Bengaluru: A simple typing error while booking a train ticket turned into a costly lesson for an IT professional, who was fined more than Rs 7,000 and treated as a ticketless traveller despite carrying a valid reservation and identity proof.After quitting his job in Bengaluru, 24-year-old Ramakant M was preparing to return to his hometown,…
Chennai: At least five former AIADMK ministers, 15 former MLAs and hundreds of district functionaries and cadres will join TVK on Thursday. The former ministers include C Vijayabaskar, M R Vijayabhaskar, M S M Anandan and S Valarmathi.Aadhav Arjuna will welcome them at a private hotel in Mamallapuram at 10am. The former ministers may meet…
Dr Jitendra Singh, Union MoS for Science & Technology Hyderabad: Union minister of state (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said that research is moving beyond crop improvement to developing technologies that convert agricultural waste and residues into value-added products, creating new opportunities for farmers, MSMEs and startups, at the CSIR–Indian Institute…
Gurgaon: Bought for several crores to settle land disputes with centimetre-level precision, the city’s satellite-based land survey machines have instead crash-landed into a maze of glitches, wrong readings and untrained hands.The fleet of 15 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) rover machines — meant to modernise land mapping and bring accuracy to high-value property measurements —…
Kolkata: With former Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) president Swarup Biswas in police custody, Tollywood faces deep uncertainty regarding technician operations. This has been compounded by confusion over the status of Eastern India Motion Pictures & Cultural Confederation. On Monday, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya clarified that the party has not sanctioned…
A senior doctor at the district hospital said the hospital has recorded more than 200 cases of dehydration, dizziness and heat-related fever since last week Noida: OPDs at hospitals across Noida are witnessing a sharp rise in patients suffering from acute dehydration and other heat-related illnesses as prolonged high temperatures coupled with high humidity continue…
Keri: The drowning of a 15-year-old boy from Belagavi at the prohibited Barazan waterfalls on Sunday has once again highlighted the growing risks posed by unchecked picnicking at Surla’s remote waterfalls, where repeated fatalities have failed to deter visitors from ignoring entry restrictions.Aditya Dilip Kumar Satpati drowned while swimming at the Barazan waterfalls, despite prohibitory…
Varanasi: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, robotics, quantum computing, agritech, biotech and deeptech are driving Uttar Pradesh’s growth, while the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has transformed higher education institutions into centres of innovation, entrepreneurship and nation-building.He also described the proposed Agritech Business Park at…
Ahmedabad: Western Railway extended the run of two special fare trains — Ahmedabad-Darbhanga and Gandhidham-Ahmedabad-Bhagalpur — to meet rising passenger demand during the season and the upcoming festival period.Both services will operate on a diverted route due to work at Lucknow station under Northern Railway.Train Ahmedabad -Darbhanga-Ahmedabad weekly special has been extended, with Ahmedabad-Darbhanga train…
The conflict traces back to June 25, when masked assailants shot at a realtor’s house in Shimlapuri’s Guru Gobind Singh Nagar Ludhiana: The brazen gunpoint abduction and assault of a local resident in city’s Sector 32 market was a targeted retaliation for a previous shooting incident, police investigations revealed. While the victim, Shubham Manchanda, was…
