By: Photos and text by Jatin KumarNEW DELHI: Unprotected trenches, poor safety measures and ongoing sewer line construction continue to endanger commuters along Shooting Range Road in Sangam Vihar, forcing motorists and pedestrians to navigate risky, uneven paths. The situation raises serious concerns in light of the recent Janakpuri pit death case, where a 25-year-old…
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday refused to ban screening of the film ‘Dhurandhar 2′ in Tamil Nadu till the Assembly elections are held.The petitioner, advocate Sheela, submitted that the movie had political content that favoured BJP and that this violated the model code of conduct (MCC), which prohibits anything that affects a level playing…
Gaya: In a major boost to tourism in Bodh Gaya, a theme park “Seven wonders of the world” is being developed in an area of around 40 acres. The project, being built by environment, forest and climate change department (EFCCD) at an estimated cost of Rs21 crore at village Silaunja, near Dharmaranya vedi is expected…
Ramgarh: State tourism secretary Mukesh Kumar on Thursday visited the Chhinnamastika Temple in Ramgarh district and inspected temple premises where redevelopment project plan was to be executed.Kumar reviewed the redevelopment plan, which includes a beautification project and setting up amenities for devotees.This is the first visit of state tourism secretary after Jharkhand High Court bench…
Ranchi: Three years after builder Prem Kumar Gupta of Kishoreganj here welcomed his divorced daughter back home with ‘band-baaja’, the news of retired Meerut judge Gyanendra Kumar Sharma doing something similar for his daughter last week stirred an old memory and a sense of vindication.“For me, it was like reliving that day,” Gupta told TOI…
BJP national president Nitin Nabin (File photo) NEW DELHI: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Thursday expressed confidence that the party would form its first government in West Bengal, where assembly elections are scheduled for April 23 and 29.Nabin pointed to the party’s strong surge in the 2021 state assembly poll, when it won 77…
KOLKATA: Senior executive magistrate Md Erfan Habib, 41, is currently on election duty in Bengal. Serving as the deputy district election officer (DDEO) of Birbhum, he oversees the accuracy of the electoral roll and provides administrative direction to electoral registration officers (EROs) on voter inclusions and deletions. The irony is, the very Election Commission that…
Mumbai: The crime branch unit-1 recovered the motorcycle used in the Airoli firing in which RTI activist Amit Maurya, 40, sustained a bullet injury near his neck on Monday night. The bike was found on the roadside in Mumbra, reports George Mendonca.On Monday, at around 11.45 pm, Maurya and his friend Sandeep Gavas, 44, were…
Multilayer Cordons Put Up At Assembly Gates; Close Monitoring Of CCTVs New Delhi: Delhi Assembly’s Gate No. 2 appeared heavily fortified on Tuesday, a day after an SUV broke through it and its boom barrier, sparking a massive security breach.Apart from a multilayer cordon securing it, other gates of the assembly were also tightly guarded….
CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday replaced Tamil Nadu chief secretary N Muruganandam with senior bureaucrat M Sai Kumar. In a simultaneous move, the commission also ordered the transfer of DGP (armed police, vigilance and anti-corruption) S Davidson Devasirvatham. Sandeep Mittal, a 1995-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the DGP of…
