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Data jam studies urban heat impact, 'heat islands' in Mumbai

MUMBAI, June 8 -- The next time you're sweating it on a hot and muggy day, take a look around. The aim of this exercise is to determine whether you are positioned in a 'heat island'. "If you think the... Read More


Ticket checkers to make AC locals punctual again: WR

MUMBAI, June 8 -- Could a dedicated squad of ticket checkers (TCs) in air-conditioned (AC) local trains be the key to punctual train services on the Western Railway? The railway believes it is. It's b... Read More


kidney patient misses flight, Shinde drops her in his pvt jet

Mumbai, June 8 -- Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde came to the aid of a woman in urgent need of a kidney transplant after she missed her flight from Jalgaon to Mumbai on Friday night. The woman, Sh... Read More


Saamana hints at Thackeray cousins getting together for municipal polls

MUMBAI, June 8 -- A day after Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray declared that whatever the people of Maharashtra wanted would happen, fuelling speculation about the estranged Thackeray cousins co... Read More


We are asking all the right questions today

India, June 8 -- Huda Khattan bought back Huda Beauty, and now fully owns the brand she founded. Another woman, worth $1.4 billion, paid $360 million to buy back all her early music this week. No Bad ... Read More


Ahead of Bihar polls, BJP plans drive for Dalit outreach

Patna, June 8 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to launch a Dalit outreach programme in poll-bound Bihar, with the move being seen as the ruling party's attempt to consolidate support am... Read More


34-yr-old booked for trying to extort money from AMC

MUMBAI, June 8 -- The police on Thursday booked a 34-year-old man for allegedly sending threatening, abusive, and defamatory messages, and trying to extort money out of an assistant municipal commissi... Read More


Shah meets officers part of anti-Maoist operations

New Delhi, June 8 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday met senior officers of the Chhattisgarh police who were part of the recent anti-Maoist operations in which top Maoist leader Nambala Kesh... Read More


Seven Maoists killed in 3 days of gunfight; activists say 'staged'

RAIPUR, June 8 -- A total of seven Maoists, including two top cadres, were killed in encounters with security forces in a major three-day operation against left wing extremism (LWE) in the forests of ... Read More


Courses on disaster resilience need to be part of higher edu: PM

New Delhi, June 8 -- Courses, modules and skill development programmes on disaster resilience need to be part of higher education, PM Modi said on Saturday at a two-day conference, organised by Coalit... Read More