Delhi tops in foreign tourist arrivals, but trails in stays (In pic: Red Fort) NEW DELHI: Delhi accounted for 32.2 lakh foreign tourist arrivals in 2024, which was 38.9% of the country’s top international entries, according to the Delhi Economic Survey of 2025–26.While it leads other cities by a massive margin on this count, Delhi…
Navi Mumbai: The family of a 23-year-old pregnant woman has alleged negligence at NMMC’s Rajmata Jijau Hospital, Airoli, after she and her unborn child died due to complications she developed after getting a standard pre-delivery injection on July 1.Sonam Dongre, who was eight months pregnant, wasn’t the only critical case at the Airoli hospital on…
Bengaluru: Arguing that Bengaluru’s planning regulations must keep pace with its rapid urban growth, Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai) Bengaluru urged Karnataka govt to substantially increase the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) proposed under the draft Uniform Zonal Regulations, saying the current limits could constrain housing supply and drive up home prices.In…
Three men stole a 1.4kg gold bar from a gold melting and testing centre in Sowcarpet. Chennai: Three men, who stole a 1.4kg gold bar from a gold-melting and testing centre in Sowcarpet and assaulted the unit’s manager, were arrested on Thursday. Police, who recovered the gold within hours of the burglary, are on the…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court has restrained the state govt from withdrawing the bullet resistant vehicle (BRV) allotted to former IPS officer and BRS general secretary RS Praveen Kumar, observing that the security arrangement should continue until further orders.Justice T Madhavi Devi directed the authorities not to recall the vehicle provided to Praveen Kumar till the…
CM Adhikari on Thursday reiterated a July 15 timeframe for the Ayushman Bharat rollout and set a Sept 30 deadline to integrate it with the state’s Swasthya Sathi scheme. The state cabinet also set up two committees — one headed by finance minister Swapan Dasgupta to release white papers on corruption, and another on investments…
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court upheld a Foreigner’s Tribunal order declaring a man from Assam a foreigner despite him producing 15 documents to claim citizenship.The court said it still collectively failed to stand the test of admissibility and establish continuity with the projected Indian ancestors.“…Though the petitioner had exhibited 15 (fifteen) documents as exhibits, the…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Energy Regulatory Commission (RERC) has approved a series of deviations from the Union Ministry of Power’s standard bidding guidelines for firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE), paving the way for the state’s proposed 2,450 MW solar project with 1,600 MW/6,400 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Pugal Solar Park.Among the country’s…
Election Commission of India NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday directed rival factions of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to submit their claims and counterclaims over the party’s authorised signatories and organisational elections.According to officials in the EC, letters have been sent to both Mamata Banerjee and rebel faction leader Ritabrata Banerjee, asking them…
TOI correspondant from Washington: Some two centuries after Tipu Sultan’s Mysore projectiles, parlayed by the British into Congreve missiles, led Francis Scott Key to note the “rocket’s red glare” in the Star Spangled Banner, the US capital is about to discover that fireworks, no matter where they come from, are no fun on a fiendishly…
