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NMC re-invites rates from bidders after opening tender - Times of India
Nagpur: In a controversial decision which smacks of favouritism, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) allegedly tweaked certain norms and re-invited rates from bidders, already shortlisted after opening their bids, for hiring over 70 four-wheelers for the office bearers and officials of the civic body.As per details available from the NMC and private agencies, the existing operators’ two-year contract came to an end on February 28.
Punjab labourer borrows Rs 200 to buy lottery ticket, wins Rs 1.5 crore - Times of India
MANDVI VILLAGE (SANGRUR, PUNJAB): Until a few days back, Manoj Kumar, 40, and his wife Raj Kaur earned just Rs 250 each every day, working as daily-wagers at a local brick kiln near their village in Punjab’s Sangrur district . Life was limited to planning for the next 24 hours for the couple and their four children.Since August 30, however, their life has changed 360 degrees.
37% of women committing suicide in the world are Indians; Indian men account for 24% of cases - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Every third woman who committed suicide in 2016 was an Indian. Although India accounted for 18% of the global population in 2016, a study published in the Lancet Public Health journal on Wednesday showed that Indians accounted for 37% of the global suicide deaths among women and 24.3% among men.
Family sleeps through heist, jewellery, Rs 46,000 cash stolen - Times of India
GURUGRAM: An ex-Army man’s family in Kasan Ki Dhani village in Manesar woke up to a ransacked house on Wednesday morning.
India tells Pakistan that ‘terror can’t go along with talks’ - Times of India
Nirmala Sitharaman, who last week completed a year as the country’s first full-time woman defence minister, says the new Imran Khan-led Pakistan government must deliver on the terror front if it wants the bilateral dialogue to resume. She also tells Rajat Pandit that Congress is misleading the people about the Rafale fighter deal. Excerpts:PM Modi has made it very clear since 2014 that we want a very good relationship with all our neighbours.
International border in Jammu to get high-tech surveillance system - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Two stretches along the international border in Jammu are set to get a high-tech surveillance system, complete with invisible electronic walls and infra-red sensors to detect intruders and pass on alerts in real time to the nearest border outpost for quick action. Union home minister Rajnath Singh will visit Jammu on September 17 to launch two pilot projects under the comprehensive integrated border management system (CIBMS).
Kejriwal calls Mallya's claims on meeting Jaitley 'absolutely shocking' - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday described as "absolutely shocking" the revelation by fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya that he met finance minister Arun Jaitley before leaving India.In a series of tweets, Kejriwal asked, "Why did the finance minister hide this information till now?""Absolutely shocking""PM Modi meets Neerav Modi before he flees the country. FM meets Vijay Mallya before he flees India. What transpired in these meetings?
India still on top of Test rankings, England No. 4 after 4-1 series win - Times of India
LONDON: India continued to be at the numero uno position but England grabbed the fourth spot in the ICC Test Team Rankings after completing a 4-1 series victory at The Oval on Tuesday.The Virat Kohli-led side had started the series at 125 points but the series loss meant it is now on 115 points.India had lost the five-match series after conceding a 1-3 lead to hosts England after the fourth Test.
At this Rs 1.5 lakh village home, water comes from air, power from sun - Times of India
SIRA (TUMAKURU): Imagine living in an affordable home where water for domestic requirements springs from thin air even as the sun takes care of your energy needs.There is nothing contrived about the low-cost, eco-friendly home built by Englishman Jamie Waltham at a farm in Honnenahalli village in Sira taluk, Tumakuru distrct, which is a three-hour drive from Bengaluru.Standing on a 220 sqft (10.5ft x 21ft) plot, the sustainable house can accommodate six people and is powered by solar panels,...
Rs 19 crore cash found at stock trader’s home in I-T search - Times of India
AHMEDABAD: In one of the biggest cash hauls from a search operation for the Income Tax (I-T) department in Gujarat in recent times, a search at a Paldi residence fetched a total of Rs 19.3 crore cash, in Rs 2000, Rs 500 and Rs 100 notes.I-T department sleuths carried out search and survey operations at six locations in Ahmedabad after questioning Jignesh Shah, a resident of Parshwa Apartment in Paldi, and Sanjay Shah , a resident of Prernatirth Bungalows in Satellite.
GMCH to conduct study on food consumption habits - Times of India
Nagpur: Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Nagpur, is one of the 15 centres across the country to have been selected by the Indian Council of Medical Research for a study on consumption of food. GMCH has been assigned the task of collecting information from 4,000 households in Nagpur urban area.An amount of Rs50 lakh has been sanctioned for the project. This house-to-house survey will focus on data related to consumption of food in individuals above six years of age.
Youth ‘who slept off on his bed’ found dead near public toilet - Times of India
THANE: A 27-year-old youth was found dead with his throat slashed by a sharp object near the public toilet in the Bhim Nagar area of Vartak Nagar early on Monday.Police said mystery surrounds the killing of Anil Gadekar as his family claimed that he had slept off on his bed after coming home heavily drunk.However, Gadekar was found dead near the public toilet early on Monday morning by the neighbours who in turn alerted his family.Police said Gadekar works as a housekeeping staff in a private...
