NEW DELHI: The crowd in Dharamsala erupted in joy and started chanting 'Shami, Shami' after the star India pacer Mohammed Shami claimed a five-wicket haul to restrict New Zealand to 273 runs in the ICC World Cup match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Sunday. Shami (5/54) was the pick of the bowlers, and the 33-year-old was adjudged 'Man of the Match' for his...
Chennai: Tambaram Corporation has launched a project to increase the availability of public restrooms. They are in the process of constructing five new toilet blocks, with an additional plan to incorporate 16 urinals at ₹6 crore. These new facilities, which are likely to come up near bus stands, hospitals, markets, and other public buildings, are expected to meet the growing demand for clean and...
MUMBAI: Police have slapped yet another FIR on jailed builder Jayesh Tanna, brother Deep and son Vivek for cheating 28 flatbuyers of Rs 40 crore. TOI has learnt that the case is likely to be taken over by police's economic offences wing.Tanna, who is lodged in Arthur Road jail, has been booked in nine offences registered all over Mumbai. Police said in most of these cases, Tanna and his family members...
NEW DELHI: The share of waste burning in Delhi's air is likely to be around 2% for the next four days, according to the Decision Support System, which is the forecasting model under the Union ministry of earth sciences.However, experts have said the contribution of open burning in Delhi's air will rise significantly after winter sets in. Poor and homeless people tend to burn whatever they get to beat...
KOLKATA: A fire broke out at a mixed residential building comprising of a few homes and a cluster of shops at Canal east road in Kolkata's Ultadanga on Ashtami evening.The fire broke out around 6.45pm and was brought under control around 8.40pm by 13 fire tenders.No person was injured in the incident. But the series of gas cylinder blasts and leaping flames sent panic in the area as many left their...
CHENNAI: In a span of two months, the Tambaram Corporation's public health department captured 398 stray dogs and performed animal birth control (ABC) surgery on 383 dogs. Covering an area of 87.64 sq km, the Tambaram Corporation has around 80,000 dogs within its jurisdiction. Due to the absence of effective sterilisation programs, the stray dog population has seen an increase.A senior official said,...
CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths nabbed the kingpin of a human trafficking racket involved in an attempt to send 61 Sri Lankan nationals abroad illegally after bringing them to India in 2021.The accused, identified as Mohamed Imran Khan (39) alias Haja Najerbheeden, a native of Ramanathpuram, was secured from his hideout in Theni district by the absconder tracker team (ATT) of...
NEW DELHI: The air quality in the national capital worsned to 'very poor' with the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 302 on Sunday, as per data from System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) India.The air quality around Delhi University was recorded at 330 (very poor) at noon, while IGI Terminal T3 in New Delhi was at 313 against 276 in the morning hours, as per the latest data from...
PALGHAR: One person was killed when a bus rammed into a crane on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Sunday.The bus, belonging to the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation was carrying 35 passengers.The incident took place at around 3am when the crane which had hit a road divider on the highway was being reversed at Dapchari check post on Maharashtra-Gujarat border, and the...
RAMPUR: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, who was convicted in a fake birth certificate case, expressed fear of being killed in an encounter before the Uttar Pradesh police shifted him and his son Abdullah Azam to different jails from Rampur, on Saturday night.The former MLA from Rampur spoke to the media before being taken away by the police. He said, "Anything can happen to us; we can get encountered...
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