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GHAZIABAD: The body of national para athlete Chirag Tyagi was found at Sai Upvan under Kotwali police station limits in Ghaziabad, police said on Saturday.According to news agency ANI, SHO Kotwali Sachin Kumar said that Tyagi had left for his village, Basantpur Sathli in Muradnagar, from his Delhi hostel in the morning.Police said there is a hole in his back, and it is not yet clear whether it was caused by a bullet or a blow from some other object. The exact cause of death will be confirmed after the post-mortem examination.Authorities said the police were informed about the incident…

The BMC has also made it mandatory for all public toilets to introduce a citizen feedback system, maintain hourly cleaning logs, conduct at least one deep-cleaning drive every week and install an IoT-based odour monitoring system called “Gandhavedh” to help control foul smells. Mumbai: BMC has given operators of pay-and-use public toilets in Mumbai three months to upgrade facilities, warning that contracts could be suspended or terminated if standards are not improved within the stipulated period.The decision was taken at a review meeting chaired by BMC leader of the house Ganesh Khankar on Saturday. The meeting was convened to assess…

NEW DELHI: A ragpicker woman sleeping on a footpath in Delhi’s Palam area was allegedly sexually harassed by a passerby, police said. The incident occurred on May 24, 2026. The accused, a resident of the Palam area who works at a tent house. According to officials, a PCR call was received on May 24 reporting that a man had been touching a woman inappropriately on the footpath. Police reached the spot and found a ragpicker woman present. However, the woman told police that nothing had happened and that she did not wish to take any action. A search was launched…

Bengaluru: Two men were arrested by city police for allegedly deceiving customers by serving beef while claiming it was mutton.The accused are Jijoo Alexander from Byrati village and Shibu KB from Tippanna Layout. Hailing from Kerala and residing in a rented house in Byrati, they owned Aisiri Hub Kayaloram Restaurant at Bommenahalli, police said.An officer said the police had received multiple complaints from customers alleging that Kayaloram restaurant was serving beef while marketing it as mutton.“Beef was not listed anywhere on the restaurant’s menu. However, several customers alleged that they had been served beef when they ordered mutton dishes. Based…

Fire engulfing a bus near Peddakaparthi village in Chityala mandal of Nalgonda district early on Saturday morning. It was travelling from Hyderabad to Kakinada Pic: TOI Nalgonda: Around 36 passengers had a narrow escape after a private travel bus travelling from Hyderabad to Kakinada caught fire in the early hours of Saturday in Nalgonda district.The incident occurred at around 5.30 am near Peddakaparthi village in Chityala mandal when flames suddenly erupted from the bus while it was en route to Andhra Pradesh. Alerted by smoke and the fire, the driver and cleaner acted swiftly and evacuated all 36 passengers from…

Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar paying respects to Thiruvallur on Saturday. CHENNAI: Former deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Saturday condemned Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar over the portrayal of Thiruvalluvar in saffron robe in Lok Bhavan, accusing him of insulting Tamil sentiments and questioning the silence of the TVK govt on the issue.”The state govt officially celebrates Thiruvalluvar Day in January, but where has this new claim that Vaikasi Anusham is Thiruvalluvar Day come from? My strong condemnation to those insulting Thiruvalluvar and the sofa model govt that permits it,” Udhayanidhi said on X. A portrait of…

Bhubaneswar: The Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET-UG) 2026, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), was delayed due to technical glitches at several examination centres across the state on Saturday.Students who appeared for the examination at centres in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack said that after completing biometric registration, they were informed about technical issues that affected the conduct of the test. At some centres, candidates were provided compensatory time.“We had the exam in the morning shift, but we were told that the server was down. When the examination finally started, the invigilators gave us extra time to complete the paper,” said…

Representatives of the Tasmac Joint Action Committee of Trade Unions meet minister for prohibition and excise K Vignesh COIMBATORE: Representatives of the Tasmac Joint Action Committee of Trade Unions met minister for prohibition and excise K Vignesh here on Saturday and submitted a memorandum urging the govt to fulfill their long-standing demands, including regularization of jobs.More than 25,000 employees have been working with Tasmac, a public sector undertaking of the Tamil Nadu govt, for more than 23 years. Union representatives stated that under current labour laws, employees who complete 480 days of continuous service should be made permanent. However, Tasmac…

Imphal/Churachandpur: A section of NH-202, the Imphal-Ukhrul lifeline, was found dug up on Saturday near Shangkai Kuki village, allegedly using a JCB excavator.Sources said the road was deliberately excavated by Kuki villagers to disrupt vehicular movement along the highway.Meanwhile, Manipur Police said an attack on Friday at Roudei (TM Kasom) village was allegedly carried out by “armed Kuki militants” positioned along the route from the Patleijang hill area.During the incident, an FCI truck driver, identified as Nitish Kumar (57) of Hooghly district, West Bengal, sustained critical gunshot injuries and died on the spot. A police personnel attached to Litan Police…

Mangaluru: The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal has signed a bipartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and a tripartite MoU with NSDC and EdTech company USDC, to launch and expand online postgraduate and certification programmes.The MoUs were signed by B Ravi, director, NITK Surathkal; Mahima Singh, representing NSDC; and Vivek Bhattacharya, representing USDC. The partnership is aimed at widening access to NITK’s academic offerings through online delivery, targeting students, working professionals, and entrepreneurs seeking advanced, industry-relevant qualifications.Under the initiative, NITK Surathkal will introduce an online MTech programme in Signal Processing and Artificial…