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New Delhi: A 28-year-old gardener was found dead inside a room at a farmhouse in south Delhi’s Maidan Garhi area, police said.Police said they received information around 4.12pm on Sept 2 that a man was lying face down inside a room at the farmhouse. When they arrived at the spot, they found the man dead. There were serious injury marks around his neck.The body was taken into custody and sent for postmortem.Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased, identified as Ishtiyaq, had an altercation with another gardener working nearby. During the argument, the accused allegedly assaulted Ishtiyaq and fled, causing his…

Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar at the launch of ‘Prajaseva Abhiyana’, at Kudligi, in Vijayanagara district Vijayanagar: If you’ve ever struggled to get a pension sorted, a khata corrected, or a site allotted, chief minister DK Shivakumar has a message for you — you won’t have to run to govt offices anymore, officials will come looking for you instead.Launching ‘Prajaseva Abhiyana’, a citizen-connect campaign, from Kudligi hobli in Vijayanagar district Saturday, Shivakumar said the initiative aims to take governance straight to people’s doorsteps. A prajaseva department will be set up to hear grievances directly and offer solutions on the spot…

Armoury heist: Burglars broke into two rooms Hyderabad: Not one, but two armoury rooms were broken into at the Madras Regiment campus in Bolarum, with security guards stationed a mere 20 metres away.Sources told TOI that firearms and ammunition were stored in different facilities 40 metres apart. The burglars broke the locks of both and stole 12 firearms along with specific ammunition for the weapons none of which have been recovered a week on. “Record maintenance has been poor and army officials are unable to tell us the number of times they have conducted a security audit,” said an investigator.According…

Chennai: Madras high court orders the Commissioner of Greater Chennai Police to immediately de-seal the rented premises occupied by the banned Islamic fundamentalist organisation Peoples Front of India (PFI) in Periamet for its office.A division bench of Justice Anita Sumanth and Justice Sunder Mohan passed the order while dismissing a plea moved by the state govt challenging a trial court order directing the police to hand over the possession of the property to its owner A S Abdul Ali.“In a case where no movable property was found in the premises and the organisation had admittedly vacated the premises, the lock…

Ahmedabad: For a long time, Modhera has been defined in the public imagination by the Sun Temple—its sculpted grandeur and the Surya Kund that anchors the complex. A new GIS-based study argues the monument is only the most visible layer of a far older and more complex settlement: a fortified, planned town in north Gujarat with an elaborate system for storing and moving water in a semi-arid landscape.A team from IIT Gandhinagar reconstructed Modhera’s earlier footprint using old survey maps, satellite imagery, digital elevation models, hydrological analysis, literary references and field verification. Their digital elevation model points to multiple archaeological…

Prayagraj: With barely 48 hours left for Krishna Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna, the city markets are flooded with colourful, designer and traditional dresses for the deity and decorative items.Prominent Krishna temples have started preparations for decoration of the temples. Special jewellery and accessories for the deity like crowns and headgear, jewellery, swings, dresses and flutes are being brought from Mathura, Surat, Kolkata and other states.Ayush Srivastava, a prominent trader at Chowk, said, “The sale for decorative items has gone up ahead of the festival. The city is in a festive mood. Temples have started preparations for special decoration…

Berhampur: A 45-year-old taxi driver in Berhampur was allegedly cheated of Rs 6.3 lakh by cyber fraudsters posing as insurance officials and promising to release the maturity amount of an old policy, police said. The victim lodged a complaint at the cyber police station on Friday, following which a case was registered and an investigation launched.According to police, the victim received a call from an unknown number in March. The caller, claiming to be an official of a private insurance company, told him an old policy was due to mature and that he would receive Rs 5 lakh after depositing…

The stolen jewellery and Rs 21,000 in cash was found from the accused’s possession after her arrest Gurgaon: A 37-year-old woman was arrested for stealing jewellery worth Rs 25 lakh and Rs 21,000 in cash from her neighbour’s house in Bhondsi while the owners were away for Raksha Bandhan, police said.An officer said the stolen jewellery and cash were recovered from the possession of the accused, Poonam, after her arrest.The matter came to light after the house owner filed a complaint for theft. She said the items were stolen on Aug 31, when she and her daughters had gone to…

Aizawl: Train services are likely to remain disrupted for another eight to 10 days after heavy rainfall caused soil erosion and damaged a railway track between Assam’s Jamira and Mizoram’s Bairabi, officials said on Saturday.Services, including the Sairang–Silchar Express, Sairang–Guwahati Express, Sairang–Kolkata Express and Sairang–Delhi Rajdhani Express, have remained cancelled since Friday.Officials of Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) informed TOI that restoration work began at the damaged site on Friday, but it could take eight to 10 days to fully restore the track and resume normal services in the section.NFR chief public relations officer Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said the railway track…

Times News NetworkKanpur:Ganga’s water level rose by 5cm in Unnao overnight on Saturday, while stagnant floodwater continued to disrupt daily life in Shuklaganj and nearby low-lying riverside areas.Central Water Commission data showed the river level increased from 112.290 metres at 6pm on Friday to 112.340 metres at 6am on Saturday. It stood at 112.320 metres at 6pm on Thursday.Despite an earlier decline in the river level, conditions have not returned to normal in low lying localities Karbala, Husain Nagar, Mohammad Nagar, Shahi Nagar, Gotakhor, Saiyyad Compound, Srinagar, Malviya Nagar and Manohar Nagar.Floodwater has accumulated around houses, making it difficult for…