NEW DELHI: In the shadowy corridors of north India’s underworld, a gangster’s name has often been more than just an identity — it has been a GPS coordinate. For decades, the most notorious figures of Delhi, Haryana and Punjab defined themselves by the soil they sprang from.Neeraj Sehrawat became Neeraj Bawana, Suneel Maan preferred Tillu…
FOUR FEET UNDER: Archaeologists uncover an intact 3rd century BC vessel during the latest phase of excavations There’s excitement at Keeladi in Sivaganga as a cluster of pots, buried for more than two millennia, has been unearthed during the 11th phase of excavations in Sivaganga district.Among them, say archaeologists, is an almost perfectly preserved complete…
Hyderabad: The city’s ambition to become a signal-free city may sound futuristic, but with over 80 lakh vehicles operating on an estimated 800-km road network — nearly 10,000 vehicles per km — experts say the state govt’s vision faces major practical and financial hurdles.Despite rapid infrastructure expansion over the past decade through flyovers, underpasses and…
The idea is to create infrastructure where buses, e-rickshaws, app-based taxi services, pedestrians and even public bike-sharing systems can seamlessly connect with the metro station Gurgaon: GMRL is planning to develop the upcoming Sector 45 metro station as a pilot for multi-modal integration, aimed at creating seamless connectivity between metro services, buses, e-rickshaws, app-based taxis,…
Kolkata/Agra: The CBI has arrested an alleged sharpshooter from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the murder of CM Suvendu Adhikari’s former aide Chandranath Rath, in a breakthrough investigators believe could help unravel the logistics behind the killing in Madhyamgram.This is the fourth arrest in the case and the first made by the CBI’s Special Investigation…
Panaji: Goa State Waste Management Corporation (GSWMC) will visit solid waste management plants operated by six companies that have submitted their bids for setting up a 100TPD (tonne per day) plant at Bainguinim.A GSWMC team will visit Chennai, Solapur and Ahmedabad from next month to check the functioning of the plants and whether they function…
Ahmedabad: For many graduating students, convocation day is about placements and salary packages. But at the 25th convocation ceremony of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) on Monday, several students stood out for already building startups while still on campus.Among the 98 students who received their degrees was 26-year-old Saubhagyavardhan Shukla, founder of ReWork,…
Patiala: Ahead of municipal elections, a Punjab township’s voters have forced competing political candidates to sign an ethical “right to recall” pact, promising to resign if they fail to deliver on civic promises.The public debate organised by youth-led civic groups in Nabha’s Ward 7 on Monday brought together nominees from the country’s major political parties:…
Pune: Women excluded from the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana due to technical errors or incomplete e-KYC may still get an opportunity to restore their benefits, minister of state for Women and Child Development (WCD) Meghana Bordikar told TOI on Monday.The statement comes days after nearly 70 lakh beneficiaries were found ineligible following a large-scale…
Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University Lucknow: Students of Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU) will no longer have to write their semester examinations with the help of a scribe or in Braille, which requires a certified transcriber for evaluation. Instead, they will now use special laptops that have a software named non visual…
