A slow-moving storm brought deadly flooding to Oklahoma on Wednesday, shutting down roadways and sweeping away cars. Parts of Oklahoma and Texas were expected to see more rain on Thursday that could cause more flash flooding, the National Weather Service warned, after several inches of rain fell in both states. One man was killed in…
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday defended the state’s decision to prohibit offering namaz on public roads, pointing to the Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj as an exemplar of religious discipline and orderly conduct.In an exclusive interview with news agency PTI, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister…
SRINAGAR: Road connectivity across Ladakh has accelerated at an unprecedented pace for civilian and military needs as part of a “tsunami of development” in the region since it became a separate Union Territory following the 2019 abrogation of Article 370, junior Union highways minister Harsh Malhotra said Sunday.“The region has seen major central projects across…
NEW DELHI: Tesla has signed its first five-year lease deal in India for a showroom in Mumbai to sell imported electric vehicles in the country, Reuters reported.According to the documents, the showroom will be located in the Maker Maxity building within the business and retail hub of Bandra Kurla Complex, near the city’s airport.The deal…
Delhi ministers hit the roads to undertake surprise inspections NEW DELHI: Newly sworn-in Delhi ministers spent the day on Saturday doing a reality check on the ground by carrying surprise inspections and asking officials to fast-track projects that have been delayed or are stuck.PWD minister Parvesh Verma undertook an extensive review of projects in and…
MARRAKECH: A little over 1.8 lakh children and adolescents below the age of 19 years lose their lives on the roads annually across the globe, which comes to around 500 deaths per day, and almost 70% of them occur in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs), a report released by Unicef on Tuesday said.As per the…
FM Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2025 as part of Parliament’s Budget session which began on January 31, 2025. The first phase of the Budget session will end on February 13, 2025. Sitharaman’s Budget 2025 speech is eagerly awaited by the middle class, common man, women and salaried taxpayers in hopes of changes…
NEW DELHI: It was cold play, the old way. The Arun Jaitley Stadium (formerly Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium) heaved with excited fans who’d braved the early-morning nip in the air to be there. There was a group of youngsters, who’d started from Meerut at 4am. There were Greater Noida families with kids long having banished…
HOUSTON — Tyler Ivey is at peace, but sometimes ponders his past as a passionless pitcher who still reached the pinnacle. Adrenaline aided Ivey through his major-league debut in his hometown, the sort of storybook tale only this sport seems to write. On the day it unfolded, Ivey weighed 180 pounds and could not feel…
