The Latest Breaking News from TOI

NAGPUR: After engaging private operator — Orange City Water Private Limited (OCW) — and spending around Rs1,100 crore, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has reportedly brought only 20% of city areas under 24x7 water supply scheme in the last one decade.

BENGALURU: The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)-Bengaluru Urban district, a statutory body under the state government, had on April 1, instructed the BBMP to direct all slaughterhouses and chicken shops to ensure animals are mandatorily “stunned” before they are slaughtered for meat.

PUNE: April is likely to be a scorcher with days and nights likely to be much hotter than last month in parts of India, a temperature outlook by IMD has indicated.

CHANDIGARH: In a sudden development, the Haryana government has deleted Rule 134A that mandated the reservation of 10% seats for meritorious students belonging to the economic weaker section (EWS) in recognised private schools. A notification in this regard was issued by the Haryana government on March 28.

KOLKATA: The KMC has decided to remove all decorative lights from trees following protests from citizens and a section of environmentalists. The TOI had earlier reported on this menace, highlighting how owners of some restaurants and other commercial establishments illuminated trees to attract customers.

AGRA: The Allahabad high court on Wednesday granted bail to three Kashmiri students who have been in jail for the last five months after being charged for sedition for allegedly celebrating Pakistan cricket team’s victory after a T-20 World Cup match in October last year.

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government is keen to increase the crowd capacity in the ongoing IPL 2022 to 50% from the first week of April, but the BCCI is still in "two-minds" on the issue, a reliable source revealed to TOI.

NEW DELHI: Even as opposition parties have raised privacy and fundamental rights concerns over the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 that seeks to authorise law enforcement agencies to collect iris and retina scans and even biological samples, with some exceptions, from convicts and arrested persons, the law enforcement agencies are…

NEW DELHI: Legendary Australian Olympic champion shooter, Russell Mark, who had famously guided former union sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to the double trap silver at the Athens Games in 2004, will join the Indian shooting as the new trap coach. The sports ministry has approved his appointment, TOI has…