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Shahid Kapoor hikes fees after ‘Kabir Singh’ success? - Times of India
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Merkel seen shaking for third time within weeks
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen shaking as she met Finland's visiting prime minister on Wednesday - her third shaking bout within the last month, Reuters Television footage showed. Merkel's body shook as she stood outside with Antti Rinne while watching military honours to mark his arrival.
UK economy bounces back in May in wake of Brexit extension
LONDON: Official figures show the British economy bounced back in May but fears remain that the country could slip into recession ahead of the revised Brexit deadline. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that the economy grew a monthly 0.3% in May largely because car makers ramped up production again after many went idle in April in case the original Brexit deadline ended up with Britain crashing out of the EU without a deal. In April, the British economy contracted 0.4%.
Attacker hurts 20 children with hammer at Beijing school
A male suspect was brought "under control" and the wounded pupils were admitted to hospital, the Xicheng district government said. Surnamed Jia, the 49-year-old assailant was a contractor hired by the school for daily maintenance work. His contract was scheduled to terminate at the end of January, stated the district government on its official Twitter-like Weibo account in a post that has since been deleted.
Sydney International: Stephens avoids shock loss to join Kvitova in second round - Times of India
SYDNEY: World number five Sloane Stephens battled back from the brink of a shock defeat to a qualifier Tuesday to join two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in round two of the Sydney International. Less than a week before the Australian Open -- the season's first Grand Slam -- the American was twice two points away from losing to 72nd-ranked Ekaterina Alexandrova, who had the former US Open champion on the ropes.
Harbour Line train halted for 30 minutes after fire near tracks - Times of India
Vijay Singh | TNN | Updated: Jan 8, 2019, 16:28 ISTRepresentative image NAVI MUMBAI: A Thane-bound Harbour Line train halted before Khandeshwar railway station for nearly 30 minutes in the afternoon after some miscreants set dry grass and mangrove shrubs on fire next to the rail tracks. The incident happened at 3.07pm on Tuesday. A fire engine rushed to the spot to put the flames and thick smoke out.
‘Friendship’ on Facebook ends in blackmail plot against woman - Times of India
Aditya Dev | TNN | Jan 8, 2019, 07:10 IST(Representative image) The complainant, a resident of Raj Nagar Extension, told police that the man identified himself as Aniket Sharma and she met him through Facebook. The woman, who is married, also said that she started talking to him out of sympathy after he told her that he was suffering from cancer.
SC reinstates CBI chief Alok Kumar Verma with a rider: PM-led panel to decide on his future in a week - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated CBI director Alok Kumar Verma, setting aside the Centre's October 23 order to divest him of his powers, but restrained him from taking any major policy decision till the CVC probe into corruption charges against him is over. The apex court said any further decision against Verma, who retires on January 31, would be taken by the high-powered committee which selects and appoints the CBI director.
Punjab government to grade all hospitals, cap healthcare services prices - Times of India
CHANDIGARH: For improving the quality of health services and to keep prices under check, the Punjab government is planning to introduce grading system for hospitals — both private and government — in the state. To begin with, the government will grade hospitals with over 50 beds. Based on facilities and level of care provided, hospitals will be divided into four levels with a price cap on services offered.
Centre should now stop misusing CBI & NIA for political vendetta: Mehbooba Mufti - Times of India
PTI | Jan 8, 2019, 12:46 ISTPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti (TOI photo) SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti welcomed the Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday to reinstate Alok Verma as CBI director, saying the apex court ruling had restored faith in independent institutions. "Welcome SCs decision to reinstate #AlokVerma as CBI Dir. (It) reinstates belief in independent institutions of our democracy that are its pillars," Mufti said in a tweet.
Architect’s wound cleaned before taking her to hosp - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Before taking the unconscious Archana Gupta to hospital, the bullet wound on her head was cleaned and her blood-soaked clothes were changed. Gupta, a 43-year-old architect, had been shot after a former Bihar MLA fired his weapon in a gesture of celebration at the ringing in of the new year at a party in a south Delhi farmhouse.
Gujarat BJP leader Jayanti Bhanushali shot dead in moving train - Times of India
PTI | Updated: Jan 8, 2019, 11:34 ISTRepresentative image AHMEDABAD: Senior Gujarat BJP leader and former MLA Jayanti Bhanushali was shot dead by unidentified persons while he was travelling in a train in the wee hours of Tuesday, police said. The incident took place around 2am in the Bhuj-Dadar Express train when Bhanushali, 53, was returning to Ahmedabad from Bhuj town of Kutch district in Gujarat.
