Thane: A special Pocso Court in Thane has convicted a 37-year-old teacher for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old student in 2019 during a “surprise test”, and sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment.Such acts tarnish the sacred teacher-student bond, said special judge Ruby U Malvankar Kadam in the order on Tuesday. According to prosecution, the…
Bengaluru: Imagine a huge area where residential, office, retail and entertainment spaces happily co-exist around major transit corridors. Bengaluru, which is never short on infrastructure woes, is set to welcome its first transit-oriented development (TOD) near Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Devanahalli. This is part of the Bengaluru-Hyderabad high-speed rail corridor.The TOD model promises to…
Chennai: Amid continuing political sparring over women’s safety in Tamil Nadu, the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) figures for 2024 point to a spike in grave crimes such as rape, stalking of women and domestic abuse and cyber harassment.According to the NCRB’s Crime in India 2024 report released on Thursday, Tamil Nadu registered 11,363…
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) is gearing up for another land auction in Raidurg Panmaktha (Knowledge City), with a record upset price of Rs 139 crore per acre. Officials told TOI the govt was expecting to pocket around Rs 2,000 crore by auctioning about 11 acres.TGIIC issued a notification for the auctions…
Gurgaon: A speeding truck rammed into an electricity pole and a house wall in Raja Ki Dhani village near an Indus Tower in Bilaspur, disrupting power supply for nearly 12 hours and causing damage worth over Rs 42,000 to govt property. While the incident happened in the early hours of May 2, police on Wednesday…
Kolkata: After the swearing-in ceremony on Saturday, the first BJP chief minister of Bengal will make a symbolic trip to Writers’ Buildings, which has served as the seat of power for over 200 years, before heading to Vidhan Sabha, where he will operate from the CM’s chamber until the old secretariat building is ready.While the…
Police recovered the abandoned van near Masuri police station on the DME, about 10 kilometres from the crime spot Ghaziabad: Police have reviewed more than 250 CCTV cameras along the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, Crossings Republik and NH-9 toward Meerut and Baghpat to identify three armed men who robbed a cash-laden van outside an ATM kiosk and…
Panaji: The Goa University on Thursday withdrew admissions to its newly announced integrated five-year master’s programmes, which were to be rolled out from the 2026-27 academic year.The university’s move follows TOI report that the Goa University was going to start the integrated five-year master’s programmes without prior approval from state govt.In a notification, registrar S…
Varanasi: The cyber crime cell on Wednesday night arrested a 37-year-old man for duping aspirants seeking multi-national company job after collecting their personal data and information from social media.The accused, Nitesh Saroj, is originally a resident of Pindra, Varanasi, but was currently living in Mumbai from where he was carrying his illegal activities.According to ACP…
Ahmedabad: A motorcyclist died after losing control of his bike and falling from the Balolnagar bridge in the city, once again drawing attention to a spate of fatal accidents reported from the stretch in recent months.The deceased was identified as Sanjay Makwana, 30, who suffered severe head injuries after his motorcycle first struck the divider…
