New Delhi: Delhi forest department has withdrawn a tender for carrying out an anti-termite treatment in Central Ridge, where it is developing theme-based plantations, using toxic chemicals like chlorpyriphos and lindane.TOI had reported on April 18 that the tender had been floated and the use of such chemicals in the soil could kill beneficial microbes…
VIRUDHUNAGAR: A powerful explosion killed 23 workers and injured six at a firecracker factory in Kattanarpatti village Sunday afternoon, underscoring a long history of fatal blasts in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu – part of India’s main fireworks manufacturing belt centred around Sivakasi.The blast struck around 3.20pm at Muthuramlingapuram panchayat, roughly 520km southwest of Chennai,…
Buxar: The department of prisons and correctional services is moving ahead with a plan to set up a fuel station on the premises of Buxar Central Jail.Officials from two oil marketing companies—Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)—recently inspected the proposed site, and HPCL has given its nod for setting up…
Defending her bastion of West Bengal for the fourth time to extend her term by another five years to 20 years was never meant to be easy for Mamata Banerjee. She was up against a formidable challenger, the Bharatiya Janata Party, its redoubtable election-winning organisation and bottomless resources and its star campaigner, Narendra Modi.For five…
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday pledged to induct I-PAC personnel into Trinamool and ensure no one loses their job as she lashed out against BJP for trying to “scare” members of the political consultancy firm engaged by her party.“If you scare our agency people and tell them to leave Bengal, they will be inducted…
Mumbai concert deaths (File Photo) MUMBAI: An international underground house and techno music event scheduled for Sunday was called off just hours before, with the BKC police denying it nod citing law and order concerns over crowd management. The denial comes amid controversy over the deaths of two MBA students after they consumed ecstasy pills…
AI-generated representational image NEW DELHI: An elderly man was murdered at his residence in central Delhi’s Mandir Marg, a high-security area, on Sunday evening. Madho Ram (63), who retired as a multi-tasking staffer of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), was found with several stab injuries in a room on the first floor of his house,…
Chennai: DMK chose to forgo its hat-trick opportunity by ceding Pallavaram, which it won in 2016 and 2021, to DMDK, while AIADMK gave the seat to its minor ally, Indiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK). Pallavaram is one of the only two constituencies (the other being Thiruporur) in the Chennai region, where the allies lock horns for…
In a heart-wrenching case from Nalanda district, Bihar, a tragic domestic violence incident unfolded when a man, reportedly intoxicated, fatally assaulted his wife after she refused to finance his drinking habits. The victim, Rakhi Kumari, a young mother married since 2020, is survived by her two small children. Patna: A man allegedly under the influence…
Ranchi: Govt hospitals in the city are stepping up preparedness to tackle a possible surge in heatwave-related illnesses, with health authorities putting systems in place.At the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims), medical superintendent Hirendra Birua said they are preparing in line with guidelines issued by the National Health Mission (NHM). “We are following the…
