Pune: State election officials will exercise extra care while processing Form 7 applications seeking deletion of names from the draft electoral roll, with every objection verified before a decision is made, officials told TOI on Tuesday.The directions have been conveyed to collectors and commissioners across Maharashtra before 1.22 crore notices are sent to unmapped voters…
Surat: South Gujarat Textile Processors Association (SGTPA) on Tuesday decided to maintain the recently announced increase of up to 15% in job work charges and indicated that further hikes may be considered in the near future due to rising input costs.The meeting was convened after a representation from the Federation of Surat Trade and Textile…
Guwahati: Gauhati high court has directed Assam govt to pay Rs 2 lakh as interim compensation to the husband of Mumtaz Begum, who was pushed into Bangladesh after a foreigners’ tribunal declared her a foreigner in June.The court observed that Begum was expelled from India without her husband or any adult family member being informed…
Lucknow: Gudamba police arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly raping a woman on the false promise of marriage and later threatening and harassing her. The accused, Ajay Rawat, a resident of Rasulpur in Jankipuram, was arrested on Sitapur Road.Police said the woman lodged a complaint on Sept 5, following which an FIR was registered under…
Rajkot: Amreli Cyber Crime police have arrested six people in connection with an alleged investment fraud network that promised high returns through the “SD Pay” or “Apna Pay” application. Investigators have traced around Rs 634 crore deposited into bank accounts linked to the accused and companies used to operate the scheme.Those arrested are Ashish Gedia…
Residents Protest at Amber Residents Protest at Amber Residents Protest at Amber Residents Protest at Amber Residents Protest at Amber Jaipur: A tourist guide who was stabbed near Amer Fort Monday died while under treatment at SMS Hospital Tuesday morning, triggering protests on the road and a shutdown of shops in the area as angry…
Ladakh’s tourist footfall continues rising SRINAGAR: Ladakh has recorded a sharp rise in tourist arrivals this year, with 4,05,085 visiting the Union Territory in the first eight months of 2026, exceeding the 3,35,872 tourists recorded for all of 2025. “In just eight months of 2026, the total tourist footfall has exceeded by 20.6% from the…
Nuclear fusion illustration Photo: Canva Inside a steel vault at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, a superheated whirl of charged particles spins in near vacuum, held in place by invisible magnetic fields. This is a fusion plasma, the same kind of matter that powers the Sun, and it is notoriously difficult to control.In a recent…
Vishal Chaturvedi’s Hanuman Ansh has turned into one of the year’s biggest box-office surprises. What began as a relatively quiet theatrical release has picked up steadily on the back of strong word of mouth, with the devotional drama now attracting praise from several Bollywood celebrities. After Varun Dhawan, filmmaker Aditya Dhar, Kangana Ranaut and Madhur…
Mohammad Amir, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif of Pakistan watch the big-screen replay during day two of the 4th Test Match between England and Pakistan at Lord’s on August 27, 2010 in London, England. (left) and archive photo of the front cover of the News of the World newspaper. (Photo/Getty Images) England has not often…
