Kolkata: App-bikes are rapidly emerging as the city’s new last-mile lifeline, stepping into the gap created by the shortage of autos on the road following the soaring LPG prices.A sharp rise in auto LPG rates — from around Rs 58 per litre in Jan to nearly Rs 83 by April — has pushed many auto…
Workers protesting against low wages had resorted to violence on Monday, pelting cops with stones and torching vehicles on fire Noida: A day after violent protests, UP govt on Tuesday raised the minimum monthly wages of industrial workers in Noida and Ghaziabad by 21%. Effective April 1, unskilled workers in the two cities will now…
Panaji/Mapusa: Omkar, the sub-adult elephant from Maharashtra who re-entered Goa on Sunday, has left farmers in Torxem on edge after a night of extensive tree damage, uprooting coconut trees with brute force.As many as 12 coconut trees, planted roughly four years ago, were uprooted in a single spell, according to local accounts.“It was like watching…
Varanasi: Mau police have busted an inter-state cybercrime gang for allegedly scamming around 90 govt teachers out of Rs 2 crore. Two scammers have been arrested for posing as BSA officers to extort money.The case came to light on Feb 16, when Chinta Devi, an assistant teacher at Composite Vidyalaya Riyav Dohrighat, got a call…
Adria Arjona has officially joined the cast of ‘Man of Tomorrow’, the highly anticipated Superman sequel directed by James Gunn. Adria Arjona cast in ‘Man of Tomorrow’ According to the Hollywood Reporter, Adria has been finalised for the David Corenswet-led film following multiple rounds of screen tests. While she has been confirmed in the cast,…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday accused former CM Arvind Kejriwal of undermining democratic institutions and questioning the judiciary out of “fear”, while AAP urged the Chief Justice of India to take suo motu cognisance of Gupta’s recent remark about a judge and initiate contempt proceedings against her.Referring to Kejriwal’s recent court appearances,…
Mumbai: Mumbai’s Coastal Road-South, has seen a steep surge in traffic, with usage multiplying nearly sevenfold since its launch in March 2024, almost two years ago. Monthwise data which TOI analysed since the road was started shows that while in the first month an average of 8,787 vehicles used the road, the number has gone…
Bengaluru: As the summer approaches, villages across the state are grappling with drinking water shortages. Among the 344 villages across 58 taluks in Karnataka, Bengaluru South (Ramanagar) has emerged as the worst-hit district with 55 villages facing shortages, followed by Raichur (41), Uttara Kannada (27) and Tumakuru (26). Several districts in north Karnataka and Bengaluru…
TNNNew Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta and LG TS Sandhu on Tuesday hailed the inauguration of the Delhi–Dehradun Expressway by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing the Rs 12,000-crore project as a major milestone in the capital’s development.Joining the programme virtually on the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar, Gupta termed the occasion “special and auspicious”…
Mumbai: The DRI on Monday arrested Khalil Surve, kingpin of the gold smuggling racket who was operating from Saudi Arabia using Umrah pilgrims as unwitting carriers. His name had cropped up in February, when the DRI busted a gold smuggling syndicate and seized 4kgs of gold worth Rs 3.47 crore.Surve was arrested on Monday, and…
