Chennai: Tamil Nadu recorded a pass percentage of 99.91% in ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) exams, the results of which were announced on Thursday.According to Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), in Class X, all 2,997 girls who appeared for the exam passed. Of 3,434 boys who took the test, 3,428…
Hyderabad: Telangana’s power distribution sector is undergoing a substantial restructuring with the establishment of Rythu Discom, a third electricity distribution company conceived primarily to serve the agricultural sector. The new entity has been allocated a 42% market share, determined on the basis of electricity consumption trends recorded over the past five years. As a result,…
A senior GMRL official said the exercise is also necessary to establish land ownership Gurgaon: With construction of the second phase of the new metro line set to begin, Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL) has asked Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) to demarcate the right of way (ROW) for the Sector 9–Cyber City corridor, including…
Kolkata: Flag any academic or non-academic issue within 48 hours through a special email response window so that an action plan can be created within seven days to address the problem as much as possible: this was the advice from IIT Kharagpur for students after many of them pointed at grievances against faculty members at…
Police bike set ablaze by factory workers during a protest demanding a hike in wages on April 13 A flag march by cops in the industrial sector, days after workers’ protests on April 13 Police bike set ablaze by factory workers during a protest demanding a hike in wages on April 13 A flag march…
Ponda: Villagers of Padalwada-Bethora, Ponda, have demanded an inquiry by ED in a land grab case in the village. Ponda police on Tuesday had arrested Fardeen Shaikh, 40, a resident of Sadar, Ponda, in connection with a major land grab, while the then deputy town planner and two directors of a real estate development firm…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat govt has reportedly taken an in-principle decision to accord direct approval of liquor permit shops in four- and five-star hotels of the state, top sources said. The decision has been taken to steer clear of procedural delays in granting permissions to hotels to run liquor permit shops even as Ahmedabad is gearing…
Amritsar: A minor boy has been apprehended in connection with the death of his mother in Amritsar district, police said on Thursday.According to police, the woman was found dead at her residence, and preliminary suspicion is that she may have been strangled. The exact cause of death will be confirmed after the post-mortem examination.Family members…
Pune: A special court in the city convicted Sameer Hajju Pathan and Rahul Gajendra Kamble for robbery with use of a deadly weapon and sentenced them to seven years’ imprisonment, but acquitted them of the charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), observing that the existence of an organised crime syndicate is…
Guwahati: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on Congress leader Pawan Khera’s plea seeking anticipatory bail in a case linked to allegations that Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife possessed multiple passports and undisclosed properties abroad.A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and AS Chandurkar reserved its verdict after Khera argued that denial of…
