SIR, a representational image Ludhiana: A small batch of 3,000-odd officials will be out in the district from Thursday to verify identity records for 26 lakh citizens, who must participate in this mandatory home check to stay on the voter list.The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) aims to ensure complete voter accuracy. In the Ludhiana district…
Bathinda: Ludhiana’s annual average of dangerous humid heat days climbed from 99 in 1970–79 decade to 122 days during 2016–25. Climate change was directly responsible for adding 31 of those days, representing a quarter of the total dangerous humid heat days recorded in the city during the recent decade.These details came to the fore in…
Pune: Accused Chetan Chaudhary fatally pushed real estate firm director Ketan Agarwal off a cliff at Lohagad Fort on June 18, allegedly acting on a plan hatched with Agarwal’s fiancée, Siya Goyal, the Pune Rural police said on Wednesday, a day after arresting the two on charge of murdering Gahunje realtor.Deputy superintendent of police (Pune…
An SFES team checking the premises of an educational institution Surat: In the wake of the Lucknow fire incident, the Surat Fire and Emergency Services (SFES) has launched a citywide awareness and inspection drive across educational institutes to strengthen fire safety preparedness. So far, SFES teams have conducted checking of 52 educational institutes, including schools,…
Delegates from India and UK during the meeting Guwahati: Assam and the United Kingdom on Wednesday discussed a roadmap to deepen cooperation in investment, trade, clean energy, infrastructure and emerging technologies ahead of the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), set to come into force on July 15.Assam chief secretary Dr Ravi Kota during the meeting…
RDSO, ARAI conduct full-scale crash test of LHB coaches to strengthen future design Lucknow: The Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) have successfully conducted a full-scale crashworthiness test of two Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches, a study aimed at generating critical data to strengthen the design and…
Rajkot: A 47-year-old man will serve three years of rigorous imprisonment for stabbing the driver of a drinking-water delivery vehicle in a fight over parking in 2018.In its order dated June 19, a sessions court in Rajkot held a 47-year-old man, Vijay Parmar, guilty of causing hurt by deadly weapon. The court also fined Parmar…
Jaipur: Following multiple post-caesarean deaths in Kota and Bikaner since last month, and complications following similar procedures in Jodhpur more recently, the Rajasthan health department has barred govt medical institutions from directly administering locally-purchased medicines to patients until they receive laboratory clearance.Detailed guidelines to this effect were issued Tuesday following a TOI report that highlighted…
JAMMU: Five persons, including three pilgrims, died and six others were injured on Wednesday in two separate road accidents in Jammu & Kashmir’s Doda and Reasi districts.Police said, three members of a family from Nagrota were killed while they were returning from the Machail Mata Yatra. The accident took place at 6.30pm in the Malhori…
H-1B hiring at University of Michigan sparks row amid ‘No American qualified’ worries Concerns over foreign hiring in US public universities have resurfaced after new visa-related job postings at the University of Michigan triggered a row with MAGA critics questioning whether American workers are being overlooked.The debate was started again after independent journalist Chris Brunet…
