Bengaluru: Cubbon Park underground Metro station was closed for four hours following a power failure Monday morning. The outage affected lighting within the station premises, prompting authorities to suspend train halts as a safety precaution.Trains continued to operate on Purple Line but did not stop at Cubbon Park station between 7am and 11am. Commuters were…
Chennai: A glitzy reel culture and cinema-driven emotional appeal powered Vijay‘s Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam to win 14 of 16 seats in the city — a feat neither M G Ramachandran nor J Jayalalithaa achieved on their debut. When MGR captured power in 1977, he won only one of the 14 seats then in the city….
Hyderabad: A 48-year-old lineman of Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company (TGNPDCL) from Ramagundam was duped of 94.11 lakh by cyber fraudsters who posed as representatives of an established stock trading platform. Based on the complaint of the victim, Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) sleuths have registered a case and launched a probe.According to police,…
Visible marks around the woman’s neck raised concerns of possible strangulation. Gurgaon: The body of a 41-year-old woman was brought to a private hospital in the city with visible strangulation marks, prompting cops to launch a probe.Police said they received a call around 9 pm from hospital authorities informing them about the death of Mamta…
Kolkata: The 2026 Bengal assembly election exposed a sharp political rupture: women turned out in higher numbers than men, yet the Trinamool Congress failed to convert that participation into support.The BJP’s tactical U-turn in Bengal — promising to double benefits under the Trinamool govt’s Lakshmir Bhandar and Yuva Sathi schemes — appears to have weakened…
Noida: A 16-year-old boy was assaulted by three drunk youths in a PG facility in Mamura late Saturday night after a dispute. Police said they beat up the minor with sticks and gas pipe, filmed it and forced him to strip. Despite the boy’s pleas to free him, they continued to assault him for nearly…
Panaji: Goa’s draft artificial intelligence (AI) policy, which was released on Monday for public review, hopes to create 50,000 certified AI professionals by 2030 and attract five global AI companies in the state by 2028.The policy, which aims to make AI a compulsory school subject from Class VI, signals govt’s deliberate attempt to pursue an…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has hit a historic milestone, with the Class 12 science stream recording its highest pass rate in 11 years at 84.33%. While the science stream reached a decade-plus peak, the general stream also maintained momentum with its second-best performance ever, fuelled by a massive surge…
Ludhiana: A critical labour shortage has hobbled Punjab’s state power utility, leaving nearly two-thirds of sanctioned positions vacant as a strike by contract workers further cripples the region’s ability to repair storm-damaged infrastructure.Official data from the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) central zone reveals that 4,998 of the 7,876 authorised posts are vacant as…
Times News NetworkMohali: The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab Police, in a well-coordinated operation with central agencies and Tripura Police, apprehended Aditya alias Makhan, one of the shooters involved in the murder of Kabaddi promoter Kanwar Digvijay Singh alias Rana Balachauria. He was arrested from Agartala in Tripura, said Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav…
