Bengaluru: With Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) incurring ₹2,803 crore losses during 2024-25 due to rising power cost, power consumers across its eight districts will have to pay 56 paise more per unit for a one-year period starting May 2026.The move, approved by Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission, will further strain household budgets.Sources told TOI the…
Coimbatore: State BJP vice-president and actor Khushbu Sundar on Friday said the former chief minister, the late J Jayalalithaa, had set a benchmark for how courageous a woman should be.Campaigning for Vanathi Srinivasan at Venkittapuram and Kovilmedu in Coimbatore North constituency, Khushbu claimed that women’s safety in TN has become a serious concern. “Today, women…
Hyderabad: Mother of first-year postgraduate medical student K Suresh on Friday alleged that sustained harassment may have led to his death at Osmania Medical College, claiming that her son had recently complained of ragging by senior students but feared reporting it.“My son was not someone who would die by suicide out of fear. He recently…
Kolkata: Hitting the pause button on the acrimony of an election season where their parties are pitted against one another in Bengal, LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Trinamool’s leader in the LS Abhishek Banerjee spoke on a telephonic call on Friday evening. While Gandhi dialled Abhishek to thank him for the “floor coordination”…
Panaji: The crime branch of the Goa police on Friday conducted two raids in connection with alleged cricket betting, arrested 10 persons and also seized material totally worth Rs 28 lakh, including 95 mobile phones, eight laptops, 77 SIM cards, and 18 debit cards.Crime branch SP Rahul Gupta said a villa at Ribandar was raided…
To promote sustainable farming techniques Varanasi: The International Rice Research Institute – South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi, in collaboration with the department of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh, organised a farmers training programme on natural farming at Kot Panchayat, Mandi on Thursday. The programme focused on promoting sustainable and low-cost farming practices to address rising input…
Ahmedabad: A special court here on Friday convicted a 41-year-old woman from the Philippines for smuggling 2.1kg of heroin in India at the behest of an international drug syndicate, and sentenced her to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. The court also fined her Rs 4 lakh. According to the case details, Ginalean Padiwan Limon, a…
Did you know that Chandigarh’s beloved Panjab University owes much of its striking architectural legacy to the ingenuity and creativity of architect B P Mathur? He ably supported Pierre Jeanneret in this massive enterprise, contributing to the sculptural Gandhi Bhawan, the iconic library and administrative buildings. Individually, he designed landmarks like the Students Centre, Museum…
Pune: Residents of several housing societies in Undri, Mohammadwadi and NIBM Annexe continue to pay water tax without receiving a single drop of municipal supply, even as their dependence on private tanker operators rises and become costlier.Following a tanker strike that disrupted supply on Wednesday and exposed the area’s vulnerability, operators have now raised water…
Jhunjhunu: The bodies of a man and a woman were found hanging from a tree in Bhodki village under Gudhagaurdji police station area in the Jhunjhunu district Friday.The deceased were identified as Sunil Kumar (32), a resident of Bhiwani in Haryana, and Indubala, a resident of Kheenvasar village in Jhunjhunu district.According to police, the bodies…
