Mangaluru: The central govt has approved the construction of an elevated flyover and service road from Baikampady to KIOCL Junction on National Highway-66, costing Rs 414.2 crore. The National Highways Authority of India has initiated the tender process.Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta said this project aims to improve direct connectivity to the New Mangalore…
Mangaluru: Two persons have been booked for allegedly obstructing civic officials and staff during an anti-encroachment drive near Town Hall in Mangaluru.According to a complaint filed by Bharathi, she, her colleague Deepika Shalini D’Souza and other Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) staff were clearing unauthorised vendors from the footpath near Town Hall on Sunday. The drive…
NEW DELHI: The much-hyped weight-loss and semaglutide therapy market has hit an early speed bump. Sluggish sales of semaglutide therapies in May have raised fears of inventory-led losses, with industry estimates pegging the value of excess stock in the trade channel at around Rs 100 crore, sources told TOI.At present, stockists and wholesalers are holding…
NEW DELHI: Fuel and raw material supply constraints, which have forced shutdowns in certain segments of manufacturing, especially small businesses, may hurt contractual and gig workers.Some signs of strain are visible in certain sectors, including steel, automotive, textiles, pharma, medical devices as fuel supply, input cost and availability (shortage) bite into operations, industry representatives and…
Bella Ramsey, best known for her role in ‘The Last of Us’, is back with a brand new film, and it already has reviewers buzzing. ‘Sunny Dancer’, a British coming-of-age comedy drama co-starring James Norton and Neil Patrick Harris, has confirmed its UK release date of 14 August alongside a first-look trailer. The film received…
Kolkata: The Calcutta HC cautioned EC against preventive detention and arrests ahead before Wednesday’s final phase of polling in Bengal, underscoring that any curbs on the fundamental right to liberty must follow due process.Disposing of a writ petition over pre-poll detentions of Trinamool workers, a bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and Partha Sarathi Sen said…
NGOs involved in ABC activities say taking on the additional responsibility of shelter management is not feasible Bengaluru: Even as officials of Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) remain confident of beginning the relocation of stray dogs from institutional areas by the end of July, significant hurdles remain. The biggest challenge lies not in relocating the animals,…
BENGALURU: When Vikram, India’s Moon lander, briefly lifted off and settled back down on the Moon in 2023, it marked a small but telling moment in the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Now, that short “hop”, which lasted around 3 minutes, is helping scientists piece together what lies just beneath the lunar surface, with very fine measurements.The manoeuvre,…
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is currently busy shooting for her much-awaited film Varanasi in Hyderabad, but the actor recently took a break from work to spend quality time with Namrata Shirodkar and daughter Sitara Ghattamaneni. The trio was spotted at AMB Cinemas, owned by superstar Mahesh Babu, and photos from their visit have now gone viral…
The desert doesn’t usually give things back easily. Wind scrapes away at the surface, heat bends the horizon, and whatever once stood there tends to stay buried for good. Yet in the dry hills of Peru, something unexpected has surfaced. Discovered in 2025, the site known as Peñico is already shifting conversations about early civilisations…
