Rewind 123 years. The idea of a single girl studying with 100 boys was considered so scandalous that a king had to step in.The girl was Muthulakshmi Reddy who would become one of India’s first women doctors.In 1903, Muthulakshmi, who had been homeschooled after puberty, convinced her father to send her to college. Unfortunately, Pudukottai,…
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy will launch the distribution of Rythu Bharosa financial assistance for the current kharif crop and address farmers from Shilpakala Vedika at Hi-Tec City on Tuesday.Though the Rythu Bharosa distribution programme was scheduled to be launched from a public meeting in Jagannadhapuram of the Madhira assembly constituency of Khammam district…
Stretch leading to lady doctors hostel at NRS —— Kolkata: The arrest of four men accused of harassing junior doctors at NRS Medical College has brought a sense of security back to the campus, even though the accused, residents of neighbouring Convent Road, were released on bail.Women doctors and students on Monday told TOI that…
Panaji: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has relaxed its norms for Ganesh idols, permitting the use of up to 20% Plaster of Paris (PoP) in idols made from shadu clay/chikanmati, following a review of last year’s sampling and analysis of clay used for idol manufacturing. Earlier, the board had initiated action against the…
Ahmedabad: For nearly 28 years, a man accused of stealing a two-wheeler when he was 22, managed to stay under the radar — not by fleeing the city, but by quietly living in Ahmedabad, often just a short distance from a police station.The city crime branch on Sunday arrested 51-year-old Anil Koshti, who was absconding…
Under the Works of Defence Act, 1903, construction is prohibited within a 2,000-yard radius of the Dehu Road Ordnance Depot and 1,200 yards of the Dighi Magazine Depot Pune: The state govt on Monday announced the formation of a high-level committee to resolve the long-standing “red zone” restrictions in Pimpri Chinchwad.The panel, comprising officials from…
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai was reportedly placed under house arrest in Ayodhya, preventing his planned visit to the Ram Temple with party MPs and MLAs. LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president and former minister Ajay Rai was allegedly placed under house arrest by police at Hotel Padam Shri Palace in Ayodhya on…
All the winners and runners-up pose with chief guests Pradeep Baheti, trustee of the RD Baheti Charitable Trust, his wife Preeti Baheti, Sanjay Baheti, NK Jain, PK Sharma, and Jaipur District Badminton Association president Anil Mehta at the SMS Stadium Indoor Badminton Hall in Jaipur on Monday Jaipur: Kartik Jain and Priyanshi Saini emerged men’s…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday claimed that the Uttar Pradesh Police placed several of its leaders, including state unit chief Ajay Rai, under house arrest a day before a high-level party delegation was scheduled to visit Ayodhya and offer prayers at the Ram Temple.Rai targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party, claiming that the BJP government “got…
The submarine slipped beneath the Atlantic during the summer of 1944 and then disappeared from history. For decades, its exact resting place remained uncertain despite wartime reports, scattered naval records and countless theories. Hidden beneath almost three miles of water, the Japanese submarine I-52 carried far more than its crew. Deep inside its hull was…
