New Delhi: Barricades narrowed entry lanes, police scanned vehicles and queues stretched towards Delhi Friday as the city administration stepped up security at the borders ahead of Saturday’s proposed protest at Jantar Mantar for the removal of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.From Chilla and Ghazipur to Singhu and Tikri, the preparations were visible at key…
A 41-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Navi Mumbai crime branch team for drug peddling, and mephedrone and cocaine collectively worth Rs 3.5 crore have been seized from his possession. Navi Mumbai: A 41-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Navi Mumbai…
For Grammy-nominated singer and flautist Varijashree Venugopal, music is a journey of wonder: a way of listening, learning and discovering the threads that connect sounds from distant worlds. Now, the Bengaluru-born artiste is on a 17-city US tour with international band Snarky Puppy and will soon perform at Lollapalooza India in Mumbai. In a conversation…
CHENNAI: TVK cleared its first litmus test barely five months after forming the govt in Tamil Nadu, winning the bypolls in two assembly constituencies. Though Madurantakam and Dharapuram presented different political terrains, TVK won both seats with comfortable margins by fielding former AIADMK MLAs Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabama, who joined the ruling party just…
Hyderabad: Four volunteers of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) from Telangana were temporarily detained by Madhya Pradesh police at Bhopal railway station on Oct 8 while travelling to New Delhi, ahead of the party’s Oct 10 protest at Jantar Mantar, local representatives of the organisation said on Friday.They were later released and escorted back to…
A day after TOI highlighted the plight of Sanju Devi, a 35-year-old worker who lost her right forearm in a mustard oil extraction machine accident and remained stuck in hospital over unpaid bills, she was finally able to return home on Thursday evening after her employer cleared the outstanding medical expenses. While the hospital discharge…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police expect large crowds between 5 pm and 9 pm on puja days, especially near Sealdah railway and metro stations, besides Rash Behari Avenue.Police will separate pedestrian routes at some spots. Santosh Mitra Square will be separated from College Square. Chetla Agrani will be separated from Deshapriya Park. Entry and exit points at…
The tribunal had quashed an earlier clearance granted in Feb 2016 Panaji: In a setback to the Mormugao Port Authority’s (MPA) expansion plans, the Western Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has continued its interim stay on the environmental and coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance for the port’s channel deepening project.A two-member bench…
Ahmedabad: A 33-year-old divorcee who runs a production house in Gota has accused her former boyfriend of threat and assault. According to the FIR registered on Oct 3, the accused, who is a businessman running modelling schools and has a large social media following, wanted the complainant to cut ties with two women who are…
Rajbir Ghuman, OSD to Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann Chandigarh: Rajbir Singh Ghuman, OSD to Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, on Friday skipped a second CBI summons in connection with the probe into the alleged cash-for-transfer scam. However, he submitted a legal response to the notice, said sources.Sources said that the CBI issued a summons…
