Kolkata: Thursday’s thundershower caused visible disruption around Kolkata airport, slowing road traffic and briefly affecting apron activity, but it did not bring flight operations to a halt. Despite intense rain and frequent lightning, arrivals and departures continued through the afternoon, with delays largely restricted to less than 15 minutes.Airport teams remained alert because of the…
Margao: Residents across most parts of South Goa have been asked to brace for disrupted water supply on June 29 and 30, as the public works department has announced a complete shutdown of the 100MLD Selaulim water treatment plant at Xelpem, Sanguem, for urgent interconnection work.The shutdown of a part of the Selaulim water supply…
Varanasi: The DBT-Interdisciplinary School of Life Sciences, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, established with support of the department of biotechnology, has announced launch of a new M Sc Life Sciences programme from academic session 2026–27. According to the BHU spokesperson, the programme has been designed as a multidisciplinary and research-oriented postgraduate course that integrates…
Ahmedabad: A routine evening walk turned fatal for a 30-year-old man in Nava Vadaj after he was hit by an AMTS bus while crossing the BRTS corridor. Bhavesh Dhavad had left home after dinner and told his mother he would return shortly. Within an hour, his family was informed that he had met with an…
The Congress today rejected the “mask” defence of chief minister Bhagwant Mann about his controversial video, saying it is a “lame afterthought” aimed at defending the indefensible.The party reiterated its demand that the chief minister must resign immediately and present himself before the Akal Takht. Mann is both guilty and defiant, and the more he…
Pune: Maharashtra health minister Prakash Abitkar informed the state assembly on Thursday that the health department will conduct surprise inspections of private hospitals to curb the practice of overcharging patients, especially for neonatal treatment.The initiative will begin in Pune district, where the civil surgeon and the deputy health director have been tasked with leading the…
Silchar: A 58-year-old tea garden worker was found dead at Putni Tea Estate in Sribhumi district on Thursday. Police suspect murder and have launched an investigation.The victim, Bijoy Shuklabaidya, a resident of the estate, is survived by his wife and five children.Residents said passers-by and plantation workers found his blood-soaked body by a roadside stretch…
Lucknow: Days after the devastating Aliganj inferno that claimed 15 lives, survivors have alleged that the tragedy could have been prevented had the building owners acted on repeated warnings about serious fire safety violations.Employees who escaped the deadly blaze told TOI that they had, on several occasions, raised concerns with the building management over the…
Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra Jaipur: A fresh controversy erupted Thursday when Education minister Madan Dilawar waded into the ongoing war of words between state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra and Agriculture minister Kirori Lal Meena, with Dilawar likening Dotasra’s allegations against Meena to the remarks of a “loose woman accusing one who is…
NEW DELHI: Amid growing indications that a reshuffle in the Union Cabinet can go in tandem with BJP’s organisational changes, party president Nitin Nabin is learnt to be giving the final touches to his team of office-bearers.BJP sources had earlier indicated the organisational overhaul would be done by month-end, with changes likely to bear relation…
