New Delhi: Of the 2,524 electric poles identified for installing mist sprayers across the capital, work has begun at several locations, with multiple agencies together covering 1,160 poles so far, according to Delhi govt data.Public Works Department (PWD) has installed mist sprayers on 305 poles at identified pollution hotspots and plans to extend the system…
VASAI: BJP Palghar MP Dr Hemant Savara narrowly escaped serious injuries after his car met with an accident in Naigaon on Friday morning , around 7 am. According to Savara, he was travelling from Thane to Palghar to attend a Maharashtra Day-related event when a dumper allegedly rammed into his vehicle, just after crossing the…
Bengaluru: A day after seven persons died after a compound wall of Bowring Hospital crashed on them in heavy rain on Wednesday evening, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has ordered suspension of an executive engineer, tightened safety measures and ordered eviction of vendors from near unsteady and dangerous structures.The action follows a high-level review meeting at…
Chennai: French automaker Renault Group India has approached the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) seeking approval for a proposed restructuring of its India operations aimed at sharpening its organisational focus.The plan envisages carving out powertrain manufacturing into a dedicated entity, while integrating vehicle manufacturing and sales under a single operating structure. The move, the company…
Hyderabad: Aggrieved over outdated rates and rising costs, leaders of the Telangana State Auto Drivers Unions Joint Action Committee (JAC) met transport commissioner K Ilambarthi at his office on Thursday and submitted a detailed representation seeking immediate relief.Joint transport commissioner Shiva Lingam said the govt was prepared to address the legitimate demands of auto drivers….
Kolkata: Trinamool candidate Bratya Basu watch Sofia Coppola’s ‘Lost in Translation’ on Thursday while BJP’s Agnimitra Paul watched ‘Assi’ on an OTT platform on Wednesday, right after polling for Bengal’s two-phase elections got over. With the hectic poll schedule over, many candidates from Tollywood have found time to catch a film or two before the…
Panaji: At the results for the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) declared on Thursday, all six schools for the Class X (ICSE) exams and three schools for the Class XII (ISC) exams secured cent per cent results. For the Class X exams, 383 students appeared— 212 boys and 171 girls, while 90…
Ahmedabad: Around 98.95% of students cleared the ISC (Class XII) exams in the state, with results declared Thursday by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). Girls outperformed boys, recording a pass percentage of 99.69 compared to boys at 98.37%. A total of 2,194 students — 1,230 boys and 964 girls — from 29…
Chandigarh: Asserting that AAP govt in Punjab was “not sincere to anybody, including the labourers”, Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday said that the special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to mark ‘Labour Day’ was a “characteristic theatrical diversionary tactic of the ruling party as it was faced with an existential…
The ongoing pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) mapping exercise is progressing slowly in cities, including Pune and Mumbai, with senior election officials attributing it to the nature of preparatory work and high urban mobility.Data accessed by TOI as of April 24 shows that 65.1% of the state’s 9.88 crore electors have been mapped with the last…
