Lucknow: Mathematics emerged as the toughest section in the Uttar Pradesh Police constable recruitment exam on Monday, with candidates across centres in the city reporting that lengthy, calculation-heavy questions made time management difficult.Aspirants said the paper was largely balanced, but mathematics proved to be the deciding factor. Many expected general studies to pose a bigger…
Jaipur: A special court dealing with Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) cases Monday rejected the bail application of former Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Subodh Agarwal, in connection with the alleged multi-crore Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) tender scam. The court observed that the allegations against the accused were serious and involved alleged…
CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: INDIA bloc allies, VCK and the Left parties, on Monday criticised Congress over its alliance strategy in the recent assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal. DMK sources told TOI the party would join the INDIA bloc only if Congress is not part of it. “We will not be a signatory…
A former CIA officer accused of siphoning off more than $40 million worth of gold bars abused a highly classified intelligence system designed to protect some of the US’ most sensitive operations, according to a report by The New York Times.David Rush was a former CIA official who held top-level security clearance and is accused…
Singer and actress Ariana Grande and her ‘Wicked’ co-star, Ethan Slater have reportedly split.According to reports on TMZ, the pair, who met on the sets of their musical, ‘Wicked’, have reportedly gone their separate ways after nearly three years together. While news of the split is only making headlines now, Grande and Slater reportedly ended…
This looks like one of those satisfying days when things click. Mars, your ruler, gives drive and courage, while Jupiter adds luck and a wider opening, so happiness comes not just from feelings but from actual results.Good news from children may lift your heart. There is also a sense that people respond well to your…
New Delhi: Elderly women account for a majority of serious fall-related fractures, with nearly three-fourths of patients treated at a specialised fracture clinic at AIIMS, institute data show.Figures from the Fragility Fracture Liaison Service (FFLS) clinic at the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre (JPNATC) show that 822 patients were treated between Nov 2023 and…
Thane: The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) has taken suo motu cognisance of a TOI report highlighting the acute drinking water crisis in Dapurmal, a remote tribal hamlet in Shahapur taluka, and summoned senior Thane district administration officials for a quasi-judicial hearing on June 9.The commission’s intervention follows TOI’s May 11…
Bengaluru: A fire broke out at a car service centre in Kasturinagar near Ramamurthy Nagar in east Bengaluru early Monday. There were no casualties but four cars were damaged.Fire and emergency services personnel received an alert about the fire at MM Cars service centre at 3.50am. A water tanker from Banaswadi fire station rushed to…
Nidhi Kesarwani, joint secretary, department for promotion of industry and internal trade Chennai: Expanding beyond the traditional leather and non-leather footwear clusters of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh and aiming to boost exports, the Centre is setting up mega leather, footwear and accessories clusters in different states. The facilities will be established in Muzaffarpur in…
