Women Farmers from various villages around Bidadi on the outskirts of Bengaluru are participating in a protest rally against the land acquisition for the proposed Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT) at Bidadi. A Coconut orchard near Bidadi supposedly identified for acquisition for the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT) project at Bidadi in Ramanagar taluk of…
Chennai: Nearly two weeks after the state information commission and a week after the school education department ordered private schools to display their fee structures on their notice boards, compliance remains patchy.A TOI visit to city schools on Tuesday and Wednesday, coinciding with chief and district education officials sharing a compliance report with the private…
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) demanded the state govt to protect eight acres of govt land worth Rs 500 crore in Bowenpally-Cantonment areas. BRS leader Krishank said a private firm erected blue sheets on the land over night. He asked the govt to disclose all records to the land and any permission granted and take…
Kolkata: Monsoon reached Kolkata and most parts of south Bengal on a cloudy Friday even as the city recorded a maximum temperature of 34°C. While some parts of the city received drizzles, rain will be scanty in and around the city over the next seven days, said the Met office. This is the earliest monsoon…
Yamunanagar: The National Child Health Programme (Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram-RBSK), being implemented under the National Health Mission (NHM), has extended financial assistance of Rs 2.75 lakh for the surgery and treatment of a girl child suffering from a rare congenital disorder in Yamunanagar district.According to officials, Mafia, wife of Matloob Ali, a resident of Buria…
Guwahati: Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has decided to write to the forest department, urging it to set up a joint task force to identify and remove dead and ageing trees that are at risk of getting uprooted and posing a threat to lives.GMC mayor Mrigen Sarania told TOI, “After the incident at Kalipur in Guwahati,…
AI-generated representational image. JAIPUR: A 25-year-old contractual nursing staff member, Deepak Charwal, allegedly died by suicide after consuming poison on Friday, reportedly following the termination of his services. Charwal had been working at the Women’s Hospital attached to Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College for the past three years.The incident came a day after a…
Air India crash, a year ago. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) issued an interim statement on Friday, marking one year since the crash. It offered condolences to the family and assured the probe is being conducted in a comprehensive manner to ensure blame or liability is not assigned inaapropriately.“Today marks one year since the…
Facebook and Instagram down worldwide Several UAE residents reported being logged out of Facebook and experiencing issues with Instagram and Messenger on Friday evening, as a widespread global outage hit Meta’s platforms.The disruption began at around 5. 45pm UAE time, with users across Dubai and other emirates saying they were suddenly logged out of Facebook…
The rupee surged 67 paise to close at 95.18 against the US dollar on Friday, supported by a sharp fall in global crude oil prices after US President Donald Trump signalled that a deal with Iran could be imminent, PTI reported.A positive trend in domestic equity markets and weakness in the US currency further aided…
