New Delhi: An LPG supply crunch in the city during the wedding season has left catering services grappling with soaring costs, disrupted operations and declining business, with many forced to turn to firewood and coal for large-scale bookings.Several caterers TOI spoke to said the crisis had significantly squeezed margins, especially as most bookings were made…
Mumbai: The weather bureau has forecast light rains/thundershowers for Mumbai and Thane for April 21 and 22, while for parts of Raigad, thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, light to moderate rains and gusty winds are forecast.Experts, however, said that little relief can be expected from the ongoing heat, being summer season, even though there may be…
Bengaluru: With the govt finding innovative models to monetise every possible avenue to generate revenue for local bodies and reduce the burden on the exchequer, the state cabinet has approved a proposal to sell 200 tonnes of sludge generated by Bengaluru for the production of biogas every day.The move had been initially announced in the…
Kolkata: “Election is the festival of democracy and not autocracy,” said CM Mamata Banerjee at a community meet at Ladies’ Park in Bhowanipore where representatives from different communities had gathered on Sunday evening. Speaking before a packed audience, Banerjee urged those present to remain united and carry her message back to members of their respective…
Jaishankar welcomes South Korea Prez Lee Jae-myung, says talks with PM Modi will deepen strategic partnership NEW DELHI: South Korean President Lee Jae-myung arrived in India on Sunday for a three-day state visit, the first by a South Korean leader in over eight years. The Ministry of External Affairs described the visit as an “important…
CDawgVA (Image Via Getty) Connor Colquhoun, better known as CDawgVA, has finished his 2026 Cyclethon after another long and demanding ride across Japan. This year’s event brought in close to $1.5 million for the Immune Deficiency Foundation. By the time he crossed the finish line, donations had reached around $1,470,000, making it one of the…
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma frequently grab attention with their airport outings and every time they make a public appearance. They serve goals and fans cannot stop gushing about them. On Sunday, Virat and Anushka were spotted at their airport and videos, pictures of them went viral. This marked their first public appearance together after…
NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) spinner Varun Chakravarthy on Sunday revealed that he still has “two fractures” in his left hand. Varun Chakravarthy, who played a crucial role in KKR’s first win of the IPL 2026 season on Sunday against LSG, said, “I think we all deserved this win, even though it’s just one…
CUTTACK: Alleged large-scale felling of trees for a proposed Rs 28-crore urban development project in Odisha’s Baripada municipality area has landed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), with a Kendrapada based petitioner seeking immediate intervention.Seeking relief, Pratap Chandra Mohanty has urged the tribunal to declare the tree felling illegal under the Van Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan…
New Delhi: Six minors have been apprehended for allegedly stabbing to death a 19-year-old youth in outer Delhi’s Samaypur Badli, police said on Sunday.The deceased, Rajeev, was a tempo driver.Information about the stabbing of a local resident came to Samaypur Badli police station on April 14 around 7.44 pm. Rajeev, rushed to Max Hospital in…
