Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt is likely to provide cars to all MLAs, irrespective of party affiliation, sources told TOI. Legislators will also receive monthly allowances for fuel and drivers.The proposal follows a request made in the assembly by Kattumannarkoil VCK MLA L E Jothimani. “Several MLAs, particularly first-time legislators, travel by bus or hire private…
THDC executive director Verma said authorities had lowered the water level by around 1.5 metres and were continuously increasing the number of pumps. NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Ganesh Godiyal on Saturday criticised the Pushkar Singh Dhami government over the Pipalkoti tunnel accident in Chamoli district, questioning how a reported leak at the…
Mumbai: The MHB police busted a hydroponic cannabis cultivation and production lab operating from a house in Borivli West and arrested a 30-year-old man, identified as Babbu Kamat, in connection with the case. Two other accused are reportedly absconding. Police registered a case on Aug 15 and are investigating the matter.Acting on a tip-off about…
New Delhi: Around 150 students and parents logged in Saturday to hear JNU professor emerita Zoya Hasan speak on ’Why Pluralism Matters’, a day after her scheduled appearance as chief guest at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya’s Independence Day function was cancelled following protests outside the school. At the virtual Independence Day celebration organised by parents and…
Chennai: Three persons have been arrested by the city police in connection with the murder of an 80-year-old home-alone woman in a T Nagar apartment on Friday. Police recovered about eight sovereigns of gold and diamond jewellery, silver articles and ₹2,000 in cash and seized the two-wheeler used in the crime.The victim, Radha, wife of…
Students protesting alleged irregularities in Jharkhand’s recruitment examinations announced plans to gherao the chief minister’s residence RANCHI: Students protesting alleged irregularities in Jharkhand’s recruitment examinations on Saturday announced plans to gherao chief minister Hemant Soren’s residence on August 20 and demanded his resignation.The announcement was made during a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ organised in Ranchi on Independence…
Food safety officials inspected 26 Bengaluru hotels on Friday. Thirty teams collected 35 food samples for laboratory analysis NEW DELHI: The food regulator failed to impose Rs 5.60 crore in penalties on 2,430 food businesses that either did not file or delayed filing mandatory annual returns, a CAG audit has found, raising questions over enforcement…
Mumbai: Sahar police arrested 20 agents from Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh for allegedly running a racket that provided passports using forged documents to Indian, Bangladeshi and Afghan nationals between March 2025 and Feb 2026, leading to a sharp dip in cases registered. Police said adding the name of the agent in an FIR…
New Delhi: What if doctors could create a virtual version of a cancer patient and use it to predict how the disease might respond to a radioactive treatment before giving the actual drug?That is the possibility outlined by a group of nuclear medicine researchers, including one from an NCR-based hospital, in a new paper published…
Only 26 of 77 Tamil Nadu Stations Redeveloped Under Amrit Bharat Scheme Chennai: Only 26 of the 77 railway stations in Tamil Nadu, including Chennai Park and St Thomas Mount stations, identified under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) have been upgraded and redeveloped, with work at stations, including Chennai Egmore at different stages of…
