Akshaya Tritiya is an auspicious festival celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervor. The festival of Akshaya Tiritya is celebrated on Tritiya Tithi of Shukla Paksha in the month of Vaishakha. The festiva will be celebrated tomorrow, April, 2026, this year. People are advised to worship Lord Ganesha, Lord Vishnu, and Goddess Laxmi on this auspicious…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has planned a comprehensive industrial survey to assess the growth, composition and structure of the organised manufacturing sector in the capital. The exercise will be conducted between April and Sept this year and will cover factories and registered establishments across the city.In a notification issued under the provisions of the Collection…
Thane: A 34-year-old woman suffering from depression allegedly died by suicide at her house in Dombivli (W), police said on Friday. Neighbours alerted the local police, following which a team rushed to the spot, he said.Preliminary investigations revealed that the Sawant had been struggling with severe mental distress following the deaths of her parents and…
Bengaluru: With Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) incurring ₹2,803 crore losses during 2024-25 due to rising power cost, power consumers across its eight districts will have to pay 56 paise more per unit for a one-year period starting May 2026.The move, approved by Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission, will further strain household budgets.Sources told TOI the…
Coimbatore: State BJP vice-president and actor Khushbu Sundar on Friday said the former chief minister, the late J Jayalalithaa, had set a benchmark for how courageous a woman should be.Campaigning for Vanathi Srinivasan at Venkittapuram and Kovilmedu in Coimbatore North constituency, Khushbu claimed that women’s safety in TN has become a serious concern. “Today, women…
Hyderabad: Mother of first-year postgraduate medical student K Suresh on Friday alleged that sustained harassment may have led to his death at Osmania Medical College, claiming that her son had recently complained of ragging by senior students but feared reporting it.“My son was not someone who would die by suicide out of fear. He recently…
Kolkata: Hitting the pause button on the acrimony of an election season where their parties are pitted against one another in Bengal, LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Trinamool’s leader in the LS Abhishek Banerjee spoke on a telephonic call on Friday evening. While Gandhi dialled Abhishek to thank him for the “floor coordination”…
Panaji: The crime branch of the Goa police on Friday conducted two raids in connection with alleged cricket betting, arrested 10 persons and also seized material totally worth Rs 28 lakh, including 95 mobile phones, eight laptops, 77 SIM cards, and 18 debit cards.Crime branch SP Rahul Gupta said a villa at Ribandar was raided…
To promote sustainable farming techniques Varanasi: The International Rice Research Institute – South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi, in collaboration with the department of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh, organised a farmers training programme on natural farming at Kot Panchayat, Mandi on Thursday. The programme focused on promoting sustainable and low-cost farming practices to address rising input…
Ahmedabad: A special court here on Friday convicted a 41-year-old woman from the Philippines for smuggling 2.1kg of heroin in India at the behest of an international drug syndicate, and sentenced her to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. The court also fined her Rs 4 lakh. According to the case details, Ginalean Padiwan Limon, a…
