Bengaluru: In split-screen data on groundwater table, Karnataka has registered a slight improvement in groundwater recharge in 2025. At the same time, it has seen a worrying rise in industrial borewells and groundwater extraction.Industrial borewells are high-intensity, heavy-duty wells to pump out large volumes of groundwater to meet requirements of factories, commercial enterprises or industrial…
Chennai: A day after chief minister C Joseph Vijay was sworn in chief minister, all the 234 MLAs, including Vijay, took oath as MLAs on Monday.While Vijay, leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, AIADMk general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, former chief minister O Panneerselvam and TVK leaders took oath in the assembly, a few MLAs including…
The auction was conducted on Friday under the supervision of a three-member committee, headed by a senior town planner. The auction was conducted on Friday under the supervision of a three-member committee, headed by a senior town planner. The auction was conducted on Friday under the supervision of a three-member committee, headed by a senior…
Kolkata: Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal, who oversaw the Special Intensive Revision and the recent assembly polls in the state, was appointed chief secretary on Monday. He will replace EC-appointed chief secretary Dushyant Nariala, who has been posted as principal resident commissioner in New Delhi. The announcement was made by the Suvendu Adhikari cabinet…
Ghaziabad: A special Pocso court has ordered the registration of an FIR against a Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) constable accused of repeatedly raping a woman since she was 15, after police allegedly refused to act on her complaints despite being approached multiple times.Additional sessions judge Neeraj Gautam, allowing a criminal miscellaneous application under Section 174(3)…
Panaji: In addition to the danger of heat strokes during the extreme heat, the directorate of health services has also cautioned people against taking respite from the heat by swimming in ponds, springs and other water bodies with stagnant water, where they could risk contracting leptospirosis.State epidemiologist Dr Utkarsh Betodkar said the leptospira bacteria can…
VARANASI: Three killings within a span of 24 hours — two on running trains and one in a hospital — sent shockwaves through Chandauli on Monday morning. All the victims were murdered in cold blood. Police now say that the same person — a former serviceman, who appeared to be a mentally disturbed — was…
Rajkot/Ahmedabad: Fresh from the BJP’s resounding victory in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi faulted his opponents, accusing them of placing appeasement politics above national pride and cautioning citizens against divisive and narrow-minded political thinking.Participating in the Somnath Amrut Mahotsav marking 75 years of the temple’s reconstruction, Modi said the rebuilding of the ancient shrine…
Amritsar: A proposal to mandate the national song has sparked a fierce theological debate in Punjab, with Sikh hardliners claiming it violates their faith’s monotheism while the BJP defends it as a symbol of shared patriotism.Iman Singh Mann, working president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), petitioned the Akal Takht secretariat on Monday to intervene…
Pune: The Maharashtra Registration and Stamps Department has revived a major project to digitise over a century of land and registration records. State registration officials told TOI that the initiative aims to digitise 30 crore pages of historical documents dating back to 1865, a move set to transform property transparency and ease of transactions across…
