Kolkata: Kolkata Police is preparing to overhaul its emergency response system by introducing the national emergency helpline number 112 alongside the existing 100 helpline.The move follows concerns expressed by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari that police response times in Bengal have been higher because the state police had not been fully integrated with the national 112…
All student related data will now be stored and be retrievable on a single online platform, SamarthX Panaji: After bringing all higher education institutes in Goa under the centralised Samarth portal, the Goa State Higher Education Council has now introduced a single integrated school management system SamarthX covering all 1,500 schools in the state. All…
Mukerjee will now succeed Vineet Joshi, who was last month appointed as secretary, Panchayati Raj (File photo) In a late-night order issued Monday, the Union government appointed Deepti Gaur Mukerjee, a 1993-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, as the new Higher Education Secretary. The order came from the Department of…
Dangerous River Rafting in Dang Surat: A viral video of six men riding a makeshift thermocol raft on the rain-swollen Khapri river in Dang district landed them in legal trouble, underscoring the risks that accompany the monsoon tourism rush to the state’s waterfalls and rivers. Police arrested all six on Monday, saying the stunt endangered…
Bus got trapped in a damaged road in Pandesara area in Surat. Few passengers in the bus also suffered injuries. The bus also got damaged badly with its windshield falling on road soon after the fell into the damaged road. Surat: Two separate incidents of city buses getting stuck on Surat roads on Monday raised…
NEW DELHI: Spain’s FIFA World Cup 2026 triumph was about much more than lifting the trophy. Luis de la Fuente’s side created history by becoming only the fourth team to win a World Cup without trailing for a single minute during the tournament.Before Spain, only Italy (1938), Italy (1982) and Germany (1990) had achieved the…
Anti-Drugs Day: Crack drug network, get faster promotion Ahmedabad: In a move aimed at strengthening the fight against narcotics smuggling, Gujarat Police is set to introduce out-of-turn promotions for officers and personnel who play a significant role in detecting and cracking major drug smuggling cases.Director General of Police (DGP) G S Malik told TOI, “A…
A view of the Pandesara GIDC estate Surat: The Pandesara GIDC estate, one of Gujarat’s oldest industrial estates and among the earliest hubs of textile processing in India, witnessed an unprecedented shutdown of its textile processing units, the first such closure in its 51-year history.Established around 1975, the Pandesara GIDC estate grew into a major…
A DigiYatra gate at the Pune airport Pune: DigiYatra, India’s biometric airport facilitation platform, will soon begin live trials for international passengers as part of a phased global rollout, as it prepares for expansion to 26 more airports in the current financial year.DigiYatra Foundation CEO Suresh Khadakbhavi told TOIthat the platform, using facial recognition and…
India vs England 3rd T20I live score: When the third T20I gets underway at Trent Bridge on today, Shreyas Iyer’s side will not only be chasing their first victory of the series but also attempting to halt a worrying slide that has followed their T20 World Cup triumph. England hold a 1-0 lead after the…
