New Delhi: “Today the question haunting us all in this room is — who after us? But the answer must come from the community,” Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya said on Friday, urging society to move beyond “sympathy towards empathy” for neurodivergent people.Addressing a seminar at Delhi High Court on safeguarding neurodivergent people after they become…
CHENNAI: Former chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday announced the constitution of a 38-member committee to travel across all 234 constituencies and conduct a field-level assessment of the reason for DMK’s electoral debacle in the recently concluded assembly election. He directed committee members to document criticisms levelled against him by party functionaries.Stalin held a…
Patna: The Patna district administration on Saturday issued a stern warning against arbitrary fare hikes by autorickshaws, e-rickshaws and city service buses, stating that no increase in passenger fares would be allowed without prior approval from the divisional-level Fare Determination Committee.The clarification came after reports emerged of several operators independently increasing fares following the recent…
Social media posts can tell if you’re at booze addiction risk (Tom Grill/Getty Images) Bokaro: Deputy commissioner Ajay Nath Jha on Saturday said the district administration is keeping a watch over social media platforms to curb rumours which could lead to panic-buying of petrol and diesel across the district. “We have taken cognizance of some…
19-Year-Old NEET Aspirant Dies by Suicide in Kota Hazaribag: A class 10 student died allegedly by suicide on her birthday on Friday by consuming poison due to constant stalking and harassment by a fellow classmate over one-sided love affair. A complaint was lodged with Bara Bazar police station against three persons.In his plaint, the father…
JAMMU: A 60-year-old man died and seven others, including two children, were hospitalised on Friday after they allegedly consumed a wild vegetable in J&K’s Rajouri district. All the affected people belonged to two families.Officials said on Saturday, the incident was reported from Mohra village in Kotranka sub-division, about 40km from Rajouri town. Mohammad Hussain died…
Falta: With the political scales flipping in Bengal and chief minister Suvendu Adhikari targeting him in his own lair, Trinamool Congress‘s Falta candidate Jahangir Khan faces an uphill task ahead of the May 21 repolls. Khan, who had stepped out of the public glare after the May 4 results, returned to his ransacked Srirampore party…
Thane: A day after the BJP accused its ally Shiv Sena of steamrolling 231 proposals in the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) Friday general body meeting without discussion, the Sena on Saturday hit back strongly, demanding suspension of BJP corporators for allegedly disrupting House proceedings and attempting to “gherao” Mayor Sharmila Pimpalolkar.Sena corporator Manoj Shinde issued…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has identified 14 land parcels along metro corridors for residential and mixed-use development to promote affordable housing in the city and reduce outward migration to NCR towns.Accelerating the implementation of the recently notified Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) policy, the identified plots, spread across more than 3.6 lakh square metres, are…
Chennai: Despite reportedly urging loyalists not to sign a letter seeking an AIADMK general council meeting, the Edappadi K Palaniswami camp appears to be losing its grip within the party organisation. Multiple sources told TOI that the rebel faction has already secured signatures from nearly two-fifths of council members and is preparing to formally press…
