Panaji: A court in Merces has acquitted Venkatesh Jhadav in a July 2023 hit-and-run case at Chimbel, holding that the prosecution failed to establish his involvement in the accident or prove rash and negligent driving beyond reasonable doubt.Jhadav had been accused of hitting a scooter rider with his autorickshaw and fleeing the scene. The rider…
Varanasi: District social welfare officer Rajesh Chaudhary was arrested from Kunwar Singh Udyan area in Azamgarh by the Kotwali police on Wednesday for allegedly paying Rs 51.46 lakh as salary to 10 illegally appointed teachers.Azamgarh ASP (city) Madhuwan Kumar Singh said Chaudhary (55), native of Ambedkarnagar and posted in Azamgarh, was booked along with head…
The accused had been working at the showroom in Nikol for the past 11 months Ahmedabad: A jeweller in the city was left stunned after CCTV footage allegedly showed one of his employees quietly pocketing gold jewellery worth Rs 1.7 crore and walking out of the showroom. The accused woman had been working at the…
BJP Mayoral candidate Shyam Lal Bansal wins the Municipal Corporation election at Panchkula Panchkula: Fresh from a landslide victory in the mayoral polls, Sham Lal Bansal credited the BJP leadership for the win while blaming Congress’s “internal factionalism” for its poor showing. In an interaction with TOI, the newly elected mayor said sustained grassroots connect…
Pune: Indian girls set up a quarterfinal clash against Australia after finishing second in their group in the Junior Billie Jean King Cup (U-16) Asia-Oceania Final Qualifying team tennis competition in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, May 13.India went down to China 1-2 in their final round-robin tie in Group 3, which the latter topped with…
Guwahati: A day after taking oath for a second consecutive term as chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, along with his cabinet colleagues, paid floral tribute to Assam’s first CM Gopinath Bordoloi at his memorial in the city on Wednesday.Sarma said his govt is committed to ensuring the security and development of the state while fulfilling…
Lucknow: Around five lakh residents in parts of Indira Nagar and Gomti Nagar are likely to face disruption in drinking water supply for nearly a month as water from the Sharda Sahayak Canal to Kathauta lake will remain suspended from midnight of May 15 to June 15 for annual repair and maintenance work.Kathauta lake is…
Jaipur: The Fern Jaipur, Series By Marriott will organise a ten-day Gujarati Food Festival at Restaurant Conversation here from May 15 to 24, 2026.“We are delighted to inform you that for the next 10 days we will be serving authentic Gujarati delicacies at our very own Restaurant Conversation – 2 in the evening from 7…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay said the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination exposed “structural flaws” in the system and demanded for the test to be scrapped.Vijay said governments in Tamil Nadu had “consistently and unanimously” opposed NEET since its introduction, arguing that it had “severely disadvantaged the students from rural…
A newly published French political book has sparked controversy after claiming that French President Emmanuel Macron exchanged private messages with Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani as part of what the author describes as a “platonic relationship”. The allegations appear in Un Couple (Presque) Parfait (“An Almost Perfect Couple”), written by journalist Florian Tardif, and have drawn…
