The house that collapsed in northeast Delhi’s Usmanpur Sunday night New Delhi: A 32-year-old man and his wife, who had been married for barely two-and-a-half months, were killed when the roof of their rented house collapsed in northeast Delhi’s Usmanpur Sunday night, while the woman’s 10-year-old son narrowly escaped as he was watching television in…
Chennai: Two men were arrested for flying kites using banned glass-coated manja thread in New Washermenpet. Two kites and two spools of the prohibited thread were seized.Police identified the arrested as Surya, 20, and Prashanth, 21, both residents of New Washermenpet. Acting on a tip, a team conducted surveillance on Sivan Nagar Third Street on…
A section of the walkway has caved in Ahmedabad: The AMC-run Shilaj crematorium opened just eight months ago. A few spells of rain have damaged the structure, raising questions over the quality of work done. Craters have formed on walkways, paver blocks have caved in, and due to the facility’s proximity to a lake, deep…
The heavy rainfall inundated several parts of south Kolkata Kolkata: Heavy rains lashed parts of south and central Kolkata leading to waterlogging in areas like Chetla, Kalighat, Alipore, New Alipore, Park Circus, Jadavpur and Southern Avenue on Monday. The rain, triggered by ‘local factors’, was accompanied by frequent lightning strikes.Kolkata recorded 86.2 mm of rain…
Voters outside a hearing centre in Kolkata where SIR concluded a few months ago Pune: The election machinery has set up 192 hearing centres across Pune district to process claims and objections after the draft electoral rolls are published, election officials told TOI. “The numbers may increase or decrease depending on the draft roll,’’ officials…
Keri: Tribal farming communities traditionally offer the season’s first harvest to local deities in thanksgiving for a successful crop across Goa.In Talaulim, Tiswadi, the annual Tavashyache feast is celebrated in honour of St Ann, where cucumbers are offered in gratitude for fertility, family harmony and marriage. People of all faiths observe the feast. This year,…
Surat: Surveying of 35km of Surat’s 188km of creeks has been completed, as part of an effort to find long-term solutions to issue of creek flooding, with data for around 23km already processed. The survey is being conducted using Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) and drones.The findings were discussed at a meeting of the Surat…
CHENNAI: Flagging that “free is the most expensive word in public policy”, chief economic adviser (CEA) Anantha Nageswaran said infrastructure built on the promise of free or below-cost services cannot attract patient capital. “What makes infrastructure worthy of patient capital? There are three conditions: quality infrastructure, contract certainty, and policy certainty. And the fourth, which…
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan sent fans on social media into a frenzy after her unseen photographs from her 2026 Cannes Film Festival debut online, months after she turned heads on the rec carpet.In what may just be her most elaborate red-carpet ensemble of the year, the newly released images showcase the actress posing against the picturesque…
John Stuart Mill was a 19th-century philosopher who argued that true happiness comes from developing the mind A shopper standing in the middle of a brightly lit superstore, holding three slightly different versions of the same household item, often feels an odd sense of confusion rather than freedom. The endless scroll of online stores promises…
