Times News NetworkMohali: Two Punjab Police personnel were injured after suspected drug smugglers opened fire and attacked them with sharp-edged weapons during an anti-narcotics operation near Saneta village on Saturday evening.Police said the Anti-Narcotics Cell had received secret information that a heroin consignment was to be delivered near the village around 4pm. Acting on the…
German military likely to start conscription mid-2027, senior politician says Germany could reintroduce compulsory military service by mid-2027 if voluntary recruitment fails to meet ambitious troop targets, a senior parliamentarian has warned, as the country faces a growing threat from Russia and an unpredictable United States.The government introduced a new voluntary military service model in…
PUNE: A total of 16 trains, including inter-city trains between Pune and Mumbai have been cancelled due to a major landslide which happened at the Southeast (Pune-Lonavla) ghat section of the Central Railway in the wee hours on Monday. According to the railway officials, the landslide happened at around 3am blocking both the UP and…
Hyderabad: Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) director general Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar is facing allegations of sexual harassment and workplace victimisation. A woman professor of ASCI has filed a complaint before the National Commission for Women (NCW) alleging that after she approached NCW, her contract was terminated and she was barred from entering the campus…
TOI IMPACTChandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of a TOI news report highlighting the dilapidated condition of the Le Corbusier Centre in Sector 19. The court has also directed the Chandigarh administration to file a detailed compliance report on steps being taken for its renovation and repair.A division bench…
The initiative targets non-Marathi auto and taxi drivers and is designed to ensure they can speak, understand, and use the language confidently during everyday passenger interactions Mumbai: Marathi lectures have begun for autorickshaw and taxi drivers at city RTOs, with sessions underway at Tardeo in the island city and Andheri in the suburbs.The initiative targets…
File photo: PM Modi with Japanese PM Takaichi India and Japan are set to sign an agreement to strengthen liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply security amid ongoing global supply chain disruptions, with the pact expected to be concluded during Thursday’s annual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.The two countries…
Jaipur: Rajasthan, the country’s leader in solar power generation, is struggling to translate its dominance into rooftop installations under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. Despite commanding the largest installed solar capacity, the state ranks only fifth in rooftop adoption, trailing behind Keralam, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.The state govt offers a subsidy of…
Shillong: Meghalaya chief electoral officer (CEO) BDR Tiwari on Saturday said the state election commission was fully prepared for the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Earlier, on Thursday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced the third phase of SIR for the remaining states and Union Territories, including Meghalaya. Oct 1 has…
NEW DELHI: The skill development ministry has graded nearly 15,000 private and govt industrial training institutes (ITIs) with over 14 lakh students in line with an exercise similar to National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), which ranks higher education institutions.For the 2026-27 academic year, 466 ITIs attained a grade above 9, on a scale of 10,…
