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New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has claimed a 120% increase in housing sales revenue between April 1 and June 30 in the current financial year compared with the same period in 2025-26, earning Rs 1,020 crore against Rs 462 crore in the first quarter of 2025-26. The earnings came from the sale of 1,284 flats, while 1,175 units were sold in the same quarter in the previous financial year.According to DDA officials, the sub-city of Narela emerged as the biggest contributor to the sales performance in 2026-27, with 1,153 flats accounting for nearly 90% of the total revenue. “In…

Bengaluru: A 22-year-old BSc graduate died after he got trapped in a cage lift at a hotel in Jayanagar Thursday morning. His head was crushed between the lift’s iron grills and the wall, leaving him with fatal injuries. Police registered a case of negligence against the hotel owner, building owner and lift maintenance staff.The deceased, Rajesh Chandrayya Shivappayyanmath, was a native of Hubballi. Based on preliminary investigation, police said the incident occurred at 8am at Dakshina Upahar Hotel in Jayanagar 4th Block, owned by Rajesh’s friend.Rajesh frequently visited his aunt’s house in Yelachenahalli, south Bengaluru, and also stayed with his…

Telangana police’s special teams have succeeded in nabbing members of both Nepali gangs, involved in the robbery-cum-murder of the former IPS officer’s wife at Jubilee Hills and the dacoity at Kawkoor, in Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh respectively. The teams were completing formalities to get them to the city on prisoner on transit (PT) warrants. Hyderabad: Sanathnagar police arrested a 23-year-old auto driver for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl. The accused was produced before a court on Thursday and remanded in judicial custody.According to the police, family members of the girl, a high school student, approached them on Wednesday…

Gunjan Srivastava, CEO & MD, Onida Electronics Chennai: The 45-year-old consumer electronics brand Onida, synonymous with its horned devil and the tagline ‘Neighbour’s Envy, Owner’s Pride’ in the 1980s and 1990s, is attempting to reinvent itself in a market now dominated by global and Chinese brands after a challenging phase.A decade of inconsistent branding, weakening dealer relationships, a shrinking retail presence and poor after-sales service eroded its market share and financial performance. “We should have been a much bigger player by now,” Gunjan Srivastava, CEO & MD, Onida Electronics, told TOI.The company has unveiled ‘Onida Rewired’ (or Onida 2.0), a…

A record crowd turned up for Ahmedabad’s 149th rath yatra, on Thursday, July 16 Ahmedabad: A much-awaited day in Ahmedabad’s religious calendar finally arrived. Months of planning and organisation came to fruition on Thursday as Ahmedabad witnessed the grandeur and fervour of the annual rath yatra. Lord Jagannath completed his annual journey, with Lord Balram and Goddess Subhadra in tow, amid a sea of humanity gathered along the pious route. The swelling but well-managed crowd showed why Ahmedabad’s rath yatra is said to be India’s second grandest after Puri’s.In the evening, there were light to moderate showers in some areas,…

Prayagraj: A 27-year-old man allegedly died by suicide at Purwa Khas village under the Industrial Area police station limits on Thursday, police said.Preliminary investigation suggests that a marital dispute may have led to the incident. No suicide note was recovered from the room, police added.According to police, the deceased was estranged from his wife and she had been living with a close relative in the Naini area for the past three months. Source link

Iskcon devotees from Russia and Ukraine attend Puri Rath Yatra on Thursday Puri: Amid mounting controversy over the untimely conduct of Rath Yatra abroad, Iskcon devotees who attended the annual festival here on Thursday remain split in their views.Indian devotees insist that uniformity in the festival’s schedule is non‑negotiable. “If other festivals are celebrated on the same dates in India and abroad, a deviation in the schedule of Rath Yatra is unacceptable. According to the scriptures, Snana Yatra must be performed only on ‘Jyestha Purnima’ (full moon day), while Rath Yatra — a nine‑day festival — should be observed strictly…

Faridabad: An 18-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the 16th floor of her building in Greater Faridabad’s Sector 88 on Thursday, a day after she checked her probable score using the online answer key.Police said the incident took place around noon at SRS Residency, where the student lived with her family. According to her relatives, she had recently appeared for NEET and had been under considerable stress after estimating her score. While she had expected a significantly higher result, she calculated that she might score around 600 out of 720 after comparing her responses with the…

Agartala: The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has voiced serious concerns to chief minister Manik Saha over the deteriorating state of academic activities in schools, urging immediate intervention.TPCC president Asish Kumar Saha said the state’s education system is facing a crisis due to teacher shortages, stalled recruitment, school closures and the diversion of teachers to non-academic clerical work. He said teachers are being kept in schools for over eight hours and assigned administrative and clerical duties, leaving little time to prepare lessons, which adversely affects the academic environment.He said students’ interest in attending classes is declining because teachers have limited…

Kanpur: A junior resident doctor (JR-2), Dr Vinod Kumar Bind of the orthopedics department at Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) Medical College, died while on duty in Kanpur on Thursday morning. Doctors suspect he suffered a heart attack.Dr Bind was on night duty in the emergency department of Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital. A resident of Jaunpur, he was pursuing his junior residency in the orthopedics department at GSVM Medical College.Head of the orthopedics department, Dr Chandan Kumar, said, “Dr Vinod Kumar suddenly developed chest pain in the morning.”He immediately consulted doctors from the medicine department in the emergency ward and…