Varanasi: In a joint operation, Chandauli Police and STF Varanasi seized a consignment of 501.3kg illegal cannabis being smuggled from Odisha and arrested two members of the gang were arrested on Tuesday.The contraband worth Rs. 1.25 crore in the international market was recovered during a checking drive near Parag Dairy, adjacent to Katriya underpass in…
Ahmedabad: A WhatsApp message carrying what appeared to be an RBI notice has cost a real estate businessman Rs 1.5 crore. Cyberscammers, allegedly, used a fake regulatory communication to hack into his office computer system and create a cloned WhatsApp account to impersonate him and trick his accountant into transferring the money.The complainant, who runs…
The approved works span key sectors, including strengthening of stormwater drainage, improvement of roads and footpaths, upgradation of parks and green belts Chandigarh: The finance and contract committee (F&CC) of the Chandigarh municipal corporation cleared a record 82 development works worth around Rs 20 crore, marking a major push for civic infrastructure across the city.The…
Paul visited India in 1995 and Ratna in 2018. By the end of 2026 or early 2027, Sulakshana plans to visit India in search of her mother. TOI traces the trio and their stories that begin in fragments and culminate in silence Pune: A shared thread binds Sulakshana, Paul, Ratna and countless adoptees separated from…
Surat: A city-based event manager has alleged that he was cheated of Rs 1.41 crore by two Mumbai-based men who promised to organise a concert of singer Arijit Singh in the city but failed to deliver the event or return the money.Utran police have registered a case against the two who are associated with the…
Guwahati: A local court has granted bail to businessman Gautam Baruah, his wife Karabi and 12 others, who were arrested for a viral birthday celebration on the Kumar Bhaskar Verma Bridge on Monday midnight, police said.Rupjyoti Malakar, traffic officer-in charge of Bharalumukh Police Station, said the accused were released as the alleged offences were bailable….
Lucknow: A seven-year-old boy was injured after stray dogs attacked him while he was playing in a park on Tuesday morning.The incident occurred around 9.30 am when Siddhant Singh (7), a resident of Srishti Apartment in Jankipuram, was playing with a few other children in the apartment complex’s park.According to residents, a pack of stray…
Rajkot/Vadodara: Ending a prolonged wait, the south-west monsoon entered Gujarat and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted wet weather to prevail in south Gujarat and Saurashtra.On Wednesday, Sagbara taluka in Narmada district recorded 85mm of rainfall betweeb 6am to 6pm on Wednesday, the highest in the state. In the tribal belt of The Dangs district,…
.Jaipur: A 28-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death with stones and sticks by a group of youths in Jaipur’s Sanganer Sadar area late Tuesday night following an argument over drinking outside his family’s shop.The deceased was identified as Sanju Sharma (28), a resident of Shiksha Sagar Colony in Govindpura. Sharma was engaged in the…
NEW DELHI: Taking responsibility for the NEET-UG episode, which he said “should not have happened”, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan accused Rahul Gandhi of exploiting students’ anxiety for political gain and promised a “radical” overhaul of NTA, including moving NEET to computer-based testing (CBT) next year.In an interview to TOI, Pradhan said criticism was legitimate…
