Pedestrians & Bikers Top Fatalities; Speeding, Drink Driving Main Causes Chandigarh: The city witnessed a total of 96 road accidents including 42 fatal accidents in which 46 people lost their lives in six months of this year. Police data shows 78 people were injured in 54 non-fatal accidents. However, In 2025, 45 people died in…
A section of the Pune-Bangalore Highway service road near Mhalunge was left waterlogged after rainfall Pune: Just two days of monsoon rain have once again exposed the fragile state of the city’s roads and drainage infrastructure, with residents flooding social media with images and videos of cratered streets, persistent waterlogging, uneven carriageways and utility chamber…
A moving tanker got stuck in a caved inn road in Dindoli area in Surat Surat: Every spell of monsoon rain is exposing the city’s crumbling infrastructure, with freshly repaired roads caving in one after another and crores of taxpayers’ money sinking into the ground.The latest embarrassment came on Thursday when a moving tanker got…
Guwahati: A tiny 0.41-hectare wetland in Assam’s Sonitpur district, home to the wild ancestor of cultivated rice, has been declared as a national biodiversity conservation site, highlighting the state’s growing importance in safeguarding crop diversity, critical to future food security.Located in Borjuli village, the site harbours a viable population of Oryza rufipogon—the wild progenitor of…
Lucknow: To track key aspects of students’ lives, physical activity, diet and nutrition, mental wellness, sleep patterns and social behaviour, Lucknow University has introduced a health card system for its hostel inmates.The health cards will also maintain records of students’ allergies, existing medical conditions and overall lifestyle habits. This structured monitoring is expected to help…
Rajkot: A 54-year-old vegetable trader was killed in a suspected robbery near Viramdad village in Devbhumi Dwarka district on Wednesday evening, with gold ornaments worth an estimated Rs 24.5 lakh missing from his body.The deceased, Asif Lakha, was found with to have suffered injuries from blunt force and bladed weapons on an unpaved road within…
Five Rajasthani dialects have been incorporated into the Union govt’s artificial intelligence-powered Digital Bhashini initiative for language translation Jaipur: Five Rajasthani dialects have been incorporated into the Union govt’s artificial intelligence-powered Digital Bhashini initiative for language translation. The information was shared by Amitabh Nag, chief executive officer of Digital India Bhashini, while speaking to TOI…
NEW DELHI: Seeking to allay public fears over ethanol-blended fuel, petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri Thursday said a “make-believe” narrative had been unleashed on social media over the past few days.Addressing a press conference, the minister said the reduction in mileage of an E20-fuelled vehicle is “minor”. “It is well established that when you have…
MAGA influencer shows a Hindu temple and wonders what it means to be an American if kids of H-1B visa holders born in the US are citizens. MAGA influencer Elijah Schaffer who is known for his hatred towards Indians shot a video keeping a Hindu temple in Texas in the background as he commented on…
MUMBAI: If you think the AI boom will only make MacBooks and iPads more expensive, you are wrong. You probably do not realise it, but a host of products you use every day have memory chips in them-this is because devices are getting ‘smart’ which means they require more memory to process data and run…
