Kolkata: The city would stay warm and humid over the next five days, with a possibility of the maximum temperature reaching 37°C in this scorching spell, warned the Met office. While thunderstorms occurred at some places in Murshidabad, Nadia and Birbhum and in north Bengal, they will now be localised and few. With no significant…
NAMAKKAL: Stating that unsafe handling of food is a key route for shigella infection which leads to gastroenteritis, Tamil Nadu health minister Dr K G Arunraj on Monday said the govt had ordered food safety officers to ensure that eateries sell safe and hygienic food. “We have ordered inspections, sample collections and strict action against…
HYDERABAD: South Central Railway (SCR) is witnessing a sharp rise in train cancellations, disrupting passenger services across the zone and leaving thousands of commuters stranded every day.Over the last four years, more than 46,000 trains, including express, mail, passenger, MMTS and DEMU services were cancelled across the SCR network. Though the overall number of cancellations…
A 22-year-old woman, daughter of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, was allegedly raped and murdered at her home in south Delhi, with police arresting a former domestic worker in connection with the crime. NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old domestic help, who was earning a monthly salary of Rs 20,000 and had accumulated an online gambling…
Chennai/Delhi: INDIA bloc allies VCK and CPI (ML) on Monday criticized the Congress over its alliance strategy in the recent assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal. DMK sources told TOI the party would join the INDIA bloc only if Congress is not part of it. “We will not be a signatory of…
File photo: Unidentified women move through the camp holding family members of suspected Islamic State militants in the Roj Camp in eastern Syria Australian authorities on Thursday arrested three women with alleged links to the Islamic State group after they returned from Syria with their children, with police preparing slavery and terrorism-related charges against them.According…
Kolkata: Leading her first protest on the streets of Kolkata since her party’s defeat in the assembly election, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday, “If I survive, I will remove BJP from office in Centre.“Accusing Centre of orchestrating a “conspiracy” to break TMC and to stop her since the election, Banerjee took aim at…
Noida: The family of a 24-year-old woman who died after falling from the third floor of her in-laws’ house in Greater Noida’s Jalpura village has demanded a fast-track court trial. They alleged Deepika Nagar was tortured for dowry and pushed off the terrace following a dispute on the night of May 17.Police have arrested four…
Flooding at Helmet Circle due to rain in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: For Amdavadis, Thursday’s rain brought an unwelcome flashback to the flooding of July 14, 2000, when the city recorded 325mm of rain. A 12-hour deluge dumped 204mm of rain on the city, triggering the same sinking feeling in residents as water swamped roads, underpasses, and…
How 11-year-old Athvik turned an everyday networking problem into a Rs 25 crore startup with NFC technology. (Photo: LinkedIn) When most 11-year-olds are busy with homework, video games or figuring out what they want to be when they grow up, Athvik was busy building a company. Not because someone asked him to. Not because it…
