Mumbai Fire Brigade has made history by appointing Pallavi Patil, 29, as its first female driver-cum-operator. MUMBAI: When you see a fire engine racing through Mumbai’s crowded streets with its sirens blaring next time, it could have a trailblazer at the wheel. On June 18, Mumbai Fire Brigade appointed Pallavi Patil, 29, as its first-ever…
Tragedy struck Mundka Industrial Area as three workers perished after entering a septic tank without safety gear. NEW DELHI: Three men died after inhaling toxic fumes inside a septic tank at a factory in west Delhi’s Mundka Industrial Area Friday, reports Devanshi Mehta. Police said the workers entered the tank one after another in a…
Chennai: City traffic police have announced traffic diversions on L B Road from Saturday in view of underground metro rail construction work.The stretch between Indian Oil Petrol Bunk signal junction and L B Road-M G Road junction will remain closed to traffic from June 27. Buses and other heavy vehicles travelling from Thiruvanmiyur towards Thiru…
Patna: A day after being relieved of the additional charge of principal of Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH), Dr Narendra Pratap Singh on Friday accused the state health department of “administrative highhandedness” and “dictatorship”, while the department maintained the action was taken on administrative grounds after he remained absent during health minister Nishant Kumar’s visit…
Jackson Labs loses licences over Rajasthan maternal deaths NEW DELHI: The Centre has cancelled the manufacturing licences of Jackson Laboratories’ units in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh after joint inspections by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation and state drug regulators found deficiencies in compliance with good manufacturing practices, as investigations continue into the Rajasthan incident…
Kolkata: A partly sliced off left thumb and a copper bracelet helped families identify two workers who died in the Taratala warehouse collapse. Their bodies were kept at SSKM Hospital’s morgue on Friday.The two workers were Suman Karmakar (37) of Shyamnagar and Swapan Mondal (56) of Jagaddal. They were brought to the hospital between Thursday…
21-year-old Mayank Lohar was killed by a co-traveller on a local train over a trivial dispute on keeping the compartment door shut. His family has demanded the strictest punishment possible for the perpetrator Mumbai: “I had never seen such a ghastly crime and so much blood before… It haunts me.” TOI spoke to an eyewitness…
NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old woman was shot dead at her home in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar Thursday. Police have arrested the husband who allegedly fired multiple rounds before fleeing. According to preliminary investigation, Kavita was killed several hours before her body was found. “The murder took place sometime between 3 pm and 4 pm, but…
Surrogacy: HC frames guidelines to clear child custody applications Chennai: Madras high court has issued guidelines for magistrates who deal with custody and parentage applications in surrogacy cases. The court has said that such applications must be disposed of in four weeks unless a deeper scrutiny is required where fraud, fabrication of documents, involuntary consent…
Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev with CM Samrat Choudhary Patna: Prominent spiritual guide and Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev arrived in Patna on Friday on a three-day visit to Bihar, marking his first major public programme in the state capital.He was received at Patna airport by a large group of volunteers chanting sacred…
