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Bengaluru: Staff from a Hoysala police patrol vehicle rescued two missing children—including a specially abled boy—and safely reunited them with their families in separate incidents reported under the KR Pura and Ramamurthynagar police jurisdictions.At 10.40pm on April 6, residents of Dodda Banasawadi alerted the police control room after noticing a young boy wandering alone near Annamma Temple. Assistant sub-inspector Manjunath and head constable Niranjan from Hoysala-54 promptly reached the spot and attempted to communicate with him. However, the boy—believed to be over 10 years old—was unable to speak.Suspecting that he may have wandered away from home unnoticed, the officers immediately…
Hyderabad: To tackle substance abuse disorders, Telangana has established 35 Addiction Treatment Facility (ATF) centres, with services inaugurated at Gandhi Hospital on Saturday and simultaneously rolled out across all districts. The facilities offer integrated inpatient, outpatient, emergency and counselling services, along with specialised Substance Use Units (SSUs) for severe withdrawal cases.Screening is carried out using multi-drug test kits supplied by the Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TGANB), with confirmatory tests conducted when required. As of Saturday, samples from around 90 individuals had been tested over the past two days, with approximately 40 testing positive. Officials said these screenings are preliminary, and individuals…
Chennai: Madras high court has quashed a two-year-old poll rule violation case registered against Union minister L Murugan during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Justice A D Jadish Chandira passed the order while allowing a plea moved by Murugan seeking to quash the case.It was alleged that Murugan, along with his supporters, entered Avinashilingeswarar temple in Avinashi wearing a cloth printed with BJP’s lotus symbol and carried out campaigning in a manner that caused disturbance to devotees.M Parthiban, Tiruppur district lawyers’ wing organizer of DMK, had lodged a complaint at Avinashi police station.On Thursday, the court stated that there was…
Pune: An unprecedented surge in garbage generation has pushed the Pune Cantonment Board’s (PCB) waste management system to the brink, with daily collection skyrocketing from 20 tonnes to nearly 80 tonnes over the last five years.Officials said this huge increase has overwhelmed existing infrastructure, making it nearly impossible to maintain sanitation standards.While the cantonment is split between military and civilian areas, the bulk of the waste originates from densely populated civilian zones, including eateries, shops, and residential colonies. However, authorities have identified a third major contributor: transit dumping.”What we are witnessing is not just a rise in local waste, but…
Nagpur: Despite repeated claims by the govt and oil marketing companies (OMCs) that LPG supply is normalising, residents and businesses across the city are complaining about acute shortage of cylinders, with delivery delays stretching up to 20-30 days after booking.Several consumers told TOI that the situation has worsened over the past few weeks, severely affecting household routines and commercial operations. In many cases, residents said that even after completing the mandatory 25-day gap between bookings, they had to wait another 20 to 30 days for delivery, pushing the total waiting period close to 50 days.Some consumers reported that their bookings…
NEW DELHI: Indian fishermen who were stranded in Iran amid escalating conflict in the Middle East have expressed deep gratitude to the Indian Embassy and the government for ensuring their safe return home, crediting coordinated diplomatic efforts for bringing them back safely from a tense regional situation.The fishermen returned to India on Saturday night and were received at Chennai International Airport by Union minister for commerce Piyush Goyal.Rajesh Patel, a fisherman from Gujarat’s Valsad district who had been working in Iran’s Kiru region for the past four years, said deteriorating conditions forced them to leave and credited the Indian mission…
Bengaluru: City police arrested a 49-year-old man for allegedly setting a cowshed in DJ Halli, eastern part of city on fire, resulting in the death of five cows on the intervening night of April 6 and April 7.Accused is Mohammed Imran, resident of KG Halli. A daily wage worker, Imran lives alone. “Roaming around KG Halli and DJ Halli areas at night, Imran would set garbage heaps on fire whenever and wherever he sees them,” an officer said.However, the fire Imran set on the particular night did not end in destroying the garbage heap. Instead, it extended to a cowshed…
Hyderabad: Warning of far-reaching political consequences, deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Saturday said delimitation based solely on the 2011 population data, without factoring in caste census figures, could diminish the political weight of southern states and enable govt at the Centre to be formed without their adequate representation.He was speaking at the bicentenary celebrations of Mahatma Jyotirao Phule at Ravindra Bharathi. He noted that southern states are at the forefront of social transformation and are collectively pressing for equitable policies, but alleged that the Centre has been reducing their share in tax revenues as part of a broader strategy…
Chennai: Election flying squad officials seized gold and silver ornaments worth several crores in two different incidents in the city. Officers seized gold and silver ornaments from a car during a vehicle check in Narasimman street in Thousand Lights constituency on Thursday night. When the occupants failed to produce valid documents, the consignment was seized and handed over to income tax department officials in Nungambakkam. Preliminary inquiry revealed that the jewellery was brought from Mumbai by flight for a jewellery outlet in Chennai and was being transported from the airport. In another incident, a vehicle was intercepted near Lakshmapuram on…
BJP had said that nepotism would play no part in candidate selection for the AMC elections, but in more than half a dozen cases, the sons, wives, nephews, or nieces of former councillors or former MLAs have entered the fray. These candidates became known on the last day of filing nominations, Saturday. From the Khadia ward, Pareshkumar Lalji Anand, the son of former mayor Lalji Parmar, has been nominated by BJP. Lalji Parmar served as the mayor from 1997 to 1998. Hetal Umang Nayak, the wife of Umang Nayak, who was a councillor from 2021 to 2026, has also been…