Mumbai: Almost 18 years after being granted ‘deemed-to-be university’ status, the reputed Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) in Matunga is keen on shedding the tag. Though the premier institute benefits from greater academic autonomy as a deemed entity, it is concerned that this very status is increasingly restricting its access to big-ticket state and central…
Bengaluru: A 32-year-old man claimed to have found a lizard in the paneer tikka roll he got at a bakery near Housing Board on Magadi Main Road. He later fell sick and had to be hospitalised.According to the complaint filed by Deepu NK, a resident of Agrahara Dasarahalli and a cab driver, he skipped lunch…
Hyderabad: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths arrested a woman and her daughter travelling on the Delhi–Bengaluru Rajdhani Express at Secunderabad railway station. They seized 11.4 kg of crystal meth, valued at 11.4 crore, from their possession on Monday.The DRI officials of the Hyderabad Zonal Unit acted on specific inputs and intercepted the two…
The 2.5km stretch is part of phase 1 of city metro Akanksha.Gupta The 2.5km stretch is part of phase 1 of city metro Gurgaon: A 2.5km gap in ‘right of way’ clearance between Hero Honda Chowk and Umang Bharadwaj Chowk has emerged as a serious bottleneck for the first phase of city metro, threatening to…
Kolkata: As the city votes on Wednesday, the Kolkata Police Dog Squad has already deployed its newest members — Ina, Tina, Snoopy and Moon — to secure the city’s high-stakes political landscape. The four labradors, recently designated as “explosive experts”, transitioned directly from rigorous training to the frontline of VIP security and rally ground sanitisation.According…
Camps are being held at 14 Jewar villages Noida: The Noida administration has processed compensation files for 6,720 farmer families since April 3 through special camps set up to speed up land acquisition payments for the expansion of Noida International Airport. Officials said compensation of nearly Rs 3,700 crore has been processed so far, while…
Forced to play in Goa due to state assembly elections in Bengal, East Bengal played like the home team at Fatorda Margao: East Bengal would be tempted to look at the table and pinch themselves. Is this for real? Win the remaining four games in the Indian Super League (ISL), and the title is theirs…
Varanasi: Alongside the Ayurvedic system of medicine, Varanasi is emerging as a centre for the Tibetan medical system with the construction of the Yuthog Sowa Rigpa Medical College and Hospital at Sarnath. The first phase of the four-storey, 100-bed state-of-the-art facility, being developed at an estimated cost of around Rs99 crore, has been completed.Registrar of…
Ludhiana: In a bid to promote sports, Ludhiana district administration has established 24 sports nurseries across the city with facilities for volleyball, athletics, boxing, hockey, cycling, archery, gymnastics, basketball and other games.Coaches were also appointed to nurture talent in urban and rural areas. However, cash crunch may make it very difficult, if not impossible, to…
Shimla: The Shimla district magistrate, Anupam Kashyap, has ordered a magisterial inquiry into a 26-year-old woman’s death due to celebratory firing during a religious function at Kulgaon village in Shimla’s Rohru subdivision on Sunday night.Additional district magistrate (law and order) Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as the inquiry officer. He has been directed to conduct…
