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The story behind Ikea's 'quirky' product names - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Ingvar Kamprad from Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd -- if that name means nothing for you, think again. Some 30,000 people in and around Hyderabad who thronged Ikea's first store in India on Thursday are now connected to this name.
'Is our airline safe,' unpaid Air India pilots ask management - Times of India
NEW DELHI: India may be the world’s fastest growing aviation market but the financial health of its only two long haul airlines, Air India (AI) and Jet Airways , is far from healthy.On Friday, a large section of Air India pilots represented by Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA) asked the management if AI “even have enough money for regular/mandatory maintenance.” This question from AI pilots comes a day after the unprecedented event of Jet’s April-June, 2018, financial result being...
Passenger vehicle sales dip 2.71% in July; cars also take a hit
NEW DELHI: Domestic passenger vehicle sales declined 2.71 per cent to 2,90,960 units in July from 2,99,066 units in the same month previous year.Domestic car sales also declined marginally to 1,91,979 units compared to 1,92,845 in July 2017, according to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers ( SIAM ). Motorcycle sales last month, however, rose 9.67 per cent to 11,50,995 units as against 10,49,478 units a year earlier.
Arrested JMB terrorist alumnus of South Kolkata college - Times of India
KOLKATA: Dilwar Hasan , the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist arrested from Jharkhand on Wednesday, used to study in a prominent south Kolkata college till a couple of years ago. It was in 2016 that was approached by JMB ideologue Kausar’s right hand man Adil to join the outfit.Adil, who was arrested along with Kausar by the NIA on Tuesday, had told Dilwar that he needed to protest against atrocities being committed against the minorities across south Asia.
7-year-old killed by teens for Rs 1 lakh ransom in Delhi - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The boy’s clothes still showed fruit juice stains and signs of a final struggle when his body was discovered near an agricultural field in Tikri Khurd village in north-west Delhi on Wednesday. By Thursday, his killers were traced. They turned out to be two juveniles.
Telescope near Pune leads to discovery of most distant galaxy - Times of India
PUNE: Leiden observatory researcher Aayush Saxena and his colleagues from various countries have discovered a galaxy 12 billion light-years from the earth with data derived from a sky survey done by the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) seven years ago.An array of 30 fully steerable parabolic radio telescopes of 45m diameter, GMRT is located in Khodad, about 60km from here, and operated by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.Saxena and...
La Martiniere College boy was killed, claims British expert - Times of India
LUCKNOW: In a fresh twist to the Rahul Sridhar case, a British medical forensic expert has claimed that the boy’s death was a case of homicide.The claim by Jason Payne James, a renowned forensic expert, contradicts the police theory that the La Martiniere College student committed suicide. According to James, the nature of injuries leading to Rahul’s death pointed towards homicide. He also found several flaws in police’s collection of evidence.
Goon creates ruckus, thrashed by residents - Times of India
Nagpur: Dwivedi family and their kin attacked Deepak Singh, alias Kalya, having offences of thefts against him, following a ruckus at Bhim Nagar near Sai Temple within limits of MIDC police station on Wednesday. Police have already arrested Deepak, couple of his supporters and also two persons from Dwivedi family.Police said Deepak had a tiff with his girlfriend’s mother earlier in the day.
Trust buys Dawood house for Rs 3.5cr - Times of India
MUMBAI: The three-storeyed Masulla building in Mumbai’s Pakmodia Street belonging to Dawood Ibrahim , which was put on the block recently, was bought by the Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust (SBUT) for Rs 3.51 crore at an auction held in the city on Thursday.The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha and an SC lawyer, Bhupendra Bhardwaj, too participated in the auction.
Mewat killing: 30 cops to be named in FIR - Times of India
Mewat: The post-mortem of Sahib , the 23-year-old who was allegedly shot dead during a police crossfire in Punhana of Mewat on Tuesday, will be conducted in a government hospital in Delhi, and will be videographed.The FIR in the case will also be amended to name over 30 cops , who were part of a joint exercise to catch a wanted criminal by the police forces of Dehradun in Uttarakhand and Mewat in Haryana, as accused.This was decided in a mahapanchayat in Mewat on Thursday, attended by over...
Melania Trump's parents are sworn in as US citizens
NEW YORK: First lady Melania Trump 's parents have been sworn in as US citizens.A lawyer for Viktor and Amalija Knavs says the Slovenian couple took the citizenship oath on Thursday in New York City They had been living in the US as permanent residents.The Knavses raised Melania in the rural industrial town of Sevnica while Slovenia was under Communist rule.Viktor was a car dealer. Amalija worked in a textile factory.
Rahul Gandhi: PM Modi has anti-Dalit mindset - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having an "anti-Dalit" mindset and asserted that his party will fight for an India where there is place for everybody.Gandhi joined a protest over the dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, at Jantar Mantar "The atrocities act was brought by the Congress and the party will protect it together with everybody," Gandhi said.
After saying #MeToo, Chinese women fight censorship to push for change
KUALA LUMPUR: Battling censorship and stereotypes, Chinese women are organising online to harness the momentum of the country's nascent #MeToo movement in a push for authorities and businesses to end sexual misconduct.The latest wave of sexual misconduct claims in China emerged last month after Lei Chuang, the founder of Yi You - a charity that fights discrimination against people with hepatitis B - confessed to a sexual assault case and quit his position.It has snowballed since then and at...
Kanwar Yatra: Hooligans among devout test policing in Delhi - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The annual kanwar pilgrimage often proves harrowing for street users, mainly because the walkers are given free run of the roads. After the incident on Tuesday, when the saffron-clad pilgrims were caught on film vandalising a car, the cops admitted that there is also an unexpressed anxiety about law and order around this time of the year. Delhi Police said on Wednesday that steps are being taken to increase the number of CCTV cameras along the pilgrimage route.
