When Alan Tholkes was just 17 years old, a car accident changed his life forever, leaving him paralysed with a spinal cord injury. Rather than letting the setback define him, the Minnesota native spent decades turning his personal struggles into innovations aimed at helping others with mobility challenges. Over the next 40 years, he designed…
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (Image Credit: Canva) A severe storm in 2015 flooded and destroyed a recreational beach parking lot at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia, exposing the growing difficulty of maintaining visitor facilities on a shifting barrier island. According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge is now relocating the recreational…
The school once landed in soup two years ago after TOI flagged substance abuse and poor campus infrastructure Liquor bottles strewn around campus grounds, salty domestic water, unclean drinking water filters and frequent mixing of sewage with Metrowater lines plague the Chennai corporation’s higher secondary school at Kalyanipuram, Vyasarpadi, falling under chief minister C Joseph…
A policeman speaks to Aditya Singh’s grandmother at their Howrah home Howrah: Posing as a committed BJP supporter, Aditya Singh, a second-year BCom student at Umesh Chandra College in Kolkata and an alleged associate of suspected militant Hamim Mondal, had reportedly been gathering information on minister of state Umesh Rai and his family, according to…
Suicide in Ahmedabad’s industrial hubs Ahmedabad: An analysis of 731 suicide and accidental-death cases, recorded by city police between Jan 2025 and Aug 2026, shows that Ahmedabad’s eastern belt and industrial hubs account for the heaviest concentration of cases.Odhav topped the list across all police station jurisdictions with 59 cases, followed by Narol with 55,…
Academics are worried about the new F1 visa rule as a PhD cannot be completed in four years. The new 4-year policy for F-1 students that the Donald Trump administration finalized on Thursday led to major confusion among academics as experts questioned how PhD students are supposed to complete their course in four years. International…
The Strait of Hormuz is showing signs of coming back to life after a tense spell due to Iran’s recent attacks on ships passing through the strategic corridor. Once heavily choked following US-Israel joint strikes on Iran on February 28, the waterway is now slowly regaining its rhythm, with more operators edging crude carriers back…
Mithun Chakraborty’s daughter Dishani Chakraborty shared unseen engagement photos with fiancé Myles Mantzaris, shot in Los Angeles. The romantic pictures show the couple embracing on a palm-lined street. Dishani expressed excitement about marrying Myles and thanked photographer Catherine Marie Taylor. No wedding date has been revealed, but preparations may be underway. Dishani Chakraborty, daughter of…
Kolkata police commissioner Ajay Nand and transport minister Arjun Singh during the closing ceremony of the Road Safety Week on Sunday Kolkata: Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand has directed all traffic guards to identify motorists who repeatedly violate traffic rules, signalling a tougher approach towards habitual offenders.“Let us identify repeat offenders… . Three traffic violations…
AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged Tahir Hussain worked for the BJP NEW DELHI: Hours after former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain was sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma, a political war of words broke out between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party, with Delhi AAP chief Saurabh…
