Hyderabad: The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has set a record by providing free accident insurance benefits to its employees, with Rs 41 crore already distributed to the families over the past two years.Under the scheme, each eligible family receives an insurance payout of Rs 1 crore. As part of employee welfare initiatives, the SCCL…
Gurgaon: In a push to strengthen higher education, directorate of higher education has approved a fresh expansion of courses and seats in govt colleges across Haryana for the academic session 2026-27, with the city emerging as a key focus district.Some new courses at Gurgaon colleges include: electronics, biotechnology and remote sensing and geographical information systems….
Ponda: Stating that rising inflation has already broken the backbone of common people, Kavlem villagers compelled the village panchayat to reduce the hiked house tax rates by 50%.The Kavlem gram sabha on Sunday unanimously passed a resolution, by a show of hands, to reduce the house tax hike by half.The proposal received overwhelming support from…
Gorakhpur: The district is in for a new tourist destination as chief minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurates the tourism development and beautification project at Chiluatal on Jun 2. The project has been completed at a cost of Rs 20.39 crore and more features are being added to the site.After transformation of Ramgarhtal into one of the…
Ahmedabad: A 20-year-old worker at a perfume shop in the city lost Rs 1.34 lakh after downloading a fraudulent application while trying to track a parcel sent to Kashmir via India Post.According to a complaint lodged with Dariapur police on Saturday, Fiyyan Shaikh, a resident of Dhalgarwad, was assisting his employer in tracking a perfume…
Representational image of a burglary Ludhiana: Daytime break-ins now account for nearly one in four burglaries in this city. Newly released National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data triggers public concern over the industrial hub’s daytime security systems.The 2024 annual report reveals that bold daylight offenses comprised nearly 23% of all burglaries recorded across the industrial…
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh unit of AAP Sunday organised a training programme on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Sector 35. The session was attended by booth-level agents (BLA-2s), party office-bearers, municipal councillors, volunteers, and senior leaders. Former Delhi education minister Manish Sisodia and Delhi MLA and Chandigarh in-charge Jarnail Singh were present at the…
Pune: The Pune city police, in a coordinated operation, rescued a one-year-old girl who was kidnapped from the Pune railway station area and detained three suspects within 16 hours in Daund.Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Gauhar Hasan told TOI, “The child’s parents were asleep near the railway station when the incident occurred. They earn a…
Dimapur: Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio held telephonic discussions with Union home minister Amit Shah, the Union home secretary, and the director of the Intelligence Bureau, seeking their urgent intervention to trace and secure the safe release of the six Naga men abducted in Manipur.Rio also urged them to identify those responsible for the abduction…
Lucknow: Police on Sunday arrested an auto-rickshaw driver for allegedly molesting a 20-year-old woman and attempting to kill her following a police encounter in the Vikas Nagar area on Sunday.The accused, identified as Sunny Yadav, 34, a resident of KKV Colony under Hussainganj police station limits, was on the run since a case was registered…
