Hazaribag: Panic gripped Kutuma village under Ranichuwa panchayat late in the district on Saturday night after an elephant entered the area, prompting the administration to issue a public alert.Block development officer (BDO) Jaipal Mahto said information about the elephant’s movement was received late Saturday night, following which the forest department and other officials were alerted.“A…
Dhanbad: The authorities of Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, on Monday inaugurated the ‘Heritage Network Annual General Assembly-2026’, marking a significant step towards deepening academic collaboration between India and Europe.The four-day international conference, organised by the Office of the Dean (International Relations & Alumni Affairs) in association with the department of…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) has set up a special control room to assist Indian nationals affected by the escalating crisis in West Asia and the Gulf region. The move comes amid growing security concerns as tensions continue to rise across the region.“A Control Room has been set up in the Ministry…
Kolkata: On March 8, Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will hold a political rally in South 24 Parganas’ Raidighi, merely 17 km away from the spot in Mathurapur where Union home minister Amit Shah held his ‘Poriborton Yatra’ on Monday. On Monday, meanwhile, Banerjee criticised the BJP ‘yatra’.“The zamindars have started a Rath Yatra….
MUMBAI: If the relentless upsurge in bullion prices over prolonged war between Russia-Ukraine and the turbulence in the Middle East were not enough, the actual breakout of war in West Asia has aggravated rates once again.Bullion traders and their associations speculate that gold could attain Rs 2 lakh per 10 gm and silver may well…
(Image Credit: Pallavi Shankar/TOI) In a city known for its conspicuous consumption patterns, tulip sightings come free of cost and show that experiences and memories that matter need not always be an expensive affair.In Delhi, even a field of tulips cannot remain untouched by politics, memory or the algorithm. What appears to be a simple…
CHENNAI: The death toll in the LPG cylinder explosion at a goldsmith workshop in Elephant Gate rose to five after three more injured guest workers died between Tuesday and Wednesday morning while undergoing treatment at the city hospital.The explosion occurred on February 25 on the fourth floor of a commercial building on Singannan Street and…
MOTIHARI: Six children, including five girls, drowned while bathing in a water-filled pit in Bihar’s East Champaran district, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred late on Tuesday at Lohargava village under the jurisdiction of Kesariya police station.The deceased have been identified as Diksha Kumari (12), Sonakshi Kumari (9), Priya Kumari (7), Arayadhya Kumari (11), Choti…
Jamshedpur: Illuminated with colourful lights of different shades, the 119-year-old industrial city came alive on Monday, on the eve of Founder’s Day, with Jamshedpur all set to celebrate the 187th birth anniversary of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (1839-1904).The top executives of the Tata group and residents will pay homage to its founder on March 3, when…
Chaibasa: A 57-year-old quack was arrested on Monday on charges of raping a minor girl at her house after performing the rituals to cure the survivor’s brother at a village in West Singhbhum, police said on Monday.The accused, who had served a jail sentence in a rape case in 2014, was arrested under various sections…
