Teenage boy discovers mom’s dead body in grisly murder scene A teenage boy made a horrifying discovery when he found his mother dead with her throat slit inside their Brooklyn home.Maria Santos Flores, 36, was found with a deep cut to her neck at her residence on 85th Street near 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge.Her…
Chief Electoral Officer Prerna Puri chairs a review meeting with election officials to assess preparedness for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Chandigarh. Chandigarh: Nearly 70% of electors in Chandigarh have already been mapped during the pre-revision phase of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials said.Chief electoral officer Prerna…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh visited German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems’ (TKMS) submarine building facility in Kiel, where he was briefed on advanced naval technologies and capabilities. He was accompanied by German defence minister Boris Pistorius during the visit to the shipbuilding facility.The visit comes as India moves closer to finalising its nearly Rs…
A farmer leads his cattle through floodwaters Guwahati: The Vantara Foundation has deployed specialised wildlife rescue teams and ambulances to assist flood-affected wildlife and livestock in Assam, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday.The personnel and vehicles will operate under the command of the state forest department and support its ongoing rescue and rehabilitation efforts.Vantara,…
Kolkata: The city endured another scorcher on Friday when the maximum temperature touched 36°C. However, the Met office has predicted relief in two days. An upper air circulation over east Uttar Pradesh could finally break the warm spell and trigger thundershowers in south Bengal and Kolkata between Sunday and Tuesday. Districts across south Bengal, as…
Slug: CG Rd Drama & ‘Settlement’Ahmedabad: A privately owned car bearing a “Police” sticker and driven by a police department employee allegedly hit a two-wheeler carrying a couple on CG Road on Saturday night.Although no FIR has been registered as the parties reached a settlement, the police employee’s vehicle was subsequently seized for multiple traffic…
Image: Left/Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul/Right/Canva Scientists have found the remains of a huge 90-foot dinosaur in Thailand, thus confirming the discovery of the biggest dinosaur ever found in Southeast Asia. The recently discovered species called Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis is a very large sauropod dinosaur that lived in the region some 113 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous…
Uttar Pradesh’s Divyangjan Shop Scheme explained: Loans, grants and self-employment support The Shop Construction/Shop Operation Scheme for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), also known as the Divyangjan Dukaan Nirman/Prachalan Yojana, is a specialised initiative by the Uttar Pradesh government’s Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.It promotes economic self-reliance and rehabilitation by enabling PwDs…
Jhajjar: Olympics medallist and Congress functionary Bajrang Punia on Wednesday condemned the alleged police crackdown on students protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, calling the reported lathicharge “reprehensible” and accusing the authorities of suppressing peaceful democratic dissent.In a video message posted on X and in a telephonic conversation with TOI, Punia said students, including women, were…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) submitted a representation to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), seeking relief for small and medium taxpayers from what it described as onerous compliance requirements relating to electronic maintenance of books of account, under the new Income Tax Act.The chamber has urged the tax authority to…
