Residents said modifications were made to the structure over the years Thane: A 12-year-old boy was crushed to death, while his mother and his nine-year-old brother sustained head injuries after a portion of their nearly 30-year-old one-storey tenement collapsed on them in a chawl in Thane’s Azad Nagar on Friday.The mother, Urmila Jaiswar (35), and…
Bengaluru: Karnataka has slightly improved in the performance grading index (PGI), a score to evaluate the performance of states and districts, released by the Union govt this week. However, despite the improvement from 558 to 595, Karnataka is only in the 31-40% score bracket.PGI evaluates the performance of states and categorises them into different grades….
M A M Arunachalam, executive chairman of Tube Investments of India Chennai: Murugappa Group’s electric mobility arm, TI Clean Mobility, has more than doubled its losses in FY26 as it continued to invest in scaling its EV business across segments.The EV company, a subsidiary of the group’s engineering flagship, Tube Investments of India (TII), indicated…
Metro takeover hits funding hurdle as Rs 13k cr loan remains in limbo Hyderabad: The Telangana govt’s plan to take over Hyderabad Metro Rail is facing fresh uncertainty, with the crucial Rs 13,000 crore loan from the Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) yet to materialise and the financial evaluation process still not taking off.As delays…
Move to make woman complainants feels safe Kolkata: Police must L.I.S.T.E.N. Listen patiently, Inspire confidence, Safeguard dignity and privacy, Take prompt lawful action, Empathise without judging, and Never delay, discourage or disclose. Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand issued this SOP to the force for the handling of complaints from women. The SOP is meant for…
In Sector 73, near an under-construction commercial complex, part of the road caved in, bringing down a boundary wall Noida: Thursday’s rain did more than flood the streets of Noida and Greater Noida — it peeled off the asphalt layer of several roads, exposing months of substandard roadwork.The damage was worst at the Sector 52-71…
Margao: The Konkan Railway police have traced and recovered 60 mobile phones stolen from train passengers travelling on the Konkan Railway route at various times, and have arrested seven people in connection with the thefts.The stolen phones were traced through sustained investigation, technical analysis, and coordinated efforts by the staff of the Konkan Railway police…
Gorakhpur: Researchers at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT) have secured an Indian design patent for an innovative micro wind turbine designed for installation on urban rooftops.The design, titled “Micro Wind Turbine for Urban Rooftops,” was developed by Virendra Kumar and Pallav Gupta of the department of mechanical engineering. The patent recognises the turbine’s…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat state tax department has detected an alleged GST evasion of about Rs 6.54 crore after raids on 41 premises linked to 27 traders. These traders are accused of making unbilled retail sales across north and central Gujarat.The searches on July 8 came after intel that some traders were selling goods without issuing…
Amritsar: The officiating jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Kuldip Singh Gargaj is on a 3-day visit to Hong Kong where the Sikhs first arrived about 125 years ago and established the Sri Guru Singh Sabha in 1901.Accompanied by his media adviser Jaskaran Singh and others, the jathedar was accorded a warm welcome by the local…
