New Delhi: Narrow lanes hemmed in by multi-storey buildings with as many as five floors, rooms with little ventilation, blocked balconies, a single staircase serving scores of residents and a maze of overhead wires — the conditions that preceded the Saidulajab building collapse are not unique.A reality check across Delhi’s major student hubs by TOI…
The irony of Suman Kalyanpur’s career is that millions loved the songs she sang, but many didn’t know that she was the singer Mumbai: Singer Suman Kalyanpur was laid to rest with full state honours at Pawan Hans crematorium in Juhu Monday afternoon. The remains of the 89-year-old singer, who died at her residence in…
Bengaluru: South Korean space AI company TelePIX has signed an MoU with Bengaluru-based space propulsion firm Bellatrix Aerospace to jointly develop a next-generation Earth observation (EO) satellite designed to operate in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), with a technology demonstration mission targeted for launch in 2028.The partnership will combine TelePIX’s high-resolution optical payload, Chouette, with…
An 18-year-old woman was killed, and her 17-year-old friend sustained serious injuries after a car rammed into their two-wheeler near the Koyambedu flyover in Chennai late on Saturday night. Liquor vending licences given to 152 pubs and resto bars across the city in FL-2 and FL-3 categories have come under fresh police scrutiny following the…
Hyderabad: In a bid to strengthen water security along the Krishna River, Telangana and Karnataka are moving closer to a joint barrage project downstream of the Narayanapura dam. The initiative marks a rare show of cooperation between the two states on a sensitive inter‑state water issue, with top leaders set to personally inspect the proposed…
Gurgaon: In a season of rising costs, your monthly maintenance bill could be the next one to go up.This has nothing to do with the US-Iran conflict, but the newly implemented labour code. Across condominiums and gated societies, where most of the urban population in NCR lives, maintenance budgets are being reworked because of higher…
Kolkata: Three days after Trinamool MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was assaulted and heckled by a section of protesters in Sonarpur, CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday appealed to the public not to take the law into their own hands.“There is no need for anyone to take the law into their own hands. Have…
Ghaziabad: A city court has sentenced a man to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for killing his wife for dowry. Four years after Saina was murdered, Teelamore resident Jahangir Khan — who was a co-accused along with his parents, both of whom died in the course of the hearing — was awarded an additional three years…
Gauree.Malkarnekar@timesofindia.comPanaji: For the first time, Goan folk dances and traditional folk dramas will be part of the Class X syllabus, with the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education introducing a new social science textbook from the 2026-27 academic year.The revised textbook, which covers history and political science, includes chapters on Goa’s cultural heritage,…
Bahraich: The district is poised for a significant industrial push, with investment proposals worth nearly Rs 1,000 crore being finalised ahead of the upcoming Ground Breaking Ceremony-5 (GBC-5). Once operational, the proposed projects are expected to generate direct employment for around 2,000 youths.According to officials, investment proposals worth approximately Rs 872 crore have already been…
