Vasai-Virar: State approved enhanced compensation of approximately Rs 25.4 lakh per hectare for those affected by the Deharji Medium Irrigation Project in Vikramgad Taluka in Palghar.The Deharji Medium Project will create a water storage capacity of 95.60 million cubic meters (255 MLD). According to the collector, about 85% of the dam’s construction is complete. The…
New Delhi: Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) detected a country-made pistol along with a live cartridge during security screening at Mandi House metro station Thursday, preventing the prohibited weapon from entering the metro network.“At 10:11am, the weapon was detected during the routine frisking of a passenger identified as a resident of Uttar Pradesh. CISF personnel…
Three men stole a 1.4kg gold bar from a gold melting and testing centre in Sowcarpet. Chennai: Three men, who stole a 1.4kg gold bar from a gold-melting and testing centre in Sowcarpet and assaulted the unit’s manager, were arrested on Thursday. Police, who recovered the gold within hours of the burglary, are on the…
CM Adhikari on Thursday reiterated a July 15 timeframe for the Ayushman Bharat rollout and set a Sept 30 deadline to integrate it with the state’s Swasthya Sathi scheme. The state cabinet also set up two committees — one headed by finance minister Swapan Dasgupta to release white papers on corruption, and another on investments…
A tanker found itself stranded due to a road collapse at Surat’s G9 Circle SURAT: A moving tanker got stuck after a road caved in near G9 Circle in Surat’s Dindoli area on Thursday, triggering traffic snarls and panic among commuters.The road suddenly gave way at the middle of a crossroads, leaving the heavy vehicle…
US job growth slowed sharply in June with employers adding just 57,000 jobs, according to data released by the US bureau of labor statistics. The slump came even as the unemployment rate eased to 4.2% from May’s figure of 4.3%, with almost 7.1 million people reporting to have jobs.Non-farm payrolls rose by 57,000 in June,…
Lakshya Sen returns to Taiwan’s Lin Chun-yi, unseen, during the men’s singles quarterfinal match at the India Open 2026 badminton tournament, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Between January 2025 and June 2026, India hosted 36 international sports events across over 15 cities. In the next six months, 11 more events are planned while…
Sanjay Leela Bhansali has often been described by actors as a demanding filmmaker who strives for perfection on set. Veteran actor Yatin Karyekar, who worked with the director in ‘Bajirao Mastani‘, recently shared his experience of working under Bhansali, recalling both the filmmaker’s strict nature and the lighter moments he shared with co-star Ranveer Singh.Speaking…
TOI correspondant from Washington: Some two centuries after Tipu Sultan’s Mysore projectiles, parlayed by the British into Congreve missiles, led Francis Scott Key to note the “rocket’s red glare” in the Star Spangled Banner, the US capital is about to discover that fireworks, no matter where they come from, are no fun on a fiendishly…
Quote of the day by Stephen Hawking (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Today’s quote of the day comes from Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physicist who spent more than five decades living with a diagnosis that was originally expected to kill him within two years. He said, “I have lived with the prospect of an early death for…
