Gujarat is among the country’s biggest adopters of captive and open-access solar power, with manufacturing units, chemical plants and engineering companies increasingly relying on renewable energy to reduce electricity costs Ahmedabad: If you are planning to install solar rooftop panels, you may have to spend a little more now. Effective from June, solar projects connected…
Ludhiana: A convicted criminal out on bail is now accused of fracturing a scrap dealer’s arm and skull with a knife after the man refused to pay extortion money in the city’s Killa Mohalla.Local shopkeeper Satish Kumar, 42, said Shiva Bhatti and several accomplices had stormed his business hours after he had refused their demand…
During the trial, the court found that the evidence and witness testimonies produced by the prosecution were insufficient to establish the guilt of the accused Mohali: A local court has acquitted all three persons in a murder case that was registered in 2019 under the jurisdiction of the Phase-XI police station. The court exonerated Gujram,…
Indian police destroy seized illegal liquor bottles during an enforcement operation Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police have seized and destroyed illicit liquor and related material, collectively worth Rs 40 lakh, between May 28 and June 2.The police also registered 181 cases and acted against 190 suspects during the same period. Of these cases, 11 were…
Surat: The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) struck twice on Wednesday, nabbing a Surat Municipal Corporation engineer and a police constable in two trap operations in South Gujarat, exposing fresh instances of alleged corruption in civic and law enforcement offices.In Surat, ACB officials caught Jignesh Modi, 55, an assistant engineer with the Surat Municipal Corporation posted in…
Lucknow: The UP cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to transfer the state-run Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Hospital at Pandu Nagar in Kanpur to the Centre for development into a medical college and super-speciality hospital, while taking over the ESIC-run hospital at Jajmau in exchange.The move aimed at strengthening tertiary healthcare facilities available to insured…
Dinesh kumar arrested in the SI 2021 paper leak case Jaipur: Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) Wednesday arrested a wanted sub-inspector who allegedly secured his selection by studying a leaked question paper before the Sub-Inspector Recruitment Examination-2021, officials said.ADG (SOG) Vishal Bansal said the accused, Dinesh Kumar, a resident of of Sanchore in Jalore…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs condemned the attack on Kuwait airport on Wednesday which killed an Indian national. It called upon the parties to cease strikes on civilian population and civilian infrastructure.“We condemn the attack on the Kuwait International Airport today in which an Indian national has died and several of our nationals…
Image: National Portrait Gallery A handwritten letter penned by Princess Diana nearly three decades ago is drawing fresh attention ahead of an upcoming auction. Written just days after her landmark BBC Panorama interview in November 1995, the note offers a rare glimpse into Diana’s state of mind during one of the most turbulent periods of…
MUMBAI: The RBI rejected all bids for 182-day and 364-day treasury bills while accepting only 91-day bills at auction on Wednesday, signalling its discomfort with rising short-term yields ahead of the monetary policy decision due Friday.The RBI sold 91-day treasury bills at a yield of 5.56%. The central bank typically rejects bids when it finds…
