The demolition action was to be carried out in a phased manner, similar to the exercise conducted by Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) in private developer colonies Gurgaon: The citywide anti-encroachment drive of Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), scheduled to begin Monday, has been put on hold.The decision comes as the Punjab and…
Kolkata: The city’s weather is expected to be less harsh on Wednesday when the city goes to the polls. The daytime mercury is likely to stay significantly below the normal mark. The weather office has issued a rain alert for the city, which could be accompanied by gusty wind.With traces of rain in some parts…
Police personnel conducted a flag march in the industrial sector after workers’ protest earlier this month Factory workers staged a protest on April 13, demanding a hike in minimum wages Police personnel conducted a flag march in the industrial sector after workers’ protest earlier this month Factory workers staged a protest on April 13, demanding…
Panaji: State govt has successfully auctioned four of the six mineral blocks put up for bidding. Anand Minerals and Venkateshwara Rao have been declared successful bidders for two blocks each, director of mines and geology Narayan Gad told TOI.The four blocks were awarded at bids exceeding 100% of the reserve price, which govt has set…
Varanasi: The BJP is set to flex its organisational muscle at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Nari Shakti Vandana Sammelan, with top leaders arriving in force. State president Pankaj Chaudhary and state general secretary (organisation) Dharampal Singh Saini landed first to oversee preparations.BJP national president Nitin Nabin is also expected to land in Kashi on his…
Ahmedabad: On Sunday, India lost Raghu Rai, one of its most faithful witnesses. A celebrated photojournalist whose images of Bhopal gas tragedy stirred the world’s conscience, Rai had spent his life ensuring nothing important went unseen. His portraits of Mother Teresa became the way many outside India understood her. He was the man Henri Cartier-Bresson…
Shimla: Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday inaugurated a 500-KW solar power plant at Dharech in Shimla district, making it Himachal Pradesh’s first green panchayat.Built at an estimated cost of Rs 1.94 crore, the project began in Jan 2025 and was successfully connected to the electricity grid on March 30 this year. The plant…
Guwahati: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Gauhati High Court order rejecting his anticipatory bail plea in a case registered by Assam Police over his alleged remarks against CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife.Khera approached the apex court after the HC last week declined to grant him anticipatory bail in…
Lucknow: An 85-year-old resident of Indira Nagar has been duped of Rs 9.5 lakh in a sophisticated “digital arrest” cyber fraud, where scammers posing as officials of the National Investigation Agency allegedly kept him under psychological pressure for nearly three days.According to police, the victim received a WhatsApp video call on April 6 from fraudsters…
Jaisalmer: A woman and two goats were killed in a hit-and-run after a speeding Bolero Camper hit them on the Bharat Mala Road in Barmer district on Monday morning, police said.The woman was identified as Badli Devi, wife of Krishnaram, a resident of Bawdi Kalan village in Chauhtan. She was heading to the fields to…
