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Vadodara: Two men were arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths in Dahod on Monday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a beneficiary of the PM Awas Yojana.According to police, the accused are Jayesh Patel, an engineer with the affordable housing mission of Jhalod municipality and Manu Vasaiya, a businessman.The complainant had been allotted a house under the PM Awas Yojana in Jhalod. After the first instalment of Rs70,000 was credited to his bank account, Patel allegedly demanded Rs5,000 from him as a bribe.The ACB said Patel subsequently demanded Rs10,000 on two occasions after further instalments were credited to…

Varanasi: Two youths were killed and another suffered critical injuries when their motorcycle collided with a truck on Gorakhpur-Varanasi four-lane highway near Audihar village under Saidpur police station in Ghazipur district late on Sunday.Ghazipur CO (Saidpur) Shubham Verma on Monday said that three youths riding a motorcycle were passing through Audihar turning, when their vehicle collided head-on with a truck coming from opposite direction. All three identified as Lalu Yadav (25), Akash Yadav(25) and Raju Yadav (27) of Uchauri village in Saidpur suffered grave injuries. They were rushed to Saidpur community health centre (CHC), where doctors declared Akash and Raju…

The election committee functioned under the direct supervision of party state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar and his close confidant and party state general secretary S Suresh Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP core committee meeting held on Monday saw senior functionaries demand strict and credible action over allegations of misappropriation of election funds in the party’s state unit. Several members reportedly expressed displeasure over alleged attempts to hush up the matter or dismiss the charges as baseless.Some members alleged that the state election committee was at the centre of the controversy. They said the committee functioned under the direct supervision of party state president…

Kolkata: Five days after an 86-year-old man was fatally run over while taking an evening walk inside Uniworld City complex in New Town, police on Sunday arrested a 47-year-old woman who was allegedly learning to drive an SUV when it veered out of a parking area and ploughed into pedestrians.The deceased, Sribas Chandra Ojha, was walking with the assistance of an attendant when the SUV hit him and two others around 6.45pm on Tuesday. The vehicle was allegedly travelling at considerable speed after emerging from the parking area. Ojha was admitted to a private hospital but succumbed to his injuries…

Srinagar, Aug 10: The Centre has sharply reduced its allocation for elementary education in Jammu & Kashmir under the Samagra Shiksha scheme, with the provision falling to Rs 633.53 crore for 2026-27.The allocation represents a decline of nearly 38 per cent from Rs 1,017.75 crore sanctioned for 2025-26. It is also significantly lower than the Rs 1,180.11 crore allocated in 2024-25 and Rs 1,234.55 crore in 2023-24.The figures were placed before the Lok Sabha by Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi in response to a starred question concerning the allocation and utilisation of funds for primary education.For 2026-27, J&K’s allocation is considerably lower…

The aircraft plunged 300ft, injuring many on board NEW DELHI: European aerospace major Airbus and France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety will join the probe to establish what caused the Air India A320 flying from Phuket to Delhi with 145 aboard to suddenly lose altitude by about 300ft last week, injuring many on board.Led by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), the investigation is examining the twin aspects of the aircraft’s mechanical issues and pilot behaviour. Everyone TOI spoke to said what happened mid-flight was indeed “a close shave”. Luckily, the aircraft (AI 2379) landed safely…

Kalyan: As many as 107 new dog bite cases were reported to the Rukminibai municipal hospital in Kalyan on Monday, a rise from 58 cases reported on Sunday, civic officials informed.Dr Deepa Shukla, medical health officer, KDMC, said 107 cases were reported at Kalyan of which 12 cases were from the station premises. KDMC teams laid traps at various spots and trapped two dogs suspected to have bitten the residents over the last two days. They have been kept under observation. Source link

New Delhi: After years of planning, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has finally started work for the complete restoration of Naini Lake in Model Town.The Rs 9.7-crore project, being carried out under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, will include laying of pipelines of 200m in diameter from Coronation Pillar sewage treatment plant (STP), four km away, to fill up the water body on a daily basis.Other key work involves utilisation of excess treated water to nearby municipal parks, fancy lighting and horticultural work, remodelling of a peripheral reinforced cement concrete (RCC) drain, provision of two musical…

BengaluruCancer hospital chain HealthCare Global Enterprises (HCG) nearly tripled its profit to Rs 16.5 crore in the June quarter from about Rs 6 crore a year ago, driven by higher patient volumes and capacity expansion.Total income rose 14% year-on-year to Rs 707 crore, from Rs 620 crore in the year-ago quarter. Patient volumes increased 11%, while average revenue per patient grew 2%.Growth was strongest in eastern India, where revenue rose 22%, followed by the south at 16%. The western region, HCG’s largest market by revenue, grew 9%.HCG added 121 operational beds during the quarter as it expanded its cancer-care network.…

Hyderabad: Nearly six lakh applications have been filed for Family Register Certificates in Telangana as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls enters a crucial phase, with about 2.8 lakh applications still under process, according to data available with the state authorities.Exclusive data obtained by TOI shows that of the approximately 5.97 lakh applications filed for the certificates, around 3.15 lakh have been approved and about 2,100 rejected, while nearly 2.8 lakh applications remain under process. The figures come at a time when the enumeration phase of the SIR is drawing to a close in the state.The Family Register…