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GHAZIABAD: Three minor half-sisters — aged 16, 14 and 12 — died after jumping from the ninth floor of their apartment in Ghaziabad’s Bharat City society in the early hours of Wednesday, with a diary recovered from the flat pointing to deep emotional distress and a final rupture within the family over their younger sister…
32-hour operation that averted propylene gas disaster on Pune–Mumbai Expressway PUNE: A meticulously executed 32-hour hazardous materials operation—marked by split-second decisions, specialised expertise and round-the-clock coordination—averted what could have been a catastrophic propylene gas disaster on the busy Pune–Mumbai Expressway. The incident unfolded around 7.30 pm on Tuesday when a propylene tanker carrying nearly 21,000…
CHENNAI: At least eight people, including a budding Tamil actress and an assistant director in the Tamil film industry, were arrested on Thursday after the Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit (ANIU) South team seized methamphetamine and ganja from them in Valasaravakkam. Police said Anju Krishna has acted in the Tamil film Vellimalai and in a few Malayalam…
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is thrilled about her return to Indian cinema with S.S. Rajamouli’s epic Varanasi – Globe Trotter. After Hollywood hits like Citadel, she loves the Telugu fans’ passion, Rajamouli’s meticulous prep, dancing again, and the film’s time-travel fun. Priyanka Chopra Jonas expressed her excitement for returning to Indian cinema during the grand reveal…
LONDON: A student studying at De Montfort University in Leicester was stabbed to death outside the university campus on Tuesday.Whilst there are a large number of Indian students studying at the university, the victim is not believed to be Indian origin.Leicestershire police said that a murder investigation had been launched after a man in his…
Mumbai: Two inspectors attached to the licensing department of G North ward of BMC were caught by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000 from a cafe shop owner. The arrested inspector has been identified as Kavita Dhanawade and senior inspector Sayyed Imam. Duo have been booked under…
Hyderabad: Betting apps named in investigation records and banned in India by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) are not vanishing. Instead, they resurface almost immediately under new domain names, retaining the same brands, user interfaces and back-end systems.An analysis by TOI of betting websites found that platforms such as Hublibook, VLbook, Yolo247,…
Surat: Air connectivity from Surat is expected to improve significantly, with three new flights likely to be launched in the summer schedule starting March 30.According to sources, the new flights have been sanctioned for Noida (Jewar), Navi Mumbai and Mumbai International Airport, enabling Surtis to connect to several international destinations more easily.“The Noida flight will…
IIT-Bombay Unveils Modern Dining Facility in Hostel 4 MUMBAI: An IIT Bombay civil engineering student, Naman Agarwal (21), died by suicide on Wednesday in Powai, Mumbai. Police said the student was under treatment for depression. Faculty members ruled out academic stress as a reason for his death. “His academic records reflect that he was a…
JAIPUR: Sriganganagar police Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old woman, her alleged boyfriend and two others for the murder of her 25-year-old husband, after investigators said an attempt to portray the killing as a hit-and-run collapsed under forensic and on-ground scrutiny.Superintendent of Police Amrita Duhan identified the accused as Anju, the victim’s wife, Sanjay alias Sanju (25),…
