Panaji: A North Goa sessions court has upheld the conviction of Dheeraj David Jose, 27, for causing the death of his 19-year-old pillion rider by negligent driving in a 2018 road accident, dismissing his appeal against the trial court’s order.The court also rejected a separate appeal filed by the victim’s father seeking enhancement of Jose’s…
CHENNAI: Amid desertions, another rebellion has raised its head again in AIADMK. Several former ministers and senior functionaries on Tuesday rejected the posts party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami had offered as truce, multiple sources told TOI.The functionaries sent a letter to EPS expressing displeasure over his style of functioning. The signatories included former ministers…
Ahmedabad: A toddler’s playtime turned into an anxious wait for her mother after she accidentally locked herself inside a room at a housing complex in Hathijan. The one-and-a-half-year-old girl remained trapped for a short while before fire personnel arrived. Responding within minutes of the emergency call, the team rescued the child safely.She was reunited with…
NEW DELHI: “Chase your dreams, they do come true.”Those famous words from Sachin Tendulkar perfectly captured the moment 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi stood with a smile on his face after receiving his maiden India cap from Tilak Varma just ahead of the second T20I against England at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester. For a boy…
Hyderabad: Eight people, including seven children, drowned in three separate incidents across the state on Friday.In the first incident, a 31-year-old woman and two teenagers drowned in the Manjeera river at Budimi village in Banswada mandal of Kamareddy district on Friday evening.The incident happened when relatives of T Pandari from Kamareddy had gathered at Kankaragadda…
New Delhi: A 28-year-old woman died after allegedly falling from a residential building in south Delhi’s Palika Kunj on Saturday evening.Alleging foul play, the brother and uncle of the newlywed woman claimed that she was being harassed for dowry. They said she did not stay in the building, and they did not see any blood…
Dibrugarh: As many as 58 people have fallen ill after consuming prasad at a birthday party in Gali Migang village under Jonai sub-division of Dhemaji district. Symptoms consistent with food poisoning surfaced two days after the event, forcing authorities to shift the patients to Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh.The party was held…
Bengaluru: Parents’ associations in Karnataka have urged the state govt to do as Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta has done: warned private schools against compelling parents to buy books and uniforms from specific vendors.Even though Karnataka has similar rules in place, they are hardly enforced anywhere. Several parents in the state have won favourable judgements…
Ahmedabad: A senior banking professional has filed a complaint with Gujarat CID Crime alleging that partners of an Ahmedabad firm secured a Rs 5 crore cash credit facility by misrepresenting financial records, inflating receivables and stock positions, and subsequently diverted funds for personal use.The complaint, lodged on Monday, names the corporation and its three partners….
Hyderabad: Seven documented deaths have occurred on the cable-supported bridge at Durgam Cheruvu over the past five years. While every death brought with it strict enforcement and orders barring people from parking vehicles on the structure or standing on the carriageway to record reels or click pictures amid speeding traffic, such measures appear to have…
