Kolkata: A fire broke out in the Sholo Bigha slum near Eastern Railway’s Santoshpur station on Saturday at 1.48 pm. Around 50-60 shanties near the railway station were gutted in the blaze. No one was injured. . Traffic came to a standstill on Budge Budge Road from around 2 pm as at least 6 to…
Tempo driver dies after Eeco van rams his vehicle Noida: A tempo driver died of the injuries he sustained when he was hit by a speeding Eeco van in the Expressway police station area on Thursday, police said.The deceased was identified as Shiv Kumar. According to a complaint filed by his brother Ramkumar Tiwari, Shiv…
Panaji: Smart electricity meters will soon offer consumers the option of switching to prepaid mode.“Just like a mobile connection, consumers will be able to choose whether they want a prepaid or postpaid connection,” electricity department superintending engineer and nodal officer in charge of the project Mayur Hede told TOI.Around 15,000 digital meters have been replaced…
Varanasi: To bolster UP’s power system in the peak summer season, energy minister AK Sharma on Saturday said tripping is unacceptable and directed 24×7 supply.At a review meeting with officials in Varanasi, Sharma issued key consumer-centric directives, stating that power connections up to 1 kW will not be disconnected even with a negative balance. Consumers…
Ahmedabad: Hours before voters were to head to polling booths in Mehsana, a clash turned fatal. A 30-year-old man lost his life after being attacked during a confrontation late on Friday. The victim, Miten Chaudhary, was campaigning for his uncle, Mahendra Chaudhary, a BJP member contesting the Mehsana Municipal Corporation election from Ward 4.According to…
Sultanpur Lodhi (Kapurthala): Close on the heels of a family in Sultanpur Lodhi losing its fifth son to drugs, another family in nearby Gazipur village has lost its second son, allegedly to drug abuse, within the past seven months.Twenty-year-old Baljit Singh was found dead on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. His parents said…
Aizawl: Mizoram continues to hold the first position in malaria prevalence in the entire country, based on the Annual Parasite Incidence (API), as World Malaria Day was observed in the state on Saturday.The state programme officer-cum-additional director (malaria) under the state health services, Dr Lalzawmi, said Mizoram has maintained the highest position in malaria prevalence…
Lucknow: The police on Saturday recovered stolen cash, jewellery and other valuables worth nearly ₹30 lakh and arrested three accused in connection with a house burglary in Gudamba earlier this month.The arrests were made by a joint team of the crime branch, east zone surveillance unit and Gudamba police following sustained tracking and intelligence gathering….
Jaipur: A major fire broke out in a sixth-floor flat of an apartment building in the Muhana area of Jaipur Saturday, spreading to two adjoining flats and triggering a rescue operation in which around 15 people were evacuated, police said.The incident occurred around 2.15 pm at an apartment complex near Muhana Mandi. Police said the…
Benji busy preparing a dish at his adoptive family’s eatery in Kolkata KOLKATA: Born into loss in Kerala, raised without memory of parents, and finding a home after decades of drift, 50-year-old Benjamin – “Benji” in Kolkata’s Beleghata – says the state has made him an orphan again. EC’s SIR of electoral rolls has struck…
