Bengaluru/Mahabalipuram: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar Thursday made a strong cooperative approach pitch on the Cauvery dispute, assuring Tamil Nadu and Puducherry that Mekedatu balancing reservoir, once built, will benefit all three states: While Karnataka will get only 5tmcft of drinking water for its urban areas, rest of the storage will be for TN and…
CHENNAI: Not too long ago, Tamil Nadu javelin thrower T Dharanidharan represented India in the U-20 World Athletics and finished a creditable sixth. But that’s just a case in isolation as the state throwers find themselves in a tight corner — having to run from pillar to post just to attain permission for training at…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TG RERA) has directed a real estate consultancy firm to refund ₹42.2 lakh, along with 10.7% annual interest, to two Hyderabad buyers after finding that it had marketed and collected money for plots in an unregistered real estate project.In its final order dated Aug 17, the authority also…
Gurgaon: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched seven offices across Delhi-NCR in a money-laundering probe into alleged cheating of homebuyers and diversion of around Rs 120 crore in investor funds by Tashee Land Developers Pvt Ltd, KNS Infracon Pvt Ltd, Soni Infratech Pvt Ltd and associated entities.The searches and surveys were conducted by ED’s Gurgaon zonal…
Kolkata: On World Mosquito Day, observed on Thursday, virologists and infectious diseases experts warned against mosquito-borne diseases. According to them, these diseases have claimed over 400 lives in the state in the last decade. Kolkata accounted for 20%-30% of the casualties. Over a lakh were infected by dengue, malaria and chikungunya during the period in…
TOI flagged illegal sand mining operations along Yamuna at Loni’s Panchayara village in Nov 2024 Noida: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought replies from seven respondents — including three district magistrates and a senior superintendent of police (SSP) — impleading them in a hearing on sand mining along Yamuna.The NGT hearing in the case had…
Fire safety experts say that the increase in fire load on every floor is not proportionate to the existing safety mechanism A fire that broke out at an ageing structure in Margao a few months ago exposed a wider problem: Many older buildings may be unsafe, and the public has no clear record of which…
Varanasi: Azamgarh Police on Thursday arrested four members of an inter-district gang of thieves in separate encounters in Aharula and Tehbarpur police station areas. Those arrested were injured in police retaliatory firing and sent to hospital for treatment. They were identified as Dilkash, Sahil, Wajid and Faizan, all residents of Bareilly.Police recovered three country-made pistols,…
Ahmedabad: Methanol allegedly brought from Delhi was used to adulterate liquor that killed nine people and left around 25 critically ill in Bhavnagar, exposing gaps in enforcement of prohibition in Gujarat. “One of the accused allegedly brought methanol from Delhi to Bhavnagar via Ahmedabad using two transporters. Another accused, who later died after drinking the…
Ludhiana: An alleged road-rage incident at Phullanwal Chowk on Thursday took an alarming turn when a property dealer allegedly opened fire from his licensed revolver after being attacked by a group of men, leaving one of the alleged assailants injured.Property dealer Joy, a resident of Phullanwal, was travelling towards the market in an SUV with…
