Panaji: The Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) awards for 2025 were announced on Tuesday, recognising exemplary contribution in the field of conservation of biodiversity and environment.TOI reporter Gauree Malkarnekar was named winner of the Green Journalist award of the Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) for “playing a vital role in highlighting Goa’s environmental concerns and…
Varanasi: Another Ballia man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath, executive assistant to Suvendu Adhikari — now Bengal CM — near a toll plaza in Muzaffarnagar’s Chhapar area.The accused, identified as Rajkumar Singh, a resident of Ballia district, was allegedly returning from Haridwar with his family when the joint team…
One of the major challenges affecting registrations is the limited approval granted to certain courses Ahmedabad: The admission process for govt colleges in Gujarat, including Gujarat University, is currently underway through the Gujarat Common Admission Service (GCAS). However, the response so far has been relatively low, with only around 1.5 lakh students registering against approximately…
Panchkula: Municipal commissioner Vinay Kumar Tuesday directed officials to ensure that no garbage heap remains unattended across the city, stressing stricter field monitoring and prompt waste clearance.The directions were issued during a meeting with sanitation staff, including door-to-door workers, assistant sanitary inspectors (ASIs) and supervisors, at the Sector 12 community centre to streamline coordination and…
Screenshot of a video showing flyers waiting inside the Air India Express flight Pune: Several flyers on board a Pune-bound Air India Express flight were stranded inside the aircraft for nearly three hours on Tuesday morning due to a technical issue, leading to complaints of heat and suffocation.The flight (IX-1230) was scheduled to depart from…
Sholey Singh demanded Rs 1 crore from a school principal Times News NetworkSurat: The Surat Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) has arrested a notorious Uttar Pradesh-based criminal carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 1.5 lakh on his head.The accused, identified as Sholey Singh Thakur alias Anand Singh (26), was nabbed from the Khatodara area. Police…
Agartala: Two police personnel detained earlier along with three others in connection with a Rs 50-crore financial fraud have been sent to seven-day police custody by a local court. All of them were picked up for questioning after a cash display video went viral three days ago.The duo has been identified as Menaka Debbarma, a…
Lucknow: Sarojini Nagar police on Tuesday busted a family-run interstate burglary gang from Bihar, arrested four individuals, and recovered jewellery worth Rs 30 lakh and other valuables from their possession.The gang allegedly surveyed locked homes during the day, struck at night with cloth tied around their faces, and even stole CCTV DVRs to erase the…
Stole Funds Meant For Patient Welfare, Outsourced Workers’ PayRajkot: A contracted worker at Govt Dental College and Hospital in Jamnagar has been booked for allegedly embezzling over Rs 1.36 crore from funds for patient welfare and workers’ pay by fudging cheques over a five-month period, police said.Jamnagar City B Division police registered an FIR against…
Jaipur: The forest department has stepped up combing operations in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, where two tigresses – code named RBT-2504 and RBT-2510 – remain untraceable for several days. Nearly 50 forest personnel and more than 150 camera traps have been deployed across the reserve for this purpose.Of the two missing tigresses, RBT-2504, also known as…
