Mumbai: With water stocks in the seven lakes supplying the city falling to 10.7% of their total capacity as of Monday, June 15, the BMC will hold a high-level meeting on Tuesday to decide whether stricter water conservation measures are needed.A 10% water cut is already in force across Mumbai. Additional municipal commissioner Abhijit Bangar,…
Bengaluru: What appeared to be a kind gesture from a stranger during a rainy evening turned into an expensive lesson for a 78-year-old man, who was tricked into parting with his gold ring worth over Rs 50,000.K Sathyanarayana Rao told police the incident occurred on June 8 at 7.15 pm. Rao had gone for his…
Chennai: The prison department has constituted a board to regulate transfers and postings of personnel from Grade II wardens to jailers, in a move aimed at streamlining administrative processes and addressing concerns raised by staff over recent transfer exercises.The initiative seeks to address issues relating to postings, manpower deployment, administrative requirements, prison population, workload, and…
2k school buses still lack fitness certificates, 60 seized Hyderabad: As many as 245 vehicles belonging to educational institutions were booked across Telangana and 60 school buses operating without valid fitness certificates were seized on Monday as the transport department launched a statewide enforcement drive on the first day of reopening of schools and colleges.The…
The incident took place around 9.15pm Gurgaon: Two men were arrested for harassing two sisters in Sector 14 market on Friday, police said on Monday. The incident took place around 9.15pm when the sisters were out to eat momos in the market.The accused were identified as Nishant and Monty. Nishant, a resident of Basai village,…
Kolkata: Chairman of Singapore-based Universal Success Enterprises, Prasoon Mukherjee, met CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday and expressed interest in investing in a logistics park. Mukherjee, also the chairman of the Singapore Business Federation (India Business Council), discussed other possible investment avenues with the CM.Mukherjee told TOI that USEL was keen to invest in Bengal. He…
Ghaziabad: Police detained two men on Monday in connection with the murder of Tasleem alias Cheeni (21), a salon worker from Loni.On June 10, Tasleem was stabbed to death allegedly by a group that lured him out and later chased him down when he tried to escape. Four months ago, Tasleem was released on bail…
Vasco: Two girls, aged 14 and 15 and belonging to different families, were allegedly kidnapped from Quelossim on Saturday.Police said that in the first case, the mother of the 14-year-old girl lodged a complaint stating that her daughter went missing from Quelossim, Verna, at 8am on Saturday. In the second case, the mother of the…
tnnVaranasi: The ‘Gangotri to Ganga Sagar’ campaign will pass through Varanasi and Prayagraj, two major cities of UP, before culminating in Ganga Sagar.Launched in Gangotri on June 13, it is expected to reach Varanasi on June 17, and culminate in Ganga Sagar on June 20.A Central govt initiative, it will witness Varanasi holding a grand…
Sources cited growing student numbers and new programmes as key drivers Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) seems to be in an expansion mode. The top B-school is all set to acquire a 21,707-square-metre (5.4-acre) land plot in Vastrapur from Ahmedabad Education Society (AES).The AES, registered as a trust, owns an open land…
