Agartala: Tripura govt has directed all educational institutions, including madrasas, to begin each school day with the entire ‘Vande Mataram’, followed by the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, to strengthen national pride and unity.The move follows Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines issued Jan 28 which emphasise respectful and proper conduct during the national song. The…
RTI activist Jeetendra Ghadge criticized the decision, alleging it shields information on prosecution approvals (Photo credit: X) MUMBAI: A recent order of the Maharashtra State Information Commission (SIC) upholding the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) response to an RTI application seeking details of prosecution sanctions in corruption cases has triggered fresh debate over transparency in anti-corruption investigations.Mumbai-based…
Delhi received a pleasant rainfall on Tuesday afternoon NEW DELHI: A fresh spell of rain lashed parts of Delhi NCR on Tuesday afternoon, bringing much-needed relief from the sweltering heat and oppressive humidity that had gripped the city over the past few days.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert and forecast more…
An unrecognised school functioning at Pudupet in a cramped street Chennai: Twenty-two years ago, more than 100 students had nowhere to run, when a cluster of schools functioning from a two-storey residential set-up in Kumbakonam caught fire; 94 were charred to death, and 16 were gravely injured.Now, a TOI visit in and around the city…
Patna: Unidentified assailants shot at a fruit vendor, Rajkumar Prajapati, in Bahadurpur police station area here on Tuesday, police said. The incident was reported around 11am, following which police rushed to the spot and shifted Rajkumar to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH).Rajkumar, a native of Uttar Pradesh, works as a fruit vendor in the…
Hazaribag: Three alleged drug peddlers have been arrested and 25 gm of brown sugar seized during an anti-narcotics operation in Katkamsandi police station limits on Tuesday, police said.SP Aman Kumar said, “Acting on a tip off, a special team apprehended two peddlers, identified as Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Rafiq. During interrogation, the duo allegedly revealed…
Bokaro: Three youths were killed after their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle on National Highway-32 under Pindrajora police station limits early on Tuesday.The accident occurred near Bedani More around 1.30 am when they were returning home after attending a wedding in Boradih village. Police said the speeding vehicle rammed into the motorcycle with…
PM Modi heaps big praise on Biju Patnaik during Jakarta address NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik for his role in Indonesia’s independence movement, saying his actions helped bring India and Indonesia closer.Addressing the Indonesian parliament in Jakarta, PM Modi recalled that India strongly backed Indonesia’s…
Kolkata: A 65-year-old woman was allegedly confined to her house and threatened in Sarat Pally, Garia, by a group of armed men said to be linked to Trinamool. According to a complaint filed by her son, Snehayan Sarkar, a local woman named Banasree Das led around a dozen unidentified men into Sarkar’s house when he…
Navi Mumbai: Two days after he went missing at Pandavkada waterfall in Kharghar while on a picnic, the body of a Santacruz collegian was retrieved from a downstream channel around 2km away on Monday.“The body was retrieved in the morning and was handed over to local police,” a Kharghar fire brigade personnel said.Kharghar police took…
