INDORE: A phone call between Sonam Raghuvanshi (in pic) and her mother-in-law on the day of Raja Raghuvanshi’s murder has become a chilling focus of the police investigation – was Raja already dead by then, or worse, was he being led to his death while Sonam calmly spoke to his family?.ACP Poonamchand Yadav told TOI…
Bengaluru: BJP, the principal opposition party, has criticised the Congress high command’s directive to chief minister Siddaramaiah to commission a re-enumeration of the socio-economic and education survey (or the caste census), calling it “a desperate bid to divert public attention from the stampede during Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL victory celebrations which claimed the lives of…
Po starts as a clumsy panda who doubts himself, but through encouragement, he learns to believe in his unique strengths. His adoptive father, a goose called Mr Ping, always encourages him, and never forces him to join the family noodle business, when he expresses an interest in Kung Fu. As parents, it’s important to support…
NEW DELHI: Sixty-four-year-old Saraswati Devi was married off at 16 in 1976, and by the time she was 30, she was a mother to five sons. If she could do it all over again, Saraswati says she would have fewer children. But her granddaughter Pooja Kumari today has a voice. A graduate, married at 22,…
Bengaluru: Solid waste in Bengaluru has become more than just garbage—it’s now a service that many citizens claim they’re being charged for twice. Whether it’s residents in Indiranagar or hoteliers in Whitefield, a common question is echoing across the city: why are we paying both the BBMP and the garbage collectors?For years, citizens, either willingly…
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Polycystic Ovary Disease (PCOD) are two of the most common health issues in women of reproductive age, across the globe. Closer home studies suggest that about 1 in 5 young Indian women suffer from these conditions, which is much higher than the global average. The conditions not just affect fertility,…
DCM Shivakumar and CM Siddaramaiah NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: The much-anticipated meeting on Tuesday between the Congress high command, CM Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar to discuss alleged lapses that led to the stampede outside cricket stadium resulted in putting up a united front with the party leadership backing its govt. However, the main takeaway from the…
Bengaluru: Enough is enough — or so he thought.After 11 years of appeals, complaints, invoking of the RTI Act, and meeting several officials from multiple govt departments, Bengaluru resident Vijaykumar D V, 80, has filed a PIL in the high court against the state govt, BBMP and DULT, seeking to have enough footpaths in the…
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the world, affecting hundreds of millions of people each year, according to the World Health Organization. While mainstream treatments such as cognitive behaviour therapy are still the norm, yoga is increasingly being seen as a valuable adjunct. In a study published in JAMA Psychiatry, yoga practice…
MYSURU: Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the alleged Mysore urban development authority site scam, has attached 92 properties in Muda-developed layouts collectively valued at Rs 100 crore. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and family were under the scanner in the alleged scam as the CM’s wife, Parvathi, had been allotted 14 sites in fashionable layouts in Mysuru…
