BENGALURU: A Japanese construction technology firm and an Indian Institute of Science-backed data platform have joined forces in a bid to unlock one of urban planning’s most persistent blind spots: the vast troves of construction data that go dark the moment a building project closes.ONESTRUCTION Inc., a Tottori-based specialist in open-standard built environment data, and…
Tilak Varma, Jamie Overton clash at Wankhede. (Video grab) Tensions flared at the Wankhede Stadium as the IPL 2026 clash between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings witnessed a heated on-field altercation involving Tilak Varma and Jamie Overton, with skipper Suryakumar Yadav also stepping into the confrontation.The flashpoint occurred on the final ball of the…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is facing critical medical challenges after surviving a bomb attack, raising questions over his ability to exercise full control as the country navigates war and fragile ceasefire talks.According to the New York Times report, Khamenei has undergone surgery on his hand, suffered severe facial burns and is awaiting a prosthetic…
NEW DELHI: As elections in West Bengal enter the final lap, Congress neta Rahul Gandhi attacked his INDIA bloc partner, CM and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee, alleging that polarisation and corruption have created a way for BJP to enter the state.“If Mamata ji had run a clean govt, and had she not polarised West Bengal,…
KOLKATA: Calcutta HC on Thursday slammed EC for imposing a 48-hour restriction on motorbikes in Kolkata and South 24 Parganas from 6pm on April 27, saying, “Declare an emergency… Citizens’ rights cannot be curtailed in this manner.”Justice Krishna Rao, who was hearing a petition challenging the order, criticised EC for “abusing its power” and called…
PM Modi and US President Donald Trump (File photo) TOI Correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday befouled Washington’s already dodgy ties with the two largest countries in the world, reposting a four-page racist screed by a supporter that called India and China “hellholes” and accused them of exploiting America’s birthright citizenship privileges.The…
KOLKATA: With last-minute relief following the publication of the appellate tribunal’s supplementary list on Wednesday, a few of the 139 lucky voters, who had lost hope, finally got their index fingers inked.Ainul Miah (30) from Cooch Behar was able to cast his vote at a booth under the Sitalkuchi assembly constituency. “My sister and I…
NEW DELHI: Congress functionary TN Prathapan has approached the Supreme Court, alleging violation of the model code of conduct due to the broadcast of PM Modi’s April 18 speech by state-run channels Doordarshan and Sansad TV.The petition, which lies in defect as per its status on the SC website, claimed the PM’s speech, blaming opposition…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the judgment of Chhattisgarh high court convicting former chief minister Ajit Jogi’s son Amit for the 2003 murder of NCP func Ramavatar Jaggi and sentencing him to life imprisonment.The bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi also raised questions over the manner in which HC…
NEW DELHI: Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, part of a nine-judge Supreme Court bench, on Thursday said everyone must know that since the days of the Prophet, there was no ban on entry of women into mosques to offer namaz though there were customs and procedures in Islam regulating the manner of how can they offer prayer.When…