Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday congratulated R Praggnanandhaa for becoming the first Indian to win the Grand Chess Tour title, lauding his “extraordinary talent and unwavering perseverance”.“Praggnanandhaa scripted a stunning comeback in St Louis, defeating American Fabiano Caruana 15-13 in the final to clinch his maiden Grand Chess Tour title,’’ Vijay said…
At Khairatabad, the 72nd year of the celebrations will feature a 69-foot Panchamukha Sankar Harahara Ganapathi, symbolising the five elements, including earth, water, fire, air and space Hyderabad: With Ganesh Chaturthi around the corner, Hyderabad’s biggest Ganapathi idols are taking shape, as artisans work round the clock to complete towering structures that will become the…
Gurgaon: Nearly 12,000 guest teachers in Haryana, including around 5,000 who have completed nearly 20 years of service, are ready to forgo past-service benefits and dues estimated at around Rs 4,000 crore if the state govt regularises their services immediately and provides them the status of permanent employees, guest teacher organisations said.The teachers, who were…
Families of missing tourists at the travel agency office in Kolkata Kolkata: Chalo Jaai Travel Club, the agency that had taken 32 tourists from Kolkata and other parts of Bengal to Nepal, kept its office on Ho Chi Minh Sarani open through the night. Anxious family members of the tourists, many of whom have been…
An allogeneic stem cell transplant was performed using Yogesh’s donated stem cells recently. Doctors say Preeti is recovering well Ghaziabad: This Raksha Bandhan, the thread binding Preeti Varshney to her brother came not from a rakhi, but from his blood-forming stem cells.Her brother Yogesh flew in from the Philippines after doctors found him to be…
Owners of sewage tankers gather after Baga sewage plant suspended operations Calangute: The sewage treatment plant (STP) at Baga has partially suspended operations after untreated sewage discharged from the STP started washing up on Baga beach, turning it black, local MLA Michael Lobo said on Friday.Lobo said the Baga STP has stopped accepting sewage tankers…
Ahmedabad: For young Gujaratis who leave India after family conflicts over relationships, marriage is emerging as an unexpected factor in their asylum narratives abroad. Claims centred on forced marriage, family violence, threats over inter-caste relationships and opposition to same-sex relationships are being raised before immigration authorities in countries including the UK, Canada and New Zealand,…
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Citizens Foundation (CCF) organised a special screening of the documentary, “Operation Maa“ at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, bringing together senior serving and retired Armed Forces officers, veterans, members of civil society, students, NCC cadets and others. The event also witnessed extensive participation of serving soldiers of the Indian Army’s Western Command.Those in attendance…
Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam Pune: The publication of the draft roll next week and the hearings that will follow under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will be conducted by 7,100 AEROs appointed across Maharashtra. Chief electoral officer S Chockalingam told TOI that hearings would deal with unmapped electors and those…
Surat: Vesu police have booked five people for allegedly conspiring to extort Rs 50 lakh from a real estate broker in connection with an angadia transaction.According to the complaint, the accused had sought the victim’s help in arranging the delivery of Rs 50 lakh from a Delhi-based angadia firm to Surat. After the money allegedly…
