MDMK general secretary Vaiko Chennai: MDMK is likely to make a formal announcement of its exit from the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance after its general council meeting on Saturday. Senior MDMK functionaries told TOI that members of the committee unanimously backed the proposal to quit the alliance. Meanwhile, one of the two MDMK MLAs who…
Hyderabad: As the debate over 33% reservation for women returns to centre stage, a new NITI Aayog working paper has highlighted another persistent gender imbalance: Women remain overwhelmingly underrepresented in India’s core engineering trades.The report — Girls and Women at the Centre: Advancing Non-Traditional Livelihoods in India — shows that while women account for 93%…
The union demanded that the civic body hold talks with employee representatives at the earliest, resolve all pending issues within a week Gurgaon: MCG employees staged a protest at the corporation headquarters on Friday, alleging administrative high-handedness by MCG commissioner and demanding implementation of agreements reached with Haryana govt.The union said that, following their strike…
Kolkata: A family disagreement turned into a life-saving decision for 35-year-old metal casting worker Dharmendra Chowdhury of Jagaddal in North 24-Parganas, who narrowly escaped becoming a victim of the Taratala warehouse roof collapse after deciding not to take up a week-long assignment at the site.Chowdhury had initially agreed to work at the under-construction warehouse, where…
Panaji/Margao: Resentment is once again brewing in Goa’s villages over govt’s move to classify 56 villages as urban areas. The opposition parties have taken up the cudgels and have warned that the decision would irreversibly destroy the state’s traditional village character and open the floodgates to real-estate-driven development.GPCC spokesperson Amit Palekar accused govt of pursuing…
Varanasi: To tackle the growing menace of monkey attacks and reduce man-animal conflict, the forest department will develop a dedicated Kapi-Van outside the city, where simians will be provided with a natural habitat and fruit-bearing trees to ensure a steady food supply. The project, aimed at preventing monkeys from venturing into residential areas in search…
Ahmedabad: Maheshwari Dodiyar, 19, a native of Godhra, cannot see and hear and has very limited speech capabilities. Conventionally, she could have been seen as the proverbial ‘burden’ on her family. On the contrary, Maheshwari is shouldering the financial burden of her family of labourers. She earns Rs 14,000 per month working as a serving…
Tarn Taran: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted as in-charge of a police outpost in Tarn Taran died by suicide after allegedly shooting himself with his service pistol at his quarters Thursday late night following his checkpoint duty.Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Surendra Lamba said ASI Amarjit Singh was posted at Kairon police outpost for about…
Pune: A 54-year-old purchase manager working with a private company in Balewadi lost Rs11.66 lakh to cybercrooks after unknowingly downloading malicious APK files disguised as an RTO traffic challan and a piped gas bill.On June 18, the manager received a call from a person claiming to be from a customer care department, asking whether he…
Guwahati: Recurring petty thefts in areas under the Latasil police station continue to worry residents.Households in Barwari, Uzan Bazaar, Kali Bari Railway Colony and Lamb Road said thefts of copper wires, water taps, electricity and water meters, and motorcycles have become routine since the Covid-19 lockdown. Many residents have installed CCTV cameras and hired private…