Arrested trio sent to judicial custody, policemen still at large - Times of India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The three police officers, who allegedly went into hiding after hunting down a sambar deer, are still at large.
Maharashtra bandh call: State transport buses completely off roads - Times of India
MUMBAI: The MSRTC fleet of 19,000 buses is completely off roads since early morning.
UP government spent Rs 14 lakh to hire choppers for 'inspection' of kanwar routes - Times of India
MEERUT: A day after video clips of Uttar Pradesh's senior cops showering rose petals from choppers to greet kanwariyas sparked outrage on the social media, TOI has accessed the government order which had sanctioned Rs 14.21 lakh for hiring those helicopters.According to the GO dated August 5, the contract was given to Air Charter Services Pvt. Ltd., which had made choppers available for inspection of the kanwar routes in two areas.
Girl goes missing from shelter home - Times of India
LUCKNOW: While the Deoria shelter home case gets murkier, a magisterial probe has been ordered into a case from a Lucknow shelter home from where a girl allegedly went missing.The 17-year-old girl allegedly ran away on July 29 from the women’s shelter home on Prag Narain Road .
English saves this government school in Udupi - Times of India
UDUPI: The Government Higher Primary School Bada in Byndoor , Udupi, was on the verge of closure due to lack of students, but then the introduction of English as an additional language changed things for the better. The number of students was just two last year. This year, there are 62 students on the rolls. Kannada medium school, it is 95 years old and is recognized for its vast playground.
Traffic violators may find it tough to get passports, jobs: Police chief - Times of India
PUNE: Traffic rule violators in the city may soon have a tough time securing government jobs and passports , if they don’t mend their ways.In an exclusive interview with TOI, Pune police commissioner K Venkatesham said the police were in the process of compiling a database of such violators, which will be linked to the passport verification process.“Violation of traffic rules could create a problem for those wanting to obtain a passport or seeking employment in government departments,” the...
Game is on at new-look chess club under flyover - Times of India
KOLKATA: The open-air Gariahat Chess Club, which is hard to miss amid the cacophony under the flyover, has received a new lease of life.
Ahmedabad: Anti-encroachment drive turns bloody - Times of India
AHMEDABAD: The extensive anti-encroachment drive undertaken in Ahmedabad to clear roads turned bloody on Tuesday when a chicken shop owner was stabbed after he asked an omelette vendor to stop parking his handcart in front of his shop. The shop owner said that he was following police’s directives to keep roads free of encroachments.
Rape, murder of 6-year-old girl from Chalthan unsolved - Times of India
Surat: Rural police in Surat district are yet to solve the rape and murder of a six-year-old minor girl who was found hanging to a tree near Vakaneda village on January 3.At a time when minor girls are becoming victim of heinous crimes on regular interval unsolved cases are allowing the murders to roam freely and target other victims.Body of Anjali Chaudhary was found hanging to a tree from neck in an open farm land. She was hanged to the tree using her legging.
CBI books its unknown officers, arrests a caterer for influencing probe against an IRS officer - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against unknown officials of its anti-corruption unit and a New Delhi-based caterer for allegedly attempting to manage a case against an IRS officer in return of huge illegal gratification.The caterer – Rakesh Tiwari, who runs his service in the upmarket Nehru Park, Chanakyapuri, has also been arrested on Wednesday while one of the instalments of bribe – Rs 15 lakh was being delivered to some accused people.
Khader: BRTS buses will start running from Nov 1 - Times of India
Hubballi: If BRTS won’t launch its operations from November 1, we will initiate action against KRDL engineers and blacklist contractors, said urban development and housing minister U T Khader.Speaking to reporters here after visiting various development projects in Hubballi on Wednesday, Khader said he was aware of the fact that Hubballi-Dharwad citizens are fed up with the delay of BRTS project which is going on from the past 7 years.
CBI begins formal probe against Cambridge Analytica - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered a preliminary enquiry against British political consulting firm - Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research (GSR) for alleged illegal personal data harvesting of Indians from Facebook It is alleged that Cambridge Analytica received data from Global Science Research which employed ‘illegal means’ of personal data harvesting of Indians using Facebook, CBI sources said.After receiving a reference in this regard from the...
Wary CFI not taking risks with support staff for Asian Games - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Once trapped in the administrative mess where the physiotherapist was dropped from the contingent for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, the Cycling Federation of India CFI ) is in no mood to tinker with the combination for the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia.CFI Secretary General Onkar Singh on Tuesday confirmed that the federation doesn't want to risk another mess this time around and has already dropped the team manager to accommodate two more support staff that takes the...
IDBI Bank gets government nod for acquisition by LIC - Times of India
MUMBAI: IDBI Bank on Wednesday said it has received approval to bring down the government stake to below 50 per cent and get acquired by insurance behemoth LIC Earlier this month, the Union Cabinet had approved Life Insurance Corp's proposed acquisition of up to 51 per cent stake in debt-ridden IDBI Bank.In a stock exchange filing the state-owned bank said that the government has conveyed its "no objection" to reduction in government's shareholding to below 50 per cent, relinquishment of...
US job openings hover at record highs in June
WASHINGTON: US job openings held near record highs in June amid a modest decline in hiring, pointing to further tightening labor market conditions, which economists hope will soon spur faster wage growth.The monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, released by the Labor Department on Tuesday underscored labor market strength, which together with robust economic growth, likely paves the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in September."The labor market...
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