mumbai-bound lane, around 50 metres from the toll naka, following which the

JioStar Vice Chairman Uday Shankar said cricket s long-term success depends on broader media economics, beyond stadium attendance, as traditional media faces pressure from changing advertising models. Speaking at the ET World Leaders Forum, he also discussed t

Recently, the Supreme Court acquitted a bus driver working for Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) of any wrongdoing after it was found that he did not negligently act in an incident where a lady fell from the bus while getting down from it. The

A hunger strike over poor road conditions in Palghar continues for nearly a week. Activist Vivek Tiwari leads the Sadak Satyagraha against inadequate infrastructure in the Vasai-Virar region

The fatal Aston Martin crash outside Inorbit Mall in Hyderabad has brought 21-year-old Lingamaneni Sanjush, son of Jana Sena Party Rajya Sabha MP Lingamaneni Ramesh, into the case after police named him as the alleged driver in connection with the death of a 2

Sanjush, son of Jana Sena Rajya Sabha MP Lingamaneni Ramesh, has responded to the fatal road accident that occurred near Inorbit Mall in the city. He stated that the incident did not happen due to his negligence and was purely an unfortunate accident.According

For many young Indians, moving to the US has long been seen as a path to better jobs, a higher standard of living, and greater opportunities. But an Indian couple living in that country believes that equation has changed, and are urging youngsters to think car

An Indian couple in the US has sparked debate by urging young Indians to reconsider immigration, arguing that staying in India can now offer comparable opportunities without the costs of moving abroad. Suhas and Priyanka also highlighted green-card delays, vis

There s something irresistible about a long-awaited album finally appearing on your streaming app. You want to hear the first track, check the tracklist, skip to a favourite, turn up the volume maybe all while you're already on the road

According to sources, Rahul Gandhi said, "Narendra Modi ka siyasi ant ho chuka hai. Inka waqt khatam ho gaya hai

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has increased the maximum annual family income limit for students from the unreserved category seeking assistance under its Foreign Study Loan Scheme from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, officials said on Wednesday.The decision is ex

More than 200 students of Jai Prakash Narayan Sarvodaya residential school in Niyotani under Unnao s Hasanganj tehsil blocked the Mohan-Bangarmau road on Wednesday morning, alleging a shortage of teachers, poor-quality food and inadequate basic facilities. The

Marvell Technology said on Wednesday it has issued Alphabet's Google a warrant to buy a stake worth about $12.18 billion as part of a deal to help develop custom chips for the search giant.Shares of the custom chipmaker jumped more than 11% in premarket tradin

Former England international Stuart Broad labelled Pakistan a poor side and said that England should win the upcoming Test series 3-0 and anything other than that will be a huge failure. England are currently hosting Pakistan in a 3-match Test series with the

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the Modi government's impact on youth employment. He alleged widespread paper leaks and recruitment scams affecting educated young people

Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar has asked the traffic wing to draw up an action plan to tackle congestion, accident-prone stretches and chronic traffic choke points, with each traffic circle being tasked with identifying at least one problem area . Thes

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor is set to visit Srinagar on Wednesday and meet Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha before heading to Ladakh. Ahead of his visit, Abdullah said he was looking forward to the discussion but added tha

The state government has cleared two major infrastructure projects Mumbai s Metro Line 13 and the eastern extension of the proposed Ring Road in Pune. Both projects received the go-ahead from the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure on Tuesday

Businessman and actor Raj Kundra recently opened up about his arrest in the 2021 pornography case. In an interview with ABP News, Raj recalled spending 63 days at Mumbai s Arthur Road Jail and revealed that he felt suicidal after hearing rumours that his wife

Content creator Apoorva Makhija aka Rebel Kid recently revealed that she has moved to New York City for further studies. In a recent podcast, she revealed that her social circle in India had limited her thinking, and her avenues and that she wanted to experien

