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Amazon Web to put 4.4bn in Hyd facility

The construction and operation is also estimated to add around $7.6 billion (Rs 63,600 crore) to India’s GDP by 2030, Amazon added.

Checks on gig workers match IT cos' processes

Job Portals Offer Projects To Moonlighting Candidates Only After Verifying Background

Domestic air traffic rises 10% in a mth

Indian airlines carried over 1.1 crore passengers in October, 10% more than the number of people flown in September.

WHO hunts for the next big pandemic bug

Even as the world recovers from the impact of the Covid pandemic, bio-scientists have started a global search to identify micro-organisms that could potentially trigger another public health crisis.

FIR against kin in property row brings disrepute: HC

Junks Cases By Man Against Dad, Uncle’s Family

UP cops killed 168 criminals in encounters in last 5 years

In a campaign against lawbreakers, the UP Police has gunned down 168 criminals, most of them carrying cash rewards ranging from Rs 75,000 to Rs 5 lakh on their heads, in the last 5 years.

Clash in Bengal school over hijab and saffron scarves

There has been an instigation. have requested police not only to find the perpetrators but also to find who instigated them, said Bengal minister Arup Ray

UP cops killed 168 criminals in encounters in last 5 years

In a campaign against lawbreakers, the UP Police has gunned down 168 criminals, most of them carrying cash rewards ranging from Rs 75,000 to Rs 5 lakh on their heads, in the last 5 years.

Clash in Bengal school over hijab and saffron scarves

There has been an instigation. have requested police not only to find the perpetrators but also to find who instigated them, said Bengal minister Arup Ray

Hosp staff 'refuse to touch’ HIV+ to-be mom, newborn dies

A HIV positive woman (20) in labour “lay on a stretcher, crying in pain for over six hours” at a medical college in UP's Firozabad as the staff “refused to touch her”.

Can't charge ₹41k extra for amenities, city school ordered

In perhaps its first order against an aided school, Mumbai’s divisional fee regulatory committee has asked Hansraj Morarji Public School in Andheri to stop charging students Rs 41,000 per annum over and above the annual school fees. The DFRC has said the additional fee is illegal and without the approval of the government

K'taka CM sops for Kannada in Maha

With SC set to hear pleas on border dispute, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai Tuesday announced special grants to Kannada-medium schools and pension to Kannadigas in Maharashtra who fought for the state’s “unification”.

Clash in Howrah school over scarf

A Howrah school had to cancel exams and rope in police and RAF following a clash as a group of students demanded they be allowed to wear a ‘namabali’ (saffron scarf) in class, apparently to retaliate against the permission another group received to wear hijab.

It happened in heat of moment: Aaftab in court

Aaftab Poonawalla, accused of killing his partner Shraddha Walkar and dismembering her body, told a Delhi court on Tuesday that it had all happened “in the heat of the moment”.

Jain's masseur is Tihar inmate accused of rape

The Tihar administration, in the course of an inquiry, has identified the person giving a massage to AAP minister Satyendra Jain in his jail cell. He is not a physiotherapist, but an inmate lodged in jail in a Pocso case.

Shown TOI open drain pics, HC wants immediate action

The Bombay high court asked BMC to take immediate action to cover manholes on the Eastern Express Highway (EEH) between Mulund and Ghatkopar after it was shown pictures of uncovered drains in the city and its vicinity on Tuesday.

Unvaxxed toddler is 11th measles victim in MMR

A one-year-old Nalasopara(E) boy who wasn’t vaccinated died due to complications from a measles infection, taking the toll in the ongoing outbreak to 11—including nine from Mumbai —in MMR.

SC nod to BMC for Versova sewage plant

The SC Tuesday dismissed a plea by Shapoorji Pallonji challenging the BMC’s decision to award the contract for the Versova sewage treatment plant at a cost of Rs 1,604 crore to DRN Infrastructure and said it was not mala fide.

SC asks Mhada for status of FIRs on bldrs, surplus area

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) to submit in three weeks details of the surplus area surrendered by builders in 246 housing development and redevelopment projects, and the status of FIRs registered by Mhada against builders up till August 2022.

Aus Parl clears India FTA, paves way for treaty

Australian Parliament on Tuesday ratified the FTA with India, paving the way for rollout of the first phase of the treaty, which will see Canberra remove import duty on all products and offer a more liberal visa regime in return for India cutting tariffs on some items.

HC held mini-trial to give Teltumbde bail: NIA to SC

Challenging Bombay HC’sbail to Elgar Parishad case accused Anand Teltumbde, NIA told the SC that the high court conducted “a mini-trial and a roving inquiry analysing each and every document as well as statements of witnesses, which was contrary to settled judicial principles”.

CEC must be apolitical, strong and beyond influence, says SC

'No Checks', Govt Has Free Hand In Picking: Court

5 Meghalaya villagers killed in border firing by Assam cops

Forest Guard From Assam Pursuing Truck Also Dies

Surya Is Lucky To Not Get Targeted Like Vinod Kambli

The T20I format is such that even a so-called weak team can spring a surprise and beat a much more fancied team.

Relief for 50k artisans as export rules for sheesham goods eased

Curbs On Export Of Handicrafts Hit 50,000 Indian Artisans

SC slams Punjab 'lethargy' in acting against liquor mafia

The Supreme Court on Monday disapproved of the Punjab government’s lethargy in acting against the liquor mafia and those responsible for the 2020 hooch tragedy that claimed 120 lives in Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Gurdaspur, which had led to massive protests including by AAP led by Bhagwant Singh Mann, the present CM, against the then Congress government led by Capt Amarinder Singh.

Rusty cables & loose bolts led to Morbi fall

Forensic Report Also Blames Overcrowding

Fleeing strife, nearly 300 from B'desh find refuge in Mizoram

Nearly 300 people from the Kuki-Chin-Mizo community from Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts have entered Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district due to an armed conflict between the neighbouring country’s Army and an ethnic armed group, an official said on Monday.

UN chief: Up women orgs' funds by 50%

‘A Woman Killed By Partner Or Relative Every 11 Minutes’

Faridabad man falls 200ft off Aravali cliff during video call with wife, dies

SHO Bhagwan said they had initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 CrPc.