Indonesia to resume search for crashed Lion Air jet's cockpit voice recorder
The crash, the world's first of a Boeing Co 737 MAX jet and the deadliest of 2018, killed all 189 people on board. Investigators last week said they planned to use a navy ship for a fresh search for the crashed jet's second "black box" after a 10-day effort funded by Lion Air failed to find the cockpit voice recorder (CVR).
Gita Gopinath joins IMF as its first female chief economist - Times of India
WASHINGTON: Mysore-born Gita Gopinath has joined International Monetary Fund as its chief economist, becoming the first woman to occupy the top IMF post. Gopinath's joined last week at a time, when she believes the world is experiencing a retreat from globalisation, posing challenges to multilateral institutions.
Trade union strike: Odisha schools, colleges to remain closed
All educational institutions including schools, colleges and universities in Odisha will remain closed on Tuesday in view of the two-day nationwide strike called by central trade unions. PTI | Jan 8, 2019, 08:28 ISTRepresentational Image BHUBANESWAR: All educational institutions including schools, colleges and universities in Odisha will remain closed on Tuesday in view of the two-day nationwide strike called by central trade unions.
Bodies of two girls found on rail tracks in Pratapgarh - Times of India
Police claim it to be a case of suicide on the basis of paper slips recovered from their school bags. "The girls have left paper slips in their bags, appealing the police to send their bodies and bags to their families. Initially, it seems to be a case of suicide but we are looking at it from all angles," police said adding that the Pratapgarh police has been informed.
Accident triggers 10-hour jam on Lucknow-Kanpur highway - Times of India
TNN | Updated: Jan 8, 2019, 07:40 ISTVehicles queued up in the jam on Lucknow-Kanpur highway. KANPUR: Traffic on the busy Lucknow-Kanpur national highway was severely hit for over 10 hours after a dumper coming from Lucknow collided head on with a gravel-laden truck near Dahi Chowki area of Unnao late Sunday night and the vehicles involved in the mishap remained unattended.
Umashankar returns as Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority boss - Times of India
GURUGRAM: Barely two months after he was moved to the chief minister’s office in Chandigarh, 1993 batch IAS officer V Umashankar has been brought back to the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) as its CEO. He will, however, continue as the additional principal secretary to Manohar Lal Khattar. Umashankar’s return to the authority is significant given this is an election year and the Khattar government is counting GMDA as one of the BJP regime’s biggest accomplishments.
Consumer forum demands yellow line rule at toll booths - Times of India
PUNE: The Pune Consumer Forum has demanded implementation of "yellow line" at toll booths to ease traffic snarls so that vehicles waiting beyond the line to pay toll tax are exempted from paying the fee. State minister Eknath Shinde said earlier that toll operators had been asked to draw yellow lines beyond which vehicles would be exempted from paying toll. The yellow line would be drawn at a certain distance from the toll plaza.
Move to keep Sehgal out shocks literary class - Times of India
Nagpur: The decision to revoke the invitation to Nayantara Sahgal to inaugurate the 92nd Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan to be held in Yavatmal from January 11 to 13 was taken by the local organizing committee, according to Sripad Bhalchandra Joshi, the president of Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Mahamandal under whose banner the event was to be held. “We were compelled to go by the decision taken by Ramakant Kolte, the secretary of the working committee,” he said.
FIR against Earth directors for fraud - Times of India
Shikha Salaria | TNN | Jan 8, 2019, 01:02 IST Noida: An FIR has been registered against three directors and three employees of Earth Infrastructure Private Limited for allegedly cheating a Sector 55-based woman by transferring her investment in one project to another by influencing the investor. The woman, Meetu Singh, has alleged that the company was unable to provide her a flat in the TechOne project that she had booked in 2013.
Swaraj, Japanese FM hold strategic dialogue; vow to strengthen ties - Times of India
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday held a strategic dialogue with her Japanese counterpart Taro Kono during which they reviewed the progress in ties and exchanged views on regional and global issues. At the start of the 10th India-Japan foreign minister-level Strategic Dialogue, both sides agreed that the visit of foreign minister Kono at the beginning of the New Year has provided an important opportunity for them to identify the agenda of bilateral relations in 2019.
Dangling cables, loose live wires a big safety threat - Times of India
Dangling cables and wires have emerged as a major safety concern for traders and residents in several parts of the Old City. TNN | Updated: Jan 7, 2019, 14:15 ISTDangling cables and wires have emerged as a major safety concern for traders and residents in several parts of the Old City By: Omer Bin Taher HYDERABAD: Dangling cables and wires have emerged as a major safety concern for traders and residents in several parts of the Old City.
