– Special camp organised in East of Kailash on April 11 for verification and mapping of voters as part of SIR preparatory work. TOI photo Mumbai: Even as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is set to begin in Maharashtra, the state has achieved only 70% progress in the last two months on mapping voters from…
Union heavy Industries and steel minister HD Kumaraswamy addresses a press conference in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Union minister HD Kumaraswamy Thursday accused the state govt of turning the proposed Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township near Bidadi into an “official real estate business” and demanded an immediate halt to land acquisition proceedings.Approved by the cabinet last month, the…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay has set a three-month deadline to eradicate corruption in all state departments, said minister and Villivakkam MLA Aadhav Arjuna. There should be no recommendations, commissions or participation by TVK functionaries in tenders, he said.Aadhav Arjuna was speaking to reporters after his first review meeting in Shenoy Nagar on Thursday….
Hyderabad: Justice Surepalli Nanda of the Telangana high court broke her own record by disposing of 226 writ petitions in a single day on April 29.Previously, Justice Nanda had pronounced judgements in 76 cases when the court reopened after summer vacation in June 2024. Prior to that, in June 2023, the judge had created a…
GURGAON: A 32-year-old woman working with a private company in the city allegedly died by suicide in Worldmark, where her office is based.Her husband was arrested on Thursday after an FIR was registered against him and his parents on charges of abetment to suicide, following a complaint by the woman’s brother.The woman, who worked at…
KOLKATA: Noted tabla exponent Ustad Sabir Khan passed away at a city nursing home on Thursday. The ‘khalifa’ of the Farukhabad gharana succumbed to a cardiac arrest. He was 66 and is survived by his wife and three sons.Born on Dec 3, 1959, in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur, Khan did more than inherit a tradition; he…
Ahmedabad: The provisional answer key for the entrance examination for admission from diploma to degree engineering was released recently. Students were invited to raise objections against the answer key within a stipulated time frame. According to official sources, around 25 students have submitted objections on various questions.A total of 21,829 students appeared for the Degree…
JALANDHAR: Punjab Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the May 5 explosion outside the BSF Punjab Frontier headquarters in Jalandhar.Police identified the suspects as Anil Kumar from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, and Umardin from Mohali. While senior officers remain tightlipped, sources said the two had placed the explosive material. Police suspect the duo to…
pcmc new building PCMC Building at Pimpri Colony in Pimpri-Chinchwad TOI photo by Ashish Gupta Pune. 14-01-2026 Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has increased the number of its zonal (ward) offices from the existing eight to 10, nearly four months after local BJP MLA Shankar Jagtap raised the demand citing the city’s growing population…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has said smart meters installed across the state are functioning properly and recording electricity consumption accurately. To verify their performance, the corporation is conducting a statewide meter comparison campaign that began on May 1 and will continue till May 31.According to UPPCL, around 89 lakh smart meters have…
