Shelar said the UBT’s stand that the plot was being sold was incorrect and questioned who had officially named the ground after former Indian footballer Neville D’Souza Mumbai: Amid the controversy over the proposed redevelopment of the Neville D’Souza football ground in Bandra, BJP MLA & minister Ashish Shelar on Thursday hit out at the…
Bengaluru: A study by Kannada Development Authority (KDA) has found that students of classes 6 and 7 in govt bilingual schools in Karnataka have limited vocabulary, difficulty in forming sentences, and weak comprehension — a stark commentary on the huge gaps in learning in schools which offer English and mother tongue as mediums of instruction.Karnataka…
Chennai: When police stopped an auto splattered with blood during an early-morning patrol near Kundrathur on Friday, the three men inside tried to pass it off as blood from a hand injury. Unconvinced, the cops took them in for questioning and eventually uncovered the murder of their 27-year-old friend.Thirumudivakkam police, who intercepted the auto during…
HC reserves verdict on Danam disqualification pleas, Sept 16 judgment date set Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Friday reserved its verdict on two petitions challenging the assembly speaker’s ruling in the disqualification proceedings involving Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender, setting Sept 16 for pronouncement of judgment.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice…
– A 10th-class pass man posing as a doctor was caught during a health department decoy operation in Sohna on Friday after he allegedly offered to terminate a two-month pregnancy for Rs 1,000 and handed a decoy woman a kit containing mifepristone and misoprostol tablets._______________Picture by TOI Bala allegedly demanded Rs 1,000 from a woman…
Kolkata: At the entrance to the sealed five-storey building at 15G, Mirza Ghalib Street, eight hoardings advertise eight different hotels and guest houses. Apart from Shikha Inn, where nine people died of asphyxiation after a fire early on Wednesday, the premises also carried signs for Hotel Taiba, Hotel Demattrie, Mariam Hotel, Hotel Royco Guest House,…
Noida: An elderly couple in their 70s was cheated of Rs 58 lakh by conmen while they were kept under “digital arrest” for a week, police said on Friday. A case has been registered at the Cybercrime Branch police station and an investigation is underway.In their complaints, the victims, residents of Sector 137, said an…
Salgaonkar said he would begin his campaign and undertake a door-to-door outreach programme Panaji: Former minister and Saligao MLA Jayesh Salgaonkar, who left Goa Forward Party and joined BJP ahead of the 2022 assembly election, resigned from the party on Friday and announced his decision to contest the 2027 assembly election.Salgaonkar, who lost the 2022…
Varanasi: Goa is looking to redefine its tourism identity beyond its world-famous beaches by promoting its spiritual, cultural and heritage attractions, tourism minister Rohan A.Khaunte said in Varanasi. Calling for a shift towards more meaningful travel experiences, he said the state wants visitors to discover Goa’s temples, churches, heritage sites, traditions and cultural legacy alongside…
He met senior executives of Kyndryl, BlackRock and Holtec International Gandhinagar: On the fifth day of his US tour to promote Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2027, chief minister Bhupendra Patel held one-on-one meetings in New York with senior executives of global companies in IT infrastructure, asset management and nuclear technology. The chief minister met senior…