11-year-old girl killed in accident - Times of India
Tirupur: An 11-year-old girl was killed here on Monday after a tempo ran her over when she fell from a moped.The deceased was identified as K Karnika of Kumar Nagar. “She, along with her father K Karuppusamy, was going to their home on a moped. When they reached Khadi complex at Kumar Nagar on Avinashi Road, a tempo hit their vehicle. Karnika fell off from the vehicle and was run over by the tempo. She suffered severe injuries and died on the spot,” said a police officer.
Bhima-Koregaon violence was 'pre-planned', says committee - Times of India
PUNE: A "fact-finding" committee led by the deputy mayor of Pune has claimed the January 1 violence at Bhima-Koregaon village near here in Maharashtra was "pre- planned" and orchestrated by right-wing activists Sambhaji Bide and Milind Ekbote.The multi-member committee, led by deputy mayor Siddharth Dhende, Tuesday submitted the report to the Pune Rural police, who are probing the violence.While the state government has set up a two-member judicial commission to probe the violence, there are...
Arjun Tendulkar named in U-19 team for invitational ODI tournament - Times of India
MUMBAI: Arjun Tendulkar , son of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, was on Tuesday named in the Mumbai Under-19 squad for the 6th All India Under-19 JY Lele Invitational One-Day tournament starting September 16.The Mumbai squad will be led by Suved Parkar Mumbai Cricket Association Joint Secretary Unmesh Khanvilkar said in a statement here.The tournament is being held in Vadodara.18-year-old Arjun, a promising left-arm pacer, made his India U-19 debut against Sri Lanka in the first Youth Test...
Putin treats China's leader to pancakes, vodka at forum
VLADIVOSTOK: Russian President Vladimir Putin has treated Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russian pancakes in a show of warm personal ties between the two leaders.The two leaders ate pancakes with caviar and had shots of vodka at an exhibition at the sidelines of an economic forum in the far eastern port of Vladivostok Beijing and Moscow have developed a ``strategic partnership'' reflecting their shared opposition to the "unipolar" world, the term they use to describe perceived US global...
Facebook helps cops find missing 'boy' in Mumbai after 7 years - Times of India
HYDERABAD: A 15-year-old boy who had gone missing from his house here in 2011 has been traced to Mumbai with the help of social networking site, Facebook and reunited with his family, a senior police official said Tuesday.The boy, Sujeeth Kumar Jha , who is now a 23-year-old man, was picked up by a police team from Mumbai, Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat said.The joy of his parents and relatives knew no bounds, when they met Kumar, who is presently working under a catering...
Ruling allies clash in Tripura over submission of nomination - Times of India
AGARTALA: The ruling BJP workers clashed with activists of ally IPFT and opposition Congress at two places of Tripura since Monday over submission of nomination papers for the coming by-polls in panchayat bodies.Altogether 21 political workers and policemen were injured in the two clashes that occurred in West Tripura and Sipahijala districts, police said.Workers of the BJP and its ally Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) clashed at Boxanagar in Sipahijala district Monday over...
China, Pakistan reject media report that Imran Khan's govt wants to renegotiate BRI deals
BEIJING/ISLAMABAD: China and Pakistan have rejected a media report that Prime Minister Imran Khan's newly elected government wants to renegotiate the agreements reached under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), with Beijing saying Islamabad's commitment to President Xi Jinping 's pet project is "unwavering".An article titled 'Pakistan rethinks its role in Xi's Belt and Road plan' by the UK-based Financial Times on Sunday quoted Prime Minister's Adviser on Commerce, Textile, Industry and...
BJP leadership adopting double standard on Ram temple issue: Pravin Togadia - Times of India
MATHURA: Accusing the BJP leadership of adopting double standard on the Ram temple issue , Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP) president Pravin Togadia said on Tuesday that the party doesn't have any moral right to remain in power if it cannot fulfil its promise of constructing the temple in Ayodhya.Togadia, who launched AHP after his ouster from the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said if the could bring in a legislation to ban instant triple talaq, why...
Tale of two young hearts from Seychelles: Adamant 10-year-old heart patient ensures surgery for ailing baby girl - Times of India
CHENNAI: Days after his heart surgery , 10-year-old Angelo Sylvio proudly held baby Rivana in his arms and smiled at flashing media camera. Doctors and paramedics smiled at them, as they knew that both these families, who aren’t related, will now share a close bond. But for Angelo’s adamance, his parents wouldn’t have coaxed three-month-old Rivana’s family to fly down to Chennai for a life-saving heart surgery.“This is a story beyond medical boundaries.
17 years on, workers still search for 9/11 remains - Times of India
NEW YORK: Seventeen years later, more than 1,100 victims of the hijacked plane attacks on the World Trade Center have yet to be identified.But in a New York lab, a team is still avidly working to identify the remains, with technological progress on its side. Day in, day out, they repeat the same protocol dozens of times.At first, they examine a bone fragment found in the wreckage of the Twin Towers.
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