Ranganath K | TNNKolar: Three members of a family, including two children, drowned in a farm pond at Nakkanahalli village under Malur taluk of Kolar district on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Srinivas, 45, and his sons Chetan, 15 and Rajesh, 9. The incident occurred around noon within the limits of Masthi Police.According to local…
New Delhi: Chairing a Pragati meeting on Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi told housing and urban affairs ministry officials to first identify 50 cities and achieve 100% cleanliness in them in all aspects, from making them garbage free to processing all their solid and liquid waste.TOI has learnt that Modi suggested that ministry and state govts…
CHANDIGARH: Close on the heels of seven Rajya Sabha MPs, including six from Punjab, leaving AAP to join the BJP, senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Tuesday claimed that two Lok Sabha MPs of AAP may also quit the party. Majithia posted on X, “Another day, another departure…
Bengaluru: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has suspended a driver-cum-conductor who allegedly told transport minister Byrathi Suresh to get off a bus when the latter, who was travelling incognito, could not give the exact fare of Rs 6 to buy a ticket.The action follows the minister’s reality check Saturday night (July 11), during which he…
File photo of a leopard playing with water to beat the heat at Indroda Park, Gandhinagar Gandhinagar: Indroda Nature Park has put its wildlife safety protocols on high alert as extreme summer heat waves sweep through Gandhinagar. The reserve, which is actively managed by the Gujarat Ecological Education and Research Foundation (GEER), houses over 600…
Agartala: Rahul Kishore Roy, president of the BJP Yuva Morcha in North Tripura district and a municipal councillor, was found dead in his home bathroom in Dharmanagar on Tuesday morning, hours after the BJP’s victory in the Dharmanagar by-election.Police said the circumstances were suspicious.Police recovered the body and later handed it over to the family…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay assumed office on Sunday, which started with a series of political, administrative and symbolic moves.The events starting from the oath ceremony included him having an unscripted moment, his first law and order review meeting at the Secretariat, welfare announcements, the appointment of a Pro-tem Speaker and…
Fireworks explode above the White House during the UFC Freedom 250 fights on the South Lawn, in Washington The FBI on Tuesday revealed an alleged plot to target the UFC America 250 event held at the White House over the weekend, saying multiple suspects had been taken into custody following a multi-state operation.FBI Director Kash…
Gorakhpur: In a major push towards women empowerment, construction of a 500-bed working women’s hostel has started in Gorakhpur under the Chief Minister Shramjeevi Mahila Chhatravas Yojana.The project, coming up at Khuthan in Chargawan block, will be built at a cost of Rs 47.38 crore and is targeted for completion by Sept 2027.Spread across 6,640…
Pre-monsoon showers inundate city road Thursday Jaipur: An hour of rainfall, Thursday, exposed severe gaps in Jaipur’s monsoon preparedness, causing widespread waterlogging, traffic congestion, and property damage across several areas. The sudden downpour left commuters stranded and raised serious questions over the drainage-clearing claims made by the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) and Jaipur Development Authority…
