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NEW DELHI: A hotel owner in his thirties and his eight-year-old son were allegedly stabbed to death in their sleep at their residence in central Delhi's Paharganj area, police said on Saturday. The gruesome discovery of their lifeless bodies took place in the afternoon when the hotel owner's wife and daughter, concerned by the lack of response to their repeated calls to the man's mobile phone, decided...

MUMBAI: Traffic Police have issued restrictions for vehicles in central Mumbai on Sunday as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal have organisd a public address at Shivaji Park to mark 350 years of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's crowning ceremony.The restrictions will be in effect from 2pm to 7pm on Sunday.* MB Raut Road shall be closed for traffic from Cafe Trofima at Raja Badhe chowk to Shivaji...

NEW DELHI: Two cash collection agents of a private firm, who were carrying around Rs 50 lakh, were robbed in central Delhi after two men posing as traffic policemen stopped them for checking. While the imposters asked the employees to open the car's boot, two others came and fled with the bag containing cash.The police received a complaint around 5pm on Wednesday that two employees of a private firm,...

KOLKATA: A 17-year-old student has succumbed to dengue infection, making it the first known dengue death in central Kolkata during the current outbreak. Most dengue deaths in the city this year have so far been reported from the southern and eastern parts of the city, along with pockets of northern fringes like Bangur Avenue and Bidhannagar.TOI had reported the death in its late edition on Friday.The...

CHENNAI: Here's a subway to nowhere. An unopened underpass connecting the Southern Railway headquarters and the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) built by Chennai Metro Rail Limited has become a den of anti-social activities.The subway, if opened, would help people cross the road from Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital to the other side. This will help them go to Mint and Evening...

NEW DELHI: Delhi University students cast their votes for the DUSU's central panel.Voting for the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) concluded late on Friday and the results of all four central panel posts — president, vice-president, secretary and joint secretary — will be announced on Saturday.The votes were cast after a gap of almost four years amid heavy police presence and last-ditch...

CHENNAI/TRICHY: In all, 36 quacks who were running small clinics and pharmacies to provide allopathic treatment or alternative medicine to patients were arrested by police in the central region and Tiruvallur in the last one week in a joint operation with the health department.Tiruvallur district police arrested seven quacks who were running clinics and medical laboratories without the requisite licence...

NEW DELHI: To make bone marrow transplant affordable, the Union government has planned to set up centres at its three hospitals in Delhi. Till date, only AIIMS Delhi has a facility in the city and the treatment cost is exorbitant in private hospitals. "If all goes well, the centres are likely to start soon at Safdarjung, RML and Lady Hardinge hospitals," said a doctor, who recently attended a meeting at...

KOLKATA: One of the city's oldest single screen theatres, Intally Talkies, is permanently closing down. Tucked away on Dr Suresh Sarkar Road, the theatre used to draw a sizeable crowd for Hindi releases. However, footfall declined with time and the last nail on the coffin was the pandemic. The cinema never recovered from the Covid blow. Recently, its management informed the Eastern India Motion Pictures...

PATIALA: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had been serving time in Patiala central jail for a 1988 road rage death case, was released on Saturday, after nearly 10 months.He emerged from the prison wearing a sky blue jacket, later than the anticipated afternoon release time, at 5.53pm.After coming out of the jail, Sidhu slammed Centre, saying democracy in chains, institutions turned slaves.“I...