CHENNAI: With just three days to go for polling in Tamil Nadu, election authorities have seized over Rs 500 crore in cash, gold, drugs, liquor and other inducements as part of an intensified crackdown on poll-related malpractices, Election Commission’s special observer for Tamil Nadu Pratap Singh said on Monday.“The overall interceptions so far have crossed…
An emergency call point wiil enable citizens to connect instantly to the nearest police control room for rapid assistance Gurgaon: With no takers in its earlier attempt, GMDA has reinvited bids for the installation of emergency call points (ECPs) at public places to strengthen city policing and surveillance.Under the project, 100 public locations across the…
Kolkata: Cops posted outside the tribunal office in Joka have turned counsellors for voters whose names have been knocked off during the SIR of electoral roll. Debarred entry into the campus of SPM-NIWAS where the tribunal authority is going through their appeals, these people are unable to speak with the officials. Absence of a help…
Parked cars block the way on Hapur Road Ghaziabad: The city streets are anyway crowded. They are now being choked by haphazard parking, encroached footpaths and roadside activity that spills on to carriageways.Across Indirapuram, Vaishali, Vasundhara and the old city, a smooth ride has become increasingly rare as vehicles line roadsides, pedestrians are pushed off…
Panaji/Mapusa: Omkar was successfully guided back into Maharashtra on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday.Sources said the tusker reached Ugade—located roughly 9km from the Goa border—on Monday morning after traversing the Tilari Fakirpata and Kalane regions.A forest official told TOI that teams had to actively track and guide the elephant over a considerable distance….
Shimla: In a significant push to strengthen technical education, research, and innovation, the Himachal Pradesh Technical University (HPTU), Hamirpur, has approved an annual budget of Rs 76.07 crore for the financial year 2026-27.The budget was cleared during a finance committee meeting chaired by the vice-chancellor and secretary, technical education, Abhishek Jain, and later approved by…
Silchar: A man in his 60s was allegedly kidnapped, assaulted and shot dead by a group of armed youths near the Assam–Manipur border in Assam’s Cachar district, triggering panic in the area, police said on Monday.The victim, Luku Mia Laskar of Atghar village under Jirighat police station, was targeted in the morning when he stepped…
JAMMU: At least 21 passengers died and 51 were injured Monday after their bus skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Jammu’s Udhampur district.Preliminary probe pointed to mechanical failure, driver error, road condition or a combination of the factors as possible causes for the 10am crash in the hilly Khagote area marked…
Drone footage captured at Manly Beach in Sydney has documented a rare and potentially dangerous rip current forming close to the shoreline. The footage shows a strong circular motion in the water, where sand and seawater are drawn into a spinning vortex beyond the breaking waves. The event occurred on Monday shortly before midday and…
Abhishek Bachchan may be known for taking risks on screen, but when it comes to feedback on his performances, there’s one opinion he consciously avoids—that of his daughter Aaradhya Bachchan.Often compared to his father, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek has carved his own space with a string of notable performances. But in a recent interaction, he…
