Company struggles with people urinating on wall until employee suggests a brilliantly simple fixA viral post on X with more than a million views has invited an uncommon discussion after a user shared how a company reportedly stopped pe...
11 May, 2026, 02.32 PM IST
Holding pee, eating quickly, hot showers? Harvard-trained doctor shares 8 common daily habits quietly damaging your healthA Harvard-trained gastroenterologist has identified eight common daily habits that could be silently impacting your health. From holding yo...
02 May, 2026, 09.01 PM IST
UK doctor has a sort of weird habit. Tracks his poop daily. But he says there is scientific reason behind itA UK doctor, Dr Karan Rajan, reveals a personal habit of tracking bowel movements. This practice offers early warning signs for serious dis...
21 Apr, 2026, 01.04 PM IST
Watch: Employee sets 1.2 million sqft warehouse on fire after no pay hike, releases video saying 'if you’re not going to pay us enough...'A warehouse employee was arrested for arson after a massive fire erupted in an Ontario, California facility. Video evidence allegedly shows...
11 Apr, 2026, 08.02 AM IST
Bengaluru’s Toilet Crisis: India's Silicon Valley has one public facility for every 1.7 lakh peopleBengaluru's public sanitation infrastructure is insufficient. RV University's study finds only 803 public toilets for a city of 1.4 crore p...
05 Oct, 2024, 11.03 AM IST
Trichy: First smart toilet nears completionUtilising Internet of Things (IoT) technology, the pay and use toilet facilitates automatic cleaning every 30 minutes.
06 Jan, 2020, 06.40 PM IST
Railways 'pay and use' toilets to get cheaperOfficials said the move follows observations revealing very few used the toilets installed at small railway stations; open defecation was p...
12 Feb, 2018, 04.08 PM IST
The case for and against public toiletsPublic urination is, of course, still common in India, but it is being constrained by initiatives like Swach Bharat – yet without easy prov...
27 May, 2017, 12.20 AM IST
Delhi second only to Kolkata when it comes to smelly public toilets: SurveyThe railways got the second highest number of votes where we need more toilets (41%) while 31% felt religious places needed more loos.
22 Nov, 2016, 11.34 AM IST
SwachhBharat@2:How Mumbai’s civic body is attempting to clean up the cityThe garbage adds up to 9,000 tonnes per day, and there are 117 open defecation spots across the city. Diseases like dengue and tuberculosis...
06 Oct, 2016, 05.17 PM IST
Swachh Bharat: Bengaluru civic body to build 6,600 toilets over four yearsThe BBMP will construct public toilets with one seat each for 50 women and 100 men as per Swachh Bharat norms. These toilets will be free f...
31 Mar, 2016, 10.54 AM IST
Bengaluru has 504 public toilets for one crore citizensIn two years, the civic body has budgeted Rs 62.28 lakh for upkeep of public toilet infrastruc of public toilet infrastructure, with Rs 44....
24 Jul, 2015, 10.27 AM IST
China launches toilet revolution to meet UN targetsChina's national standard requires "sanitary" toilets in rural homes to have walls, roofs, doors and windows and to be at least two square ...
14 Jul, 2015, 09.17 PM IST
- Renovation of 'Pay and Use' toilet at New Cooch Behar station complete
The renovated toilets are equipped with modern sanitary fittings and have exclusive facilities for male, female and physically challenged, ...
10 Jul, 2015, 06.06 PM IST
Swachh Bharat mission: Government makes toilet photos must to end bogus claimsModi-govt to launch a pilot project next month in 2,000 villages to ensure that toilets are actually built on the ground and not on paper.
12 Nov, 2014, 04.20 PM IST
Airlines paring loos to bolster bottomlinesThe company that has been contracted to install these petite potties insists that the space inside will remain the same, thanks to “sculpte...
08 Apr, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- It pays to go in an Indian public toilet
Residents are earning close to a dollar a month by using public urinals in southern India, a scheme launched by authorities to promote hygi...
06 Jul, 2008, 12.59 PM IST