Police said both the deceased were employees of a private firm engaged in maintenance of the firefighting system of the automotive MNC, headquartered in Germany Pune: Two workers died and three were hospitalised after carbon dioxide (CO₂) leaked from a firefighting system during maintenance work at an MNC’s plant in Talegaon MIDC area on Tuesday…
J Radhakrishnan, CMD of TNPDCL and additional chief secretary to Tamil Nadu govt Following the release of the TVK govt’s White Paper on the power sector, the administration has identified key priorities and an investment programme to put the sector on a sustainable path. In an interview,J Radhakrishnan, CMD of TNPDCL and additional chief secretary…
Lucknow: Confronted with an acute shortage of bitumen after supply disruptions linked to tensions in West Asia, the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) has issued a fresh set of directions to bridge the widening demand-supply gap affecting road construction and repair works.The latest order, the second within 15 days, aims to reduce dependence on…
Jaipur: State Election Commissioner Rajeshwar Singh Wednesday announced the final voter list for the Municipal Body Elections–2026, with electoral rolls published for 195 of the state’s 309 urban local bodies.“Out of the 309 local bodies in the state, the voter lists for 195 bodies have been published. The voter lists of the remaining 113 local…
Pune: A construction worker allegedly throttled his pregnant wife to death at their colony in Hinjewadi in the early hours of Thursday. Hinjewadi police on Thursday arrested the 30-year-old worker who hails from Kaimur district in Bihar.Police sub-inspector Shrikishan Kande said the accused and his wife worked at a construction site in Hinjewadi and lived…
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA BUILDING AT PATEL CHOWK IN NEW DELHI. PHOTO BY RAJESH MEHTA. Hyderabad: Political parties in Telangana have become alert following the announcement of the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Aware of the potential impact of voter deletions and additions on future political prospects, parties are proceeding cautiously.The Election Commission…
Guwahati: The forest department has launched a grassland nursery initiative for the first time at Manas National Park to revive the Unesco World Heritage site’s rapidly shrinking grasslands.Park officials said the nursery, started in Oct last year in the park’s Bansbari range, is cultivating around 15–20 grass species to support restoration efforts.Yuvraj Singh Digra said…
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries Limited Wednesday announced a partnership with Meta Platforms, Inc for a data centre project in Jamnagar, Gujarat, positioning RIL as a single-window solutions provider for hyperscale AI infrastructure in India. RIL will develop a data centre with 168 MW capacity within two years, with an option to scale. This will be…
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has awarded a Rs17.7 lakh contract to IIT Delhi to independently evaluate the performance of all 29 sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the capital, including testing whether their disinfection systems are effective in eliminating faecal coliform bacteria before treated sewage is discharged and reaches Yamuna.In an affidavit dated June…
Colva: Additional sessions judge Sudhir S Shirgaonkar granted bail to Abdul Nisar, who was arrested for attempting to deposit counterfeit currency notes at a Margao bank.On Feb 8, the accused attempted to deposit 98 forged/counterfeit Indian currency notes of Rs 500 denomination into the cash deposit machine of IDBI Bank, in an account belonging to…