China executes Kindergarten knife attacker
In January 2017, Qin Peng'an brought a kitchen knife to the kindergarten in Youyi town, Pingxiang city and attacked children. Four children were seriously injured while eight others received minor injuries. Qin, was executed last Friday after the Supreme Court reviewed his case and approved the death sentence, Xinhua news agency reported.
JKBOSE 12th Result 2018 for Kashmir division releasing soon at jkbose.ac.in, check latest updates
TOI-Online | Updated: Jan 7, 2019, 18:25 IST NEW DELHI: The official website of the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) - jkbose.ac.in - released a notification that the JKBOSE Class 12 Result of Kashmir Division will be releasing soon. As per the news viral on social media, the JKBOSE 12th result 2018 for Kashmir Division is likely to be released today evening at 8.30 PM. However, the officials of the JKBOSE Board only says that the results will be released soon.
Resolve TN govt doctors pay parity issue within time frame, Madras high court tells health secretary
Srikkanth D The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday directed Tamil Nadu health secretary to resolve government doctors’ pay parity issue within a time frame. | TNN | Jan 7, 2019, 16:05 IST MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday directed Tamil Nadu health secretary to resolve government doctors’ pay parity issue within a time frame.
Blaze at industrial unit in Mumbai, fireman injured - Times of India
MUMBAI: A fire engulfed an industrial unit in suburban Andheri in the wee hours Wednesday, a civic official said.A fireman received burn injuries while dousing the flames and was rushed to hospital, he said.The blaze erupted around 2 am at the commercial unit located in the SEEPZ industrial area at Marol in Andheri, the official said.Fire fighting engines and water tankers were rushed to the spot and the flames were doused by 6 am, he said.Fireman Shivkumar Suryakant Satarval, 25, suffered...
Youth, college girl end lives over Maratha reservation in Maharashtra - Times of India
AURANGABAD/PUNE: A 24-year-old youth allegedly committed suicide in Aurangabad on Tuesday while a 17-year-old girl allegedly killed herself in Ahmednagar on Monday. Suicide notes left behind by them link the deaths to the Maratha reservation issue.Kishor Harde, a science graduate and ITI diploma-holder working with a finance firm in Yeola , was found hanging from a tree in his farm on Tuesday.
Navalmal Firodia Law College is winner of the Surana & Surana National trial advocacy moot court competition
PUNE: Courtesy towards court, clients and family was the key in legal profession, Justice Hima Kohli , judge at the Delhi High Court said during the Surana & Surana national trial advocacy moot court competition and national judgment writing competition. The competition was conducted by Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University 's New Law College on September 9, a statement issued by the college said.Kohli said in the statement that, "Legal profession is a gentlemen's profession.
We too responsible for city’s sanitation debacle, admits BJP corporator - Times of India
Nagpur: BJP corporator Manoj Chafle, who is also the chairman of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) health consultative committee has admitted that the ruling party was equally responsible, along with the administration and citizens, for increase in garbage-related problems and city’s debacle in sanitation ranking.During a press conference, when TOI asked Chafle on whether the NMC has planned mass awareness programmes to control dengue and scrub typhus, the corporator had no reply.
BoD stalls CIIMC disaffiliation process - Times of India
Nagpur: While the Nagpur University Board of Deans ( BoD ) on Tuesday initiated the process to disaffiliate 58 colleges, it stalled the move against Central India Institute of Mass Communication (CIIMC) in the same meeting.Pro VC Pramod Yeole refused to comment on the issue saying “the matter would be considered in the next meeting soon”.Sources said the BoD was under pressure from CIIMC director Sunil Mishra, who is known for filing several litigations against top NU officers and over 7,000...
Woman delivers in Gurugram's civil hospital toilet after waiting for 3 hours - Times of India
GURUGRAM: A 24-year-old woman delivered a baby boy inside a toilet at the General Hospital in Civil Lines on Tuesday after writhing in excruciating pain for almost three hours without any medical care and attention.Her ordeal did not end there as the hospital staff, even after the initial neglect and blatant disregard for medical guidelines for handling such cases, forced her to share a bed with another patient in the women’s ward.As the news spread, chief medical officer (CMO) Gulshan Arora...
‘Anti-Church groups are behind nun rape charge’ - Times of India
JALANDHAR: Jalandhar diocese Bishop Franco Mulakkal , accused of rape by a nun , on Tuesday said the allegation was pressure tactic sponsored by anti-Church groups, claiming it damaged his reputation.“Some damage has been caused to the reputation of the Church, and mine, by the allegations and the media trial. But once my name is cleared, it would be restored.
