Residents said modifications were made to the structure over the years Thane: A 12-year-old boy was crushed to death, while his mother and his nine-year-old brother sustained head injuries after a portion of their nearly 30-year-old one-storey tenement collapsed on them in a chawl in Thane’s Azad Nagar on Friday.The mother, Urmila Jaiswar (35), and…
NEW DELHI: A bomb threat targeting Delhi’s Red Fort was received on Friday after an unidentified caller contacted the Mumbai Police Control Room, claiming that the iconic monument would be blown up.The Mumbai Police Control Room immediately passed the information to the Delhi Police Control Room, which then alerted the North District Police for swift…
Chennai: Following the uproar over the delay in appointing new principals to govt arts and science colleges, the higher education department is speeding up the process, and more than 100 colleges are likely to get new principals within the next four weeks.Professors said the new academic year started with the vacancy of principal posts in…
The additions took Gujarat’s total telecom subscriber base to 7.2 crore Ahmedabad: Gujarat now has more phone connections than people. The state’s tele-density crossed the 100% mark for the first time in nearly five years after telecom operators added 4.06 lakh subscribers in May, according to the latest Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) subscription…
Traffic jam on the way to Darjeeling Kolkata: Warning that unplanned tourism could damage both the environment and the economy, Bengal tourism minister Shankar Ghosh said on Friday the state will adopt a sustainable, data-driven approach to tourism development by factoring in the carrying capacity of destinations before promoting large-scale investments. Speaking at the inauguration…
Pune: The Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) is on course to increase women’s representation to 25% by 2030 while its elite 60 Para Field Hospital continues to earn global recognition for India’s military medical capabilities, Director General of AFMS Vice Admiral Arti Sarin said on Friday.She spoke with reporters after reviewing the passing-out parade at…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Friday upheld the decision of the town and country planning (TCP) department to revoke the technical clearance granted for the construction of a house in a public space in Cujira.The court dismissed the petition, holding that even though the original subdivision approval document is unavailable for inspection, other records,…
CHENNAI: Indian govt is set to establish its first dedicated marine export zones (MEZs) as special economic zones (SEZs) to strengthen the country’s seafood exports ecosystem, with investments of around $1 billion in integrated export infrastructure.The five MEZs, to be developed across coastal Tamil Nadu as a pilot initiative, will serve as integrated clusters comprising…
Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra’s coach Jaiveer Chaudhary’s name is missing from the final Indian contingent list for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, as the squad received administrative and financial approval from the sports ministry, TOI has learnt. The omission means Chopra is likely to compete without his coach at the…
Matt Damon revealed Ben Affleck called to congratulate him after watching The Odyssey, describing it as a moment he had “waited 45 years” for.Image credit (Instagram) Matt Damon has received a glowing endorsement from his closest friend for his portrayal of legendary Greek warrior king Odysseus in Christopher Nolan‘s highly anticipated blockbuster ‘The Odyssey’. The…
