All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Can Tolstoy’s weighty words and the probing tale of illicit love that follows be conveyed by mere gestures? Perhaps loftily, if narrated through ballet.Anna Karenina, with its music drawn from some of Tchaikovsky’s most profound compositions, is slated to be performed…
New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi International Airport‘s revamped Terminal 2 (T2) was inaugurated on Saturday by Civil Aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu. T2, which became operational with the start of the winter schedule, was upgraded under Delhi International Airport Ltd’s (DIAL) modernisation plan to make the airport more efficient and passenger-friendly.Calling the project a “symbol…
Pune: The suicide of a 28-year-old doctor working at the Phaltan subdistrict hospital in Satara has sparked a political storm. Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Ambadas Danve on Friday accused former BJP MP Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar and his two personal assistants of exerting pressure on the doctor regarding the issuance of medical certificates.Naik Nimbalkar, however, denied the…
Mumbai: Deeming the arrest illegal, a special MPID court recently granted bail to Pravin Obhan, a businessman accused of masterminding a massive investment fraud. After finding that the accused was produced before the court only beyond the mandatory period of 24 hours, the judge said, “Even though the applicant is involved in a serious economic…
New Delhi: The Public Works Department has begun laying the groundwork for a major traffic overhaul in the city. Besides announcing at least 10 projects recently to streamline traffic movement, the department has also moved ahead with feasibility studies for constructing flyovers on two Outer Ring Road stretches — Kanjhawala Chowk to Mangolpuri and Keshopur…
Palghar: Residents of a building in Palghar district were allegedly locked inside their flats by the deputy sarpanch and two other office-bearers of a local panchayat in a dispute over a drainage project, police said on Saturday. One of the occupants of the building alleged that the residents were locked inside on Monday. Other neighbours…
New Delhi: The scholarship scheme launched by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences & Dr RML Hospital for MBBS students from the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 batches has not benefited a single student, an RTI reply has revealed.The query under Right to Information Act sought details on how many students from these batches…
Pune: Key officials overseeing land acquisition for the proposed Purandar airport are likely to be exempted from election duty for the upcoming local body polls. District administration officials told TOI on Saturday that this move aims to ensure that the project’s momentum is not affected. The land measurement survey for the airport was completed before…
Mumbai: Bus crew operating sleeper coaches will now be required to inform passengers about all emergency exit routes and safety tools before every journey. The move is part of a new public awareness campaign launched by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) titled “Sleeper Bus Passenger Safety Guidelines” under the message “Alert Passenger, Safe…
