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Several temples in Ahmedabad’s west too organised rath yatras Ahmedabad: Several rath yatras in the city’s west — from Swaminarayan Gurukul to Iskcon Temple — gave devotees the chance to catch a glimpse of the deities. Chief minister Bhupendra Patel flagged off SGVP Gurukul’s 19th rath yatra in Memnagar. The chariot travelled on a 7km route around the area. The Hare Krishna Temple in Bhadaj took out a people’s yatra where locals participated in large numbers.Vrunda Parmar, a resident of the Satellite area, said that she often commutes to Kalupur or Khamasa to get a glimpse of the main yatra,…
Kanpur: Commuters travelling between Prayagraj and Jhunsi finally got relief on Thursday as traffic resumed on the repaired carriageway of Shastri Bridge after more than six weeks of restrictions. However, the reopening also triggered heavy traffic congestion during the morning rush hour before the situation was brought under control by noon.The Public Works Department (PWD) completed resurfacing and repair work on the nearly 2-km Daraganj-to-Jhunsi carriageway on Thursday morning, following which the traffic police reopened the lane for vehicular movement.The restored lane has been opened to light vehicles, including two-wheelers, cars and other small four-wheelers. Officials said the resumption of…
Bhubaneswar: The city reverberated with the chants of “Jai Jagannath” and sounds of traditional musical instruments as thousands of devotees thronged Jagannath temples across the city, braving relentless rain, on Thursday to pull the chariots of the sibling deities.The pulling of most chariots began around 4 pm. Devotees who could not travel to Puri visited Jagannath temples in the city to pay obeisance to the sibling deities, with many pulling the chariots alongside family and friends.Apart from a huge crowd at Iskcon temple Rath Yatra in Nayapalli, the Jagannath temples at KIIT, Patia, Sailashree Vihar, Kolathia, Jagamara, Vani Vihar, Regional…
Gurgaon: A group of more than 30 men travelling in a convoy of around 20 SUVs allegedly stormed an office building construction site in Dhanwapur on Wednesday and threatened a contractor with death unless he paid “protection money” to continue supplying soil and water to projects in sectors 106 and 108.The alleged intimidation, carried out in the name of jailed gangster Kaushal Chaudhary, comes barely a week after four shooters linked to the Deepak Nandal gang were killed in an encounter in Sushant Lok after opening fire at a businessman’s house over an alleged Rs 10-crore extortion demand.Police have begun…
Shillong: Three children were electrocuted in Ri Bhoi district on Wednesday after touching a fallen power line.The incident occurred around 2 pm at Umtangling village under Umiam police station, when the children came in contact with a live 11kV overhead power line that snapped and fell across a village road.All three died on the spot, officials said. Two of the victims were siblings, aged 11 and 12. The age of the third child is yet to be confirmed. Source link
Kanpur: A 45-year-old farmer was found murdered in a tubewell in his field on Thursday morning in Hathigaon village under the Maharajpur police station area.The deceased, Harimohan Yadav, was found in a blood-soaked condition by a local villager, who informed his family.According to police, the deceased had deep wounds on his neck and hands. Police also found 15 to 20 empty glasses and two liquor bottles at the spot, suggesting that several people may have been present there the previous night.Police said Harimohan used to visit his field every night to guard it. On Wednesday night, he allegedly informed his…
Shariq.MajeedElderly man mauled to death by stray dogsLudhiana: A former village sarpanch, Jagdish Singh, was found dead, partly eaten by a pack of stray dogs, near a carcass disposal site in Pabbian village near Ludhiana’s Jagraon late Wednesday night. It’s the second alleged fatal dog attack in the same location in two weeks. “Police were informed after Jagdish was cremated,” police post in charge ASI Sukhwinder Singh told TOI, adding that he was mauled to death by dogs. Aged around 80, Jagdish was too feeble to fend off the pack, said villagers. One of his arms and a leg were…
Anti-drug Drive: City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy (second right) along with other officers releases ‘Operation RISE’ and the ‘Beda Bro’ awareness initiative in Mangaluru Thursday Mangaluru: City police have intensified their anti-drug crackdown under the state’s ‘Operation RISE’ campaign, with officials expressing confidence in bringing the situation under control through sustained efforts. Posters for ‘Operation RISE’ and the youth-focused ‘Beda Bro’ campaign were released in the city on Thursday.City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH said 95 accused are currently in judicial custody, including six foreign nationals arrested in NDPS cases.He said the anonymous QR code-based reporting system is…
Shivamogga: An accused in judicial custody, escaped from the forest department’s custody in Shivamogga. This comes days after Kalaburagi jail break. The accused, Venkatesh, 36, a resident of Adugodi village in Hosanagar taluk, was booked in 2019-20 for assaulting forest officials. He was recently apprehended following a non-bailable warrant and produced before the Hosanagar JMFC court, which remanded him to judicial custody on Wednesday.However, while being transported to Shivamogga Central Jail the same day, the accused claimed he was hungry. The forest staff stopped the department jeep near Battemallappa Circle to fetch food. Making use of this opportunity, Venkatesh violently…
Vehicles are left charging for hours, sometimes overnight, increasing the risk of overheating, short circuits and fires in Halora Noida: A day after sparks at a basement EV-charging point set off a blaze in a Mamura building that killed two, a TOI visit to urban villages found similar charging practices common in Harola, Barola, Hoshiarpur, Raipur and other localities.Inside homes and parking areas, e-rickshaws and e-scooters are routinely plugged into household sockets or roadside power points, often using extension boards and makeshift wiring. Vehicles are left charging for hours, sometimes overnight, increasing the risk of overheating, short circuits and fires…