Hubballi gets its Indira Canteens - Times of India
Hubballi: After much delay, Indira Canteens, a flagship programme of the previous state government led by Siddaramaiah, opened in the city on Tuesday. Three of the 12 Indira Canteens proposed have been thrown open to the public who can relish a meal at Rs 10 and breakfast at Rs 5.The canteens were to be inaugurated about six months ago.
Leclerc replaces Raikkonen in 'dream' move to Ferrari - Times of India
MILAN: Young Monaco driver Charles Leclerc will replace Finnish veteran Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari next season with the former world champion returning to Sauber, both Formula One teams announced on Tuesday.The 20-year-old Leclerc -- a Ferrari Driver Academy graduate -- was the 2017 Formula 2 champion, and made his debut in F1 this season with the Sauber team.
Navi Mumbai airport to be partially ready by 2019-end - Times of India
NAVI MUMBAI: The international airport here will be partially commissioned by 2019-end, with facilities like fuel farm for filling fuel directly to aircraft, cargo terminal, flight kitchen and main ATC tower done later.As a parallel, it was pointed out that aviation fuel was brought in trucks to Mumbai airport till the operator for the two city airports, MIAL , formed a JV with IOCL, BPCL and HPCL to develop the fuel farm for direct supply.Cidco, part of the SPV-NMIAL said, "What the civil...
Shivpal Yadav's Secular Morcha will fail, says Ram Gopal Yadav - Times of India
KANPUR: SP national general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Ram Gopal Yadav on Monday indirectly attacked Shivpal Yadav 's recently launched Samajwadi Secular Morcha , citing the example of a similar attempt by former party leader Amar Singh way back in 2012."Amar Singh had floated Rashtriya Lok Manch and fought on nearly 403 seats, but drew a blank in the 2012 assembly elections. Having failed to even open an account, it further sank into oblivion.
ED summons six firms in Akhilesh's riverfront project in Lucknow - Times of India
LUCKNOW: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned six companies involved in the big-ticket Gomti Riverfront project that was commissioned by the former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in the run-up to 2017 state polls.
Wind, rain, surge, flood: Hurricane Florence could hit hard
RALEIGH: As mandatory evacuations begin for parts of three East Coast states, millions of Americans have been preparing for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades.Hurricane Florence's top winds dipped to 130 mph (215 kph) Tuesday morning, but it remains a Category 4 storm and is expected to approach the most-damaging Category 5 status as it slows strengthens over very warm ocean water off the coast of North and South Carolina.The...
Man chops off wife’s head, travels with it 20km to police station in Chikkamagaluru - Times of India
CHIKKAMAGALURU: Suspecting his wife of infidelity , a 35-year-old man strangled her to death and carried her severed head to the police station where he surrendered. Seven months ago, the woman had approached police, alleging that her husband of six years was not giving her money to run the house and provide for their two children. Police had sent the couple home after counselling.On Sunday night, Satish SG travelled 20km on his bike with the severed head in a bag to reach Ajjampura polie station.
Kolkata: Students’ stir forces Presi convocation off campus - Times of India
KOLKATA: Students’ agitation reared its head in Bengal again on Monday, forcing Presidency University to shift its annual convocation out of the campus and prompting the chancellor, governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, to excuse himself from the event.
Bandh fails to evoke much response in city - Times of India
Coimbatore: Those who stayed within the city were unaffected by the nationwide bandh called by the Congress on Monday. Schools and colleges functioned as usual. Government buses and most of the private buses plied. However, autorickshaws stayed off the roads. Almost 70% of the shops downed shutters till 4pm.The bandh, which saw participation from 18 trade unions against the fuel price hike and decline in rupee value against the US dollar, saw a mixed response.
UK opens inquest into Parliament terror attack killings
LONDON: A UK court on Monday opened an inquest into the killings in the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed terrorist attack near the Parliament complex in London in March last year.Four people were run down and killed as 52-year-old Khalid Masood drove a car into them on Westminster Bridge in London before banging into the side of the Palace of Westminster and then stepping out to stab a policeman to death at the gates of the Parliament on March 22, 2017.The inquest, led by Chief Coroner Judge Mark...
Rupee to hit 73 by March 2019; fiscal target to be breached: Report - Times of India
MUMBAI: India is the only major emerging market having a negative balance of payments (BoP) and the pressure is expected to sustain, a Swiss brokerage said Monday, expecting the rupee to depreciate to 73 by March 2019.Shortfalls in GST collection and divestments, coupled with state finances being under strain will take the consolidated fiscal deficit to 6.5 per cent in FY19, against the government's budget estimate of 5.9 per cent, UBS said.A country's external balances is one of the key...
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