In a significant move that shall ease traffic bottlenecks on the IFFCO Chowk-Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) corridor, one of the arterial links connecting the heart of Gurgaon to the rapidly expanding southern development zones, a Rs 41.86-crore upgradation pr

The Chandigarh Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has found a study-abroad consultancy guilty of unfair trade practice after it failed to deposit a student s tuition fee with a Canadian university and did not process her visa, resulting in her losing admis

Around 580 students have been awarded scholarships under the National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) Scheme over the last seven years, from 2019-20 to 2025-26, according to data provided by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in Parliament. The number o

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Mumbai could soon get its first major underground pedestrian link, with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) proposing a 3-km, Rs 702.44-crore walkway connecting the Nehru Science Centre Metro station to the Coastal Road promenade at Haji Ali, with a s

There is a March Monday morning in Mohali I keep returning to. A twenty-three-year-old woman, an engineering graduate with an IELTS band of 7.5, sat across the table from her father and asked a question neither of us could answer easily: Papa, if Canada has sh

London, It would not be a Beatles film without 'Abbey Road' and actors Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan have paid tribute to the band's iconic album cover while filming Sam Mendes' upcoming four-part "Beatles" biopic. A video share

NOIDA: The route of the proposed 50-km elevated road connecting Noida Sector 94 to Greater Noida s Sector Chi-V was finalised following a meeting between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Noida, Greater Noida, and Yamuna authorities this

Residents and business owners along Dhandran Road are facing a harrowing time due to severely damaged stretches dotted with deep potholes, leading to frequent accidents and injuries. E-rickshaws turning over is a daily occurrence here. At times, people are eve

The Sorrento Valley Fire sparked a major firefighting operation Sunday as crews worked to contain a vegetation fire that rapidly expanded across the San Diego area. Road closures were implemented, while evacuation orders affected several nearby residential com

According to a source, The MHA has sought updated details on the status of internationally compliant prison facilities and cases proposed to be withdrawn from extradition proceedings. India has brought back 274 fugitives from 36 countries since 2021 a sharp es

Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy urged Chief Minister DK Shivakumar to take over the NICE project. He called for an immediate halt to unauthorized toll collection on Bengaluru's NICE roads

MUMBAI: Facing mounting criticism over repeated excavation of roads for laying and repairing utility lines, the BMC has approved a new trenching policy aimed at minimising road digging and making utility agencies more accountable for restoring the roads they d

Even as the US-Iran conflict in West Asia slowed down the strengthening and repair of roads spanning 162 km in the Capital due to a surge in bitumen prices, the Delhi government s Public Works Department (PWD) is now aiming to finish the work before the year e

Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Saturday hoisted the Tricolour at Lok Niwas on the occasion of India s 80th Independence Day in the presence of freedom fighters and their families; RWA representatives; youth icons; students, and residents of Delhi

A resident from Bangalore recently shared a video that vividly illustrated the severe traffic jams faced daily. A mere three-kilometer journey turned into a grueling ninety-minute ordeal

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, in his first Independence Day address, laid out his government s vision for a Developed Bengal , with job creation, women s safety and firm law and order among its key priorities, as he set the goal of making the st

A 13-year-old boy was killed when a sharp angle iron pierced his neck after an e-rickshaw carrying construction material overturned on a potholed road in Lucknow's Chinhat on Thursday late evening, the police said on Friday. The boy, Elman Ali, also known as S

The heritage landscape in Delhi may soon be organised into a network of cultural precincts linking monuments, historic neighbourhoods, markets and cultural destinations, with the Master Plan for Delhi-2047 (MPD-2047) identifying nine indicative clusters across

Delhi Traffic Advisory for August 15: The Delhi Police has issued a traffic advisory for August 15 in view of the Independence Day 2026 celebrations. According to the advisory, traffic restrictions will be in place around the Red Fort for general traffic from

A 24-year-old female biker from Mumbai named Riddhi Thakkar died after her motorcycle collided with a trailer truck. The accident occurred on National Highway 30 near Markatola Ghat in Chhattisgarh