Panaji: A few residents at Arpora have been without water supply for more than a month, with govt yet to provide a concrete timeline for restoration, even as households bear mounting costs for private water tankers to meet daily needs.According to a grievance submitted by Lt Col D S Grewal (retd) on behalf of the…
Ahmedabad: The Veraval-Sabarmati Vande Bharat Express will operate on a revised route from Aug 17, bringing the semi-high-speed train into Ahmedabad city via Gandhigram. Earlier, the service was available only from Sabarmati, but passengers will now be able to board it from Gandhigram as well.The change will improve connectivity for several towns in Saurashtra that…
Amritsar: Punjab Police have busted a cross-border smuggling module involved in trafficking of illegal arms and narcotic substances in Amritsar, arresting two people and seizing six sophisticated pistols, 1kg of heroin, 1 kg of opium and Rs 10,000Police commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar told the media on Thursday the two accused, Joga Singh and Manpreet Singh,…
The FIR was registered based on a complaint filed by Ravindra Namdev Koli (46), sub-registrar of Haveli Number 20 office at Dattanagar in Ambegaon Pune: The Ambegaon police on Wednesday registered a case against 22 people, including seven builders, developers and their partners, for allegedly cheating govt by registering 22 property sale deeds using forged…
Lucknow: More than a dozen municipal dustbins are missing along the 2 km Heritage Zone stretch from the Bada Imambara to the Chhota Imambara in Husainabad, revealed a TOI reality check.With bins gone, visitors have been discarding garbage in corners of the monuments, including umbrella domes (locally called chattris). Rainwater carries the waste into drains,…
According to health department officials, animal husbandry department has been roped in for prevention activities, including fogging. Jaipur: A 6-year-old girl from Dungarpur and a 2-year-old girl from Sirohi died Thursday while undergoing treatment in Gujarat after testing positive for Chandipura virus.The 6-year-old, a resident of Ratanpura village in Dungarpur district, was being treated at…
SC expressed concern about the vanishing of the joint family system Expressing concern about the vanishing of the joint family system and parents in nuclear families not spending quality time with their kids and instead handing over gadgets to keep them busy, Supreme Court Thursday said that it would lead to “disaster” as the new…
Long before houses, mattresses, and woven fabrics became part of daily life, humans were already creating dedicated places to sleep. Deep inside a South African cave, traces of ancient grass bedding have preserved a small but revealing detail of prehistoric life: our ancestors cared about where they rested. The remains suggest that hunter-gatherers were not…
Global benchmark Brent crude topped the $100-per-barrel mark NEW DELHI: Global benchmark Brent crude topped the $100-per-barrel mark Thursday for the first time in nine weeks as the renewed conflict between US and Iran in West Asia disrupted shipments thr-ough Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran-backed Houthi rebels continued to target shipping through Bab el-Mandeb Strait.Brent…
Rajkummar Rao’s courtroom drama ‘Prahaar’, based on Ujjwal Nikam’s cases, has reportedly been postponed from its August 7 release due to a crowded market featuring Spider-Man, Batwara 1947 and Awarapan 2. Maddock Films’ Eetha may also shift dates. Co-starring Wamiqa Gabbi, Prahaar covers the 1993 and 2008 Mumbai attacks; no new date announced yet. Rajkummar…
