NEW DELHI: As smog thickens in Delhi and people complain of burning eyes, scratchy throats and breathing problems, are the official air quality monitors accurately reflecting the capital’s air quality? A ground check by TOI at several stations found glaring inconsistencies and questionable practices that may be influencing readings. At Anand Vihar – a pollution…
NEW DELHI: A biker died and another was injured when a rashly driven crane towing a portable toilet hit their vehicles in southeast Delhi’s New Friends Colony. The crane driver, Sachin Kumar (22), has been arrested.An eyewitness reported that the recovery crane was speeding and swerving dangerously. It collided with the two motorcycles and then…
PATNA: RJD‘s Tejashwi Yadav, who is opposition alliance’s CM face in Bihar polls, said on Friday BJP is “scared of a 37-year-old youth” and has deployed 30 helicopters to counter him.The star campaigner of Mahagathbandhan, who addressed 18 election rallies during the day, described himself “unstoppable” and declared that neither PM Modi nor any NDA…
Video Credit: Richa Pinto/TNN MUMBAI: Mumbai’s Central Railway (CR) network descended into chaos as overcrowded platforms and stalled trains collided with a flash protest by railway employees at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) on Thursday. Commuters, desperate to reach home during peak office hours, found themselves stranded in jam-packed stations, with some forced to walk…
NEW DELHI: Murder case of a Nationalist Congress Party functionary of Chhattisgarh will again haunt Amit Jogi, son of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, as Supreme Court on Thursday revived the case against him, 18 years after his acquittal.The murder of NCP’s Ramavatar Jaggi took place in 2003 and it was alleged that the conspiracy…
HISAR: A police officer was beaten to death allegedly by hooligans outside his home in Haryana’s Hisar late Thursday. Sub-inspector Ramesh Kumar, 57, tried to stop the assailants from creating a ruckus in the neighbourhood but was allegedly battered with bricks and sticks. The officer’s nephew was also injured in the attack. Police have arrested…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi alleged Friday that in 1937 “significant verses” of ‘Vande Mataram‘ were dropped, “sowing the seeds of the country’s Partition”, in what was seen as an attack on Congress in the midst of the Bihar elections and months before Bengal goes to the polls. Launching year-long celebrations to mark 150 years of…
Police officers and military personnel stand guard at the gate of a school where explosions reportedly occurred, in Jakarta (AP image) At least 55 people, mostly students, were injured after multiple explosions shook a mosque inside a high school complex during Friday prayers in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, police said. Authorities said a 17-year-old had been…
NEW DELHI: The Union ministry of education announced on Friday that the order changing the constitution and composition of Panjab University’s senate and syndicate stands rescinded. Panjab University’s decision to replace 59-year-old senate and syndicate with a smaller, largely nominated structure, triggered sharp political reactions in Punjab, with chief minister Bhagwant Mann calling it “unconstitutional.”…
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said he may travel to India next year, adding that PM Modi “wants” him to visit. “He’s a friend of mine, and we speak… He wants me to go there. We will figure that out. I will go. I will have a great trip there with Prime Minister…
