19 All woman police station New Delhi: Lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Friday inaugurated the capital’s first all-women police station (WPS) in north Delhi’s Subzi Mandi area, a facility dedicated to investigating crimes against women and children.The police station, operational from June 19, has jurisdiction over the entire North district and has subsumed the…
15,000 trees are reportedly already on site Mumbai: Over 75,000 trees have been planned for Coastal Road’s 130-acre gardens, which will create a vast new green lung for Mumbai, said Reliance Foundation chairperson Nita Ambani on Friday. She said work on the project has commenced, with a team of landscape architects, ecologists and engineers working…
Bengaluru: Cybercrime police arrested three people for creating and circulating AI-generated objectionable images and videos of actress Rukmini Vasanth on social media.The arrested are Ravikumar, 24, a resident of Chilakamukhi village in Bagalkot, Chandrakanth, 33, of Kamakshipalya and native of Thirthahalli in Shivamogga; Ranjith, 25, of Manjunathnagar.Police said the fabricated images and videos were designed…
Chennai: After burning through nearly ₹3,000 crore in two years and slipping into a negative balance of ₹1,500 crore, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has decided to exit construction activity and, instead, stay within its core mandate of urban planning and approvals.In the last two years, the CMDA funded for Vada Chennai Valarchi Thittam,…
Hyderabad: In a major boost to Hyderabad’s riverfront transformation, the ministry of defence (MoD) has granted working permission to the Musi Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (MRDCL) to proceed with the flagship Gandhi Sarovar project at Bapu Ghat in Langar Houz.The clearance covers 83 acres of defence land at the Artillery Centre, Golconda, paving the way…
Overall, authorities sealed 262 PG and guesthouse rooms across eight buildings Gurgaon: A sprawling paying guest (PG) complex emerged as the focal point of a major enforcement drive in DLF-3 on Thursday as authorities continued a large-scale restoration and sealing operation for the second consecutive day. The complex, packed with 128 rooms on a 1,000-square-yard…
Kolkata: A 75-year-old woman has lodged a police complaint against her tenant, alleging illegal occupation of her Garfa Main Road property for 21 years, criminal intimidation and abuse.Protima Bhowmik alleged that Gopal Gayen entered the premises in 2005 under a six-month tenancy agreement but never vacated. The complaint also names former councillor Tarakeshwar Chakraborty, for…
Vasco: To resolve the water crises caused by a technical snag in the Mormugao taluka over the last few days, a 12-hour-long emergency shutdown was enforced at the Selaulim water pumping station on Friday for urgent maintenance of pump no. 1. Many parts of the taluka received limited water supply during the day due to…
Varanasi: In a tragic incident, two teenage girls died of drowning while bathing in Sai river while one girl was found in an unconscious state at the Sai river ghat.The incident took place in the Nahora village of Jalalpur area in Jaunpur district on Friday.According to reports, the girls had gone to bathe at the…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat forest department moved swiftly to remove the newly installed floodlights from Nalsarovar sanctuary, soon after a TOI report flagged concerns that the lighting could harm the wetland’s bird population.On Thursday, TOI published a news report, ‘Too bright for birds? Floodlights at Nalsarovar spark fears for wildlife’. The report highlighted that the department…
