New Delhi: Several animal welfare groups and activists expressed mixed reactions to the Supreme Court’s latest directions to deal with stray dogs.Some welcomed the development as a long-overdue push for scientific implementation of the Animal Birth Control (ABC) framework, while others voiced concern over provisions that could lead to “arbitrary removal or confinement of community…
Mumbai: A 77-year-old Ghatkopar resident was duped of Rs 50 lakh by cyber fraudsters posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in a digital arrest scam, according to an FIR registered at East Region Cyber Police Station.The complainant, a labour law advisor residing in Garodia Nagar, told police that between May 12 and 14, he received…
Bengaluru: The Admission Overseeing Committee (AOC), headed by Justice (retd) Ramachandra D Huddar, warned private medical colleges in Karnataka against collecting additional and unauthorised fees from students during undergraduate and postgraduate admissions.In a note issued Tuesday, the committee said it received complaints that some medical colleges were demanding university fees directly from students despite Karnataka…
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday said chief minister C Joseph Vijay winning the election cannot be considered a ‘tsunami’ of people’s support as TVK had lost all the seats in eight districts in TN. “People of the state were in the mindset for a change in Tamil Nadu and we have to respect…
Deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has asked the Centre to advise all states to introduce practical education on cleanliness, waste segregation and environmental responsibility for children from Class 1 onwards, on the lines of Japan. Hyderabad: Deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has asked the Centre to advise all states to introduce practical education…
Gurgaon: In a major internal administrative overhaul triggered by allegations of corruption and collusion with brokers, MCG on Tuesday reshuffled 134 clerks across departments, including large-scale transfers within the property tax branch.Officials clarified that the figure of 134 includes both clerks shifted out of the property tax department and those brought in from other branches…
Kolkata: Two employees of a Gujarat-based trader were kidnapped by a gang of six armed men, robbed of Rs 42 lakh and then abandoned on the Kona Expressway in the first week of May. The complainant, Kamlesh Rajnikant Shah, 63, a resident of Gandhinagar arrived in Kolkata on Monday to report the crime at the…
Deepika’s sister Sarika Nagar and her father said all the woman wanted was to study. She had completed BEd from a college near her home in Khudi Khera in 2022 Deepika allegedly died after she fell from the third-floor terrace of her in-laws’ house on May 17 A month before the wedding, the groom’s family…
Panaji: The Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) awards for 2025 were announced on Tuesday, recognising exemplary contribution in the field of conservation of biodiversity and environment.TOI reporter Gauree Malkarnekar was named winner of the Green Journalist award of the Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) for “playing a vital role in highlighting Goa’s environmental concerns and…
Varanasi: Another Ballia man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath, executive assistant to Suvendu Adhikari — now Bengal CM — near a toll plaza in Muzaffarnagar’s Chhapar area.The accused, identified as Rajkumar Singh, a resident of Ballia district, was allegedly returning from Haridwar with his family when the joint team…
