Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was on Monday served a third notice by the state CID, directing him to appear before it by 5 pm on Tuesday. The state investigating agency said it found little ground to grant further time to the Diamond Harbour MP, who appealed for more time.The notice was issued…
Guwahati: Alang, a female Amur falcon fitted with a satellite tag in Manipur in Nov last year, has returned to the northeast after wintering in southern Africa, adding an unexpected first to the species’ tracked migration story — a stopover in Bhutan.Researchers following the bird’s signal say Alang has covered more than 20,000 km in…
New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has said that it is studying the organisational and commercialisation proposal shared by 13 of the 14 Indian Super League (ISL) clubs. All clubs, except East Bengal, floated the proposal on Wednesday which would keep commercialisation responsibilities with the clubs and not hand them out to a…
Ludhiana: With day temperature shooting up to 43 degrees Celsius, stepping outdoors in the city on Thursday was both uncomfortable and perilous. The meteorological department has forecast heat wave to severe heat wave in Ludhiana in the next few days.Even the partly cloudy sky could not mellow the effect of the rising mercury. According to…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police said that Ramesh Reddy (35), a former gambling den operator, was shot nine times on Tuesday evening. The police added that it was a result of an old rivalry between the victim and assailants.The Dehu Road police on Wednesday registered a murder case against three people and their five to…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday warned that continued disruptions from the Iran war are pushing the global economy closer to an “adverse” scenario marked by slower growth, tighter financial conditions and rising inflation risks, AFP reported.Last month, the IMF’s World Economic Outlook projected global growth at 3.1 per cent for 2026 under its…
NEW DELHI: Retail inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) inched up for the fourth consecutive month to 3.9% in May from 3.5% in April on account of acceleration in food prices, data released by NSO on Friday showed. The food index rose 4.8% in May, above 4.2% in the preceding month.Despite the staggered increase…
Pune: The Pune city police, in a coordinated operation, rescued a one-year-old girl who was kidnapped from the Pune railway station area and detained three suspects within 16 hours in Daund.Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Gauhar Hasan told TOI, “The child’s parents were asleep near the railway station when the incident occurred. They earn a…
A civic body official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, revealed that large companies are reluctant to step in due to the upcoming assembly elections and fierce opposition from local garbage collectors’ unions, who fear losing their livelihoods if door-to-door collection is privatised Ludhiana: City residents questioned the municipal corporation’s new “Mission Clean Punjab” awareness…
An 80-year British Sikh man is running the London Marathon for the first time on April 26, inspired by Fauja Singh who encouraged him to take up walking initially.Baldev Singh Bains is doing the marathon to raise money for the Fauja Singh Clubhouse, being built in Fauja’s memory in Redbridge, on the route Fauja used…
