BY-Rachel VergheseMUMBAI: For Tanush Shantaram Nalawade, a student of Valia Junior College, this year’s result is more than just a number. Scoring 62.67%, Tanush says the achievement carries deep personal meaning after he lost his father during the academic year.“Initially, I was deeply confused and shaken by what I went through, but my family members,…
The backside of four storey building in Vivek Vihar, Shahdara, where a fire broke out early Sunday morning. (Photo: Anushka Kogta) NEW DELHI: Protective iron grills sealing one side and a locked terrace cutting off the only escape turned a four-storey building in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar into a death trap as a pre-dawn fire tore…
Chennai: Two men, who hoarded 40 commercial and domestic LPG cylinders intended for sale in the black market, were arrested from a house on Chithirai Kulam Street in Thiruvanmiyur on Friday evening.Police identified the suspects as Neelamegam, 78, and his son Kumar, 41. Acting on a tip-off, a team conducted a search at the residence…
A string of recent incidents has put Bihar’s law and order under renewed scrutiny even as police assert that overall crime trends remain under control and challenges are evolving. Bihar DGP Vinay Kumar tells STOI’s Sheezan Nezami how the police are responding and where the key challenges lie. Excerpts:Recent crime incidents, be it Saturday’s chilling…
NEW DELHI: Tensions flared at the counting centre in Bhowanipore, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s assembly constituency, a day before vote counting, after her TMC alleged that two vehicles displaying BJP flags were allowed inside the secured premises where EVMs are stored.Banerjee’s main opponent in Bhowanipore is BJP leader and West Bengal’s leader of…
A Champagne and tea moment at Chia Kutir When custodians of the Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne (CIVC) arrived in India for the first time, it marked a strategic convergence between two of the most well-known origin stories. On the misty slopes of Darjeeling, where India’s first GI-tagged product is grown in around 87…
MUMBAI: Central Railway has marked a major milestone in freight operations with the commencement of automobile loading from the newly notified Igatpuri Goods Shed on May 2. The move is expected to strengthen rail-based vehicle logistics in the Nashik industrial region and provide manufacturers with a faster, more efficient transport option. The inaugural indent for…
NEW DELHI: Delhi is set for another major Metro push, with CM Rekha Gupta likely to announce phase V (b), a 97-km expansion with seven corridors and 65 stations aimed at taking the Metro network deeper into outer city areas.The new lines will connect Najafgarh to Nangloi, Central Secretariat to Kishangarh, and extend the network…
Chennai: As people turn to the subsidized canteen amid rising food costs and closure of affordable eateries, Amma Unavagams, run by Greater Chennai Corporation, have cut down their menu and quantities of cooked food by nearly half, to cope with the LPG prices and the shortage.“Where we used four cylinders, we are now using one,”…
A 28-year-old man, Shankar Chauhan, was found dead on a Patna roadside. CCTV footage shows several individuals following him before he collapsed. Police are investigating a possible assault, with the deceased having a criminal past and a history of drug addiction. His wife has filed an FIR, demanding justice for his death. Patna: Body of…
