Ahmedabad: A Bapunagar builder on Friday filed a complaint with Adalaj police alleging that three men carrying baseball bats waylaid him in Zundal on Thursday evening and threatened to kill him unless he paid Rs 2.5 crore over a land agreement.The 34-year-old complainant said he was driving home from Satyagrah Elevate around 6.15pm when a…
Kolkata: The state health department on Friday asked all private hospitals in Kolkata to be ready to admit patients under Ayushman Bharat from Aug 16. While most hospitals have been empanelled under the scheme and trained their staff in the new process, the ones that are yet to complete the formalities have to submit a…
. Rain continued to drench the city for another day on Wednesday, bringing intermittent showers since morning. TOI photo by Ashish Gupta Pune. 05-08-2026 Pune: The city is likely to see a gradual rise in daytime temperatures and a reduction in rainfall activity over the next few days as monsoon conditions weaken across most of…
The Tonir–Kajredhat waterfall has witnessed multiple drowning incidents in recent years Panaji: A Class XI science student from a Vasco-based school drowned on Friday at the Tonir–Kajredhat waterfall in Valpoi during a school-organised trekking excursion, raising questions over the visit despite the state’s monsoon restrictions on entering waterfalls.The victim, identified as Rahul Rameshkumar Bind, a…
The SMC continued its crackdown on analogue dairy products after the ban was announced on Wednesday Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) intensified enforcement on Friday after the state govt’s ban on analogue dairy products, seizing and destroying more than 300kg of prohibited items during inspections while also carrying out action against unhygienic food, improper waste…
Four public sector infrastructure and development finance institutions have been added to the primary list MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India on Thursday released the revised list of upper layer NBFCs for FY27 under the scale-based regulation framework, expanding the pool with the addition of public sector infrastructure financiers while retaining Tata Sons on the list…
Pradeep Rawat’s son Vikramaditya breaks down as he recalls actor’s battle with blood cancer at prayer meet: ‘I will carry forward his legacy’ Family, friends and colleagues gathered in Mumbai to remember veteran actor Pradeep Rawat, as his son Vikramaditya Rawat paid an emotional tribute and promised to carry forward his father’s legacy.The family of…
Thomas Aquinas was a 13th-century theologian and philosopher whose work combined Christian theology with Aristotelian philosophy An intellectual sitting alone in a room may reach brilliant conclusions, but if those ideas never leave the desk, they remain unused. A candle burning inside a locked box lights only the box while leaving the hallway outside in…
Alsek on July 5, 1984. Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the US Geological Survey. The coastal plain of southeastern Alaska is currently witnessing a rapid transformation where water is replacing ice at an unprecedented rate. Glaciers in this region are melting, which leads to the formation of…
It is common to have a few leftover chapatis after a meal. They are usually wrapped, placed in the refrigerator, and quietly forgotten sometimes. By the following day, those soft rotis feel dry and slightly firm. Many people assume they are no longer worth eating and throw them away without a second thought. But stale…
