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New Delhi: A 49-year-old man died by suicide in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Kunj on Monday evening. Police said the deceased, a property dealer, was alone in the house and was living separately from his family. The body was found in a partially decomposed condition, police said. They also recorded statements of the family and neighbours of the deceased, and no suspicion was raised so far. TNN Source link

Bengaluru: Salaried workforce of Bengaluru is set for a significant tax relief with the draft Income Tax Rules, 2026, proposing to place the city in the category eligible for 50% House Rent Allowance (HRA) exemption.The benefit, until now reserved for Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, would bring Bengaluru on par with the traditional metros and raise the deduction ceiling from the present 40%. Hyderabad, Pune and Ahmedabad have also been included in the expanded list. The change, once notified, is expected to help lakhs of employees coping with steep rentals in the technology capital. As per the I-T Act, 1961,…

Hyderabad: Married women in Telangana may turn out to be one of the largest groups to find names missing from the electoral rolls when the Election Commission starts its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) later this year.Those involved in the pre-SIR mapping exercise in the state say more men are being mapped than women as booth level officers (BLO) start comparing names with the 2002 electoral rolls. Among them, married women are the most difficult to track, especially those born between July 1, 1987 and Dec 2, 2004. The exercise has so far mapped 53% of the voters overall across Telangana…

Chennai: Industries minister T R B Raaja on Tuesday expressed confidence that Tamil Nadu would cross $18 billion in electronics exports this year as the country’s electronics exports would be around $45 billion. As the industry is expected to grow to $500 billion by 2031, TN has set a target of $150 billion, he said, adding that while scaling exports, TN is pivoting toward research and development to compete globally. At a B2B electronics manufacturing event organised by the Electronic Industries Association of India (ELCINA), he said, “We aim to position TN as the hub for the global South. We…

Ahmedabad: Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) will add 195 buses and operate over 7,800 trips to Bhavnath in Junagadh district during the Mahashivratri fair. An official statement said 80 additional buses will be introduced between Junagadh bus station and Bhavnath, and 115 new buses will be introduced from other districts to Bhavnath. The annual Mahashivratri Fair at Bhavnath, located in the foothills of Girnar in Gujarat’s Junagadh, will begin formally on Wednesday with the traditional hoisting of the flag at the Bhavnath temple, officials said on Tuesday.Deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi will preside over the procession to be organised…

Bhubaneswar: Members of Seafarers Association of Odisha on Tuesday demanded a time-bound, impartial investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Odia merchant navy cadet Sarthak Mohapatra, who went missing from a container vessel near Mauritius. The cadet disappeared from the vessel EA Jersey on Feb 3. The association raised serious concerns over the safety and accountability mechanisms for Indian sailors serving on foreign-flagged ships. The members urged probing agencies to act swiftly and transparently to establish the circumstances under which the cadet went missing.While the vessel is currently sailing towards Singapore, where a detailed inspection and investigation of the ship is…

Coimbatore: Writhing in pain, S Vijay, 26, a resident of Salem, didn’t think he could walk again properly when he was brought to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) with a fractured lower right limb on Jan 2. His family also thought that Vijay would lose the leg to the fractures he sustained in the accident a day ago, especially since the govt medical college hospitals in Salem and Erode couldn’t do much to save the same. However, doctors at the Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at CMCH did what they thought was impossible – saved Vijay’s leg that…

Gurgaon: Daily commuting for motorists and pedestrians is not without peril. Civic authorities — it seems — have failed to learn any lessons from the recent incidents in Delhi’s Janakpuri and Noida, where open pits led to the deaths of two youngsters.”In trying to avoid one obstruction, people often end up hitting another,” president of Essel Tower RWA Rajeev Sinha told TOI, referring to a half-constructed drain. The city roads are full of unbarricaded drains, open manholes and exposed iron rods. Key roads across the city — such as MG Road, Galleria Market and Sector 69 — are dotted with…

Silchar: The final electoral roll for Cachar district has recorded a net drop of 33,536 voters following the Special Revision (SR), with the district’s electorate now standing at 13,81,903, officials said on Tuesday.District commissioner Aayush Garg, who formally published the rolls, said the revised list comprises 6,91,607 men, 6,90,283 women and 13 third-gender voters spread across 1,732 polling stations — reflecting near-equal gender representation.No-Trust Move Against LS Speaker, Pawar Becomes Maha Dy CM, Rajpal In Tihar And MoreThe draft electoral roll released on Dec 27, 2025, had pegged the electorate at 14,15,439. Election officials attributed the reduction to “rigorous verification”…

Ballari: SP Suman DP said that police have registered more than 127 cases in the district over the past month by conducting a series of raids to curb illegal activities. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, SP Suman said that 47 matka cases and 24 gambling cases have been registered during the period. She added that police also booked 19 cases related to illegal sand transportation, 25 cases of illegal liquor sale and 13 cases of illegal transportation of ration rice. They seized 22 bullock carts and 25 cars involved in illegal activities. She said raids were also conducted on…