The state of footpaths in Dinnur Main Road Bengaluru: Imagine a footpath so unusable that almost everyone chooses to walk beside speeding buses instead.Welcome to Dinnur Main Road, one of RT Nagar’s busiest neighbourhood connectors. TOI found nearly 90% of pedestrians walking on the busy carriageway despite the presence of footpaths. Encroachments, garbage, parked vehicles,…
Tamil Nadu has the potential to emerge as a major defence electronics manufacturing hub over the next decade, with the state’s annual production opportunity projected to more than triple from ₹11,500 crore in 2030 to ₹37,000 crore by 2040, according to BK Das, Distinguished Scientist and Director General (Electronics and Communication Systems), DRDO.The growth is…
Hyderabad: After weeks of anticipation over the long-pending recognition union elections, Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) has begun groundwork to launch the poll process, with the first notification likely in the next two to three days.The elections will decide the recognised employees’ union, which will represent staff in negotiations with the management on service…
Gurgaon: Illegal access cuts on Dwarka Expressway will soon be sealed with police assistance after repeated attempts by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) were thwarted by protests from local residents. NHAI earlier attempted to block nearly 35 illegal access points along the expressway but suspended the exercise after facing resistance from residents.The move…
Kolkata: A woman in Atabagan near Garia, in the Bansdroni PS area, has accused her neighbour of abducting and poisoning her dog. The complainant, Monalisa Roy, said the incident happened on Saturday. According to her, her husband took their dogs out for a walk around 8.30 am. During the walk, one of the dogs went…
Noida: Noida Authority has sought progress reports from its work circles to expedite the long-delayed FNG Expressway project. Conceived as a 56-km, six-lane corridor connecting Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad, the project has faced repeated delays over land acquisition hurdles, funding issues and poor coordination between UP and Haryana authorities. Of the 23-km stretch under Noida’s…
Panaji: Anil Kakodkar, Padma Vibhushan awardee and former chairperson of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, said it is a tragedy that academics in India still struggle to identify the country’s most pressing problems and focus research on addressing them. Speaking on Tuesday at Goa University’s 42nd foundation day on the topic, ‘Higher Education and…
Ahmedabad: Japanese firm Fujifilm has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat govt to study the feasibility of building a semiconductor materials manufacturing facility in Dholera.The city, primed to be India’s first ‘Semicon City’, already hosts a chip fabrication unit being built by Tata Electronics and Taiwan’s PSMC.Fujifilm plans to work with local…
Special safety protocols are being extended to vulnerable villages situated along the Satluj Ludhiana: The district administration has placed all govt departments on high alert and ordered strict inter-agency coordination to fortify flood defences ahead of the monsoon. Deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain reviewed preparedness plans from the municipal corporation, drainage department, irrigation department, National Disaster…
Amritsar: Pakistan Punjab provincial minister for minority affairs Ramesh Singh Arora has acknowledged demolition of a portion of 125-year-old Gurdwara Singh Sabha in Farooqabad (Mandi Chuharkana), promising swift reconstruction and restoration.Members of the 346-strong Sikh jatha, which returned from Pakistan after observing the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, said Arora assured them that the…
