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Chennai: AIADMK and BJP have stepped up attack on TVK president Vijay after the Madras High Court order upheld the Rs 1.5 crore penalty imposed on him by the Income Tax department for not voluntarily disclosing his additional income in the year 2015 – 16.AIADMK and BJP questioned Vijay’s claim of offering a corruption-free governance `when he had violated law by concealing his income.’Chennai: Avian Flu Advisory, I-T To Auction Jayalalithaa Assets, EV Investment Plan And More”Only now the whistle has started blowing,” BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran said said implying Vijay would be facing more setbacks in the coming…

Gandhinagar: Tourists from 52 countries regularly visit the Chhari Dhand wetland area in Kutch district, which was designated as Gujarat’s fifth Ramsar site, the state govt said on Friday.State forest and environment minister Arjun Modhwadia on Friday presented the Ramsar site certificate to chief minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar.Chhari Dhand is a wetland located between desert and grasslands, attracting thousands of migratory birds annually, including the globally significant Grey hypocolius. In 2008, Chhari Dhand was declared a conservation reserve under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.Tour operators and ornithologists reported that over 80% of visitors to Chhari Dhand were from…

10 yrs ago, selling a supercar in Odisha was almost unheard of. Now, dealers get 2-3 inquiries every quarter. As disposable income increases & roads improve, TOI looks at how the luxury car market is growing in the stateOdisha’s luxury car market witnessed a dramatic acceleration in 2025, signalling a clear shift in the aspirations of its growing urban elite. Once considered a marginal segment, the premium and super‑luxury car category has expanded rapidly across Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela and Sambalpur — with even rare badges like Lamborghini making brief appearances on Odisha’s roads. The India–European Union trade deal signed recently…

GURGAON: Four NCR cities dominated India’s pollution rankings through Jan, as fine particulate matter (PM2.5) hovered in the ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’ range on most days, leaving residents breathing air close to 10 times dirtier than the World Health Organisation’s safer limit.A monthly analysis report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) found Ghaziabad, Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon among the country’s most polluted cities for the month, underlining how winter smog remained stubborn across the NCR region.Gurgaon ranked fourth nationally. Here, PM2.5 stayed ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’ on 25 of 31 days, with a monthly mean…

Shillong: Promotion and incubation of market-driven enterprises (PRIME) Meghalaya has marked a major milestone in the state’s entrepreneurship journey by on-boarding 75 start-ups under the CM’s E-Championship Challenge (CMECC) 6.0 and graduating another 75 start-ups from Cohort 5.“With around 5,000 entrepreneurs supported to date, Rs 200 crore disbursed, and nearly 7,000 direct jobs created, PRIME continues to position entrepreneurship as a key driver of economic growth and employment in Meghalaya,” said a statement by Meghalaya Basin Management Agency (MBMA) on Thursday. Piyush Goyal Says Startup India Generated Over 21 Lakh Jobs, Credits PM Modi Islamabad Suicide Blast, Bangladesh Crisis, RBI’s…

Bidar: In Dakulagi village in Humanabad taluk of the district, for the last 3–4 days, a strange noise was heard from the earth. Mild tremors were felt and villagers have grown anxious over this development.In the village, not only during the day but also late at night, strange noises were heard from the ground, and the walls of the houses shook in some places. When the sounds were heard, children and old people were taken out of their houses to open spaces. Due to this, people spent their days in constant fear and anxiety.Islamabad Suicide Blast, Bangladesh Crisis, RBI’s Fraud…

Kanpur: A dispute arose between real brothers over land and passage through the house gallery in the Friends Colony police station area in Etawah on Thursday. Police reached the spot after receiving information and took six people, including three women, into custody for breach of peace. Before they were presented before the city magistrate, the health of one woman, identified as Sulochana (40), wife of Satyendra Singh, deteriorated on reaching the hospital. She was admitted to the district hospital for treatment. She was treated under the supervision of Dr Raghavendra Singh, who said, “After treatment, the woman’s condition has improved.”…

Ludhiana: Police have registered a case against a local village head and nearly 20 of his accomplices following a violent reprisal against a digital journalist who reported on failing infrastructure in the region.Sanjay Tiwari, a sarpanch allegedly led the mob that intercepted and assaulted the 28-year-old reporter on Thursday. The attack is believed to be a direct retaliation for her recent coverage of poor development projects on Dhandra Road. It’s claimed in the police complaint that Tiwari and an associate, identified as Akash, blocked the journalist’s path and subjected her to verbal abuse. The victim fled to her home for…

Mangaluru: MP Capt Brijesh Chowta said he has urged union ministry of road transport and highways to expedite national highway projects in the district.The MP said he met the secretary of the ministry to request faster progress on ongoing works in Dakshina Kannada district.Islamabad Suicide Blast, Bangladesh Crisis, RBI’s Fraud Compensation And More”I held discussions with Uma Shankar, the secretary of the ministry, regarding the swift implementation of various national highway projects under way in Dakshina Kannada district. During the meeting, I brought to the secretary’s attention the progress of different highway projects in the district and urged that these…

Noida: Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has reclaimed more than 54,000 square metres of encroached land across five villages over the past two weeks, stepping up enforcement against illegal construction in environmentally sensitive areas along the Hindon floodplain.Officials said the drive, carried out over the last 16 days, covered Kheda Choganpur, Bhanota, Haibatpur, Chipiyana Khurd and Rohillapur. As part of the action, eight unauthorised residential towers comprising more than 100 flats were sealed, and several illegal structures were demolished.On Friday, the Authority’s team demolished unauthorised construction at Shivam Enclave in Haibatpur village, which lies within the Hindon floodplain. The…