Nalasopara: An FIR has been registered against a booth level officer (BLO) for remaining absent from a polling station during the crucial final days of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Officials said this is the first such case registered against a BLO in the area.BLO Ranjana Singh was absent from the polling…
Bengaluru: AI-based lending technology platform Rezolv has raised $12.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Norwest, with participation from Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India, and existing investor 3one4 Capital.Founded in 2024 by Karan Mehta and Sonali Jindal, who earlier co-founded Kissht, Rezolv provides banks and non-bank lenders with software for debt…
More elevated corridors, expressways and grade separators for TN Chennai: The state highways department, in its ₹21,524-crore budget, has announced massive infrastructural projects, including an eight-lane corridor from Chennai to Kanyakumari, a Chennai-Coimbatore-Thoothukudi Industrial Corridor, a 21-km elevated corridor from Padi to Thirunindravur, and another 30-km elevated corridor from Kilambakkam to Chengalpet. Another ₹1,000 crore…
Woman dies after injection given for fever by RMP Hyderabad: A 30-year-old woman died after allegedly developing complications following an injection administered by an RMP doctor in Karwan Vaddera Basti early Tuesday, prompting the Ranga Reddy district medical and health officer (DMHO) to order an inquiry into the incident.Ranga Reddy DMHO Swaroopa told TOI that…
The deceased were Bangladeshi citizens who had travelled to Kolkata for medical treatment. KOLKATA: At least nine people were killed and six others injured after a massive fire broke out at a hotel in Kolkata’s Mirza Ghalib Street early on Wednesday, officials said.According to news agency ANI, the deceased were Bangladeshi citizens who had travelled…
Video grab of the leopard’s pug marks in Moti Devati village, Sanand. The fresh pugmarks and the ones found on Monday are the same size Ahmedabad: The leopard in Sanand could be on the move. Fresh pugmarks have been found some 800m from the spot in Moti Devati village where they were first seen on…
Chandigarh’s stormwater drainage system is designed to handle rainfall of 15 mm per hour in the northern sectors and 20 mm per hour in the southern sectors Chandigarh: The city recorded 72.4 mm of rainfall in just two hours on Tuesday, the heaviest two-hour spell of the ongoing monsoon season.The intense downpour far exceeded the…
Pune: Kalepadal police are searching for three men who allegedly assaulted a 35-year-old medical practitioner from Kondhwa following a dispute.The trio allegedly forced the complainant to stop his car at Kadnagar Chowk in Undri on Aug 10 and assaulted him after accusing him of reckless driving. The complainant sustained injuries to his right hand and…
Shillong: The first indigenous tribal woman chief secretary of Meghalaya, Rebecca Vanessa Suchiang, passed on Tuesday at the age of 64. She was under treatment for a terminal illness for the last couple of years.A 1989-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, Suchiang became the first indigenous tribal woman chief secretary to the Meghalaya govt…
Lucknow: Intermittent rains continued for the third consecutive day in the city on Tuesday, lifting rainfall totals that had remained in heavy deficit until last month, while the weather office forecast more rain and thundershowers over the next three days.Residents woke to overcast skies, light showers and a cool breeze. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC)…
