File photo of the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir site across the River Cauvery near Sangama in Kanakapura taluk, about 100 km from Bengaluru. Mekedatu-Location of Cauvery river at Kanakpura taluq, Sangama, 100 km from Bengaluru Chennai: A meeting of TNCC district presidents was held at the party headquarters in Chennai where a resolution was passed…
Hyderabad: The Nalgonda railway station is undergoing redevelopment at an estimated cost of ₹17 crore under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS). The station serves nearly 3,000 passengers every day and handles around 44 trains daily, including DEMU and MEMU services. It is a key transit hub for commuters travelling to Hyderabad, particularly Secunderabad, Kacheguda…
BLOs are required to distribute enumeration forms, collect completed applications and digitise voter details Gurgaon: Booth level officers (BLOs) conducting the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Gurgaon say they are facing rude behaviour and non-cooperation from residents of several housing societies.A few BLOs told TOI that many residents make mistakes while filling…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned the “hot haste” of the police in freezing three Trinamool Congress bank accounts based on a complaint filed just a day earlier and asked HDFC Bank to file a report by next Tuesday on the amount lying in these accounts and their authorised signatories.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya did…
Noida: A district sessions court has sentenced nine members of an extended family to life imprisonment for gunning down two of their cousins during a dispute over an 18ft-wide passage in Badalpur in 2021.The court held that the killings were the result of an armed attack triggered by a long-running land feud and said the…
Locals witness the live demonstration of a reverse vending machine under the Deposit Refund Scheme Panaji: Goa’s ambitious Deposit Refund Scheme (DRS) will go live from Sep 1, with its first phase covering liquor and liquor-based products packed in glass, plastic, metal and multi-layered packaging, the DRS authority said on Thursday in a notification.All alcohol…
Varanasi: The Robertsganj police in Sonbhadra district busted a gang involved in preparing fake E-form C/MM-11 (mineral transport permit) and carrying out illegal mineral transport. The police arrested five members of the gang on Wednesday, while a search is on to nab three others. The police seized a laptop used in preparing the fake e-form,…
Academics speak on what their institutes are doing to tackle the use of AI by students Ahmedabad: Undergraduate and postgraduate courses at IIT Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) often include unorthodox assessment methods such as open-book or open-internet examinations and field visits, followed by hands-on prototype development.“Instructors continue to use these methods with questions that limit the efficacy…
Payal.DhawanLudhiana: Dehlon police have registered an FIR against three Japanese nationals and their two Indian associates on charges of cheating, theft and cyber offences following a complaint by a Ludhiana-based agricultural equipment manufacturer. The complainant has alleged that the accused misused confidential business information, attempted to patent proprietary designs in India and caused losses through…
Chandigarh: UT police arrested a Maloya resident with 9.7 grams of heroin during a checking drive Thursday. The accused, Deepak Kumar of EWS Colony, allegedly tried to flee after spotting a police team near a govt school but was chased and apprehended. A case under the NDPS Act was registered. He was produced before a…
