Hyderabad: Karimnagar police, analysing CCTV footage, have identified the five-member gang involved in the PMJ jewellery robbery as being from Bihar, with some suspects believed to be repeat offenders linked to property crimes and a murder case.Police have contacted their counterparts in Bihar to gather details about the wanted accused. After searching criminal databases using…
Kolkata: Despite discontent within the Matua community over large-scale deletions from the electoral roll under SIR, and the subsequent issue of citizenship certificates under CAA, BJP retained its foothold in Bongaon and Nadia. The party also captured the Matua-dominated Bagdah seat with a landslide victory after losing it in the last Assembly by-election.The Matua community,…
Panaji: Ponda-based cultivator Nitin Borkar’s horticulture journey has been rife with challenges as he encountered wilt and fungal infections in his vegetables. However, after cultivating 100 grafts each of brinjal and tomato, sourced from other states, the results are smile-inducing. “The trial indicates strong potential for grafted crops under local conditions,” Borkar told TOI.The state…
Ahmedabad: A 26-year-old labourer was killed following a dispute over vehicle parking at Madhavpura market in the city on Sunday, with cross-complaints registered at Madhavpura police station. The deceased has been identified as Mithilesh Mishra. His brother, Sandeep, 29, filed a complaint stating that the incident occurred between 12.30pm and 1pm on Sunday. According to…
Ludhiana: A group of more than 120 participants from five districts of Punjab, including 70 rural women, attended a three-day capacity building programme in Biofloc-based Aquaculture (BFAQ) at College of Fisheries, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. The training programme was tailored to apprise the beginners with basics of biofloc aquaculture technology and…
Sangrur: Punjab Gau Sewa Commission vice-chairman Kimti Bhagat on Monday directed that stray cattle roaming on roads be shifted to gaushalas at the earliest. Chairing a meeting with administration officials at the District Administrative Complex, he said roads should be free of stray cattle within four months.He said he had visited the Govt Cattle Pound…
Pune: Over 95% of work has been completed at the new security hold area of the city airport, but passengers have to wait till late July or Aug for the facility to become operational.Pune airport director Santosh Dhoke said on Monday that important procurement and regulatory approvals were pending. “A requisition has been sent to…
Guwahati: The 2026 election was the first where Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was the face, front and centre of BJP, rather than its backroom strategist and he delivered the finest, steering his party well past the majority mark of 64 in the assembly for the first time, while handing NDA its third straight…
Doctors under IMA protest at Swasthya Bhawan in Jaipur, Monday, demand pending bills to be cleared Jaipur: Doctors under the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Monday, staged a protest outside Swasthya Bhawan Monday over alleged irregularities in the Rajasthan Govt Health Scheme (RGHS) and demanded the release of Dr Sondev Bansal, arrested for allegedly submitting forged…
GUWAHATI: The scent of success wore off. Badruddin Ajmal’s AIUDF, once the principal voice of Muslim minorities in Assam, has crashed from 16 seats in the assembly to just two, signalling a sharp erosion of its political relevance as BJP’s wider sweep and Congress’ consolidation redraw the map.The 70-year-old businessman-politician, whose family-run fragrance house, Ajmal…
