Thane: A community dog was rescued from a nearly 40-foot-deep pit after it accidentally fell inside after straying into an under-construction site in the Nitin Company area in the wee hours of Sunday.The municipal rescue teams were alerted by a local resident who heard the wails of the canine around midnight, following which a team…
Mumbai: Services on Metro Line 3 were partially disrupted for around 30 minutes on Tuesday afternoon after smoke was detected at the CSMIA T2 station. There were no injuries.A fire brigade official said 3 fire engines and 2 jumbo tankers reached the site and the fire was doused by 4.45 pm. Smoke permeated the underground…
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23 NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Brics summit that India will host in Sept, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23, for a meeting of national security advisers of the grouping. Wang had last month skipped the Brics foreign…
Lucknow: Expediting the implementation of Chief Minister’s cashless medical scheme for teachers, the education department has developed a dedicated portal for the registration of eligible personnel and their dependents.The department has also designed the cover and back page of the card to be issued to over 15 lakh teachers and non-teaching staff deployed in state-run…
Kolkata: Concerns of transporters over rising operational uncertainties and fuel costs have triggered the private operators to urgent call for state intervention to “revive the transport sector” following the recent political transition in Bengal.The Joint Forum of Transport Operators (JFTO), an umbrella body representing five major transport associations, has formally approached chief minister Suvendu Adhikari,…
New Delhi: Govt has de-licenced radio spectrum used for automotive radar and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, paving the way for wider deployment of advanced road-safety technologies and collision-avoidance systems.Department of telecommunications (DoT) has issued two notifications de-licencing the 77-81 GHz band used for automotive radar systems and the 5.9 GHz band used for V2X communications that…
Hyderabad: Nearly two weeks after the murder of Tanuja Ranjan, wife of retired IPS officer Vinay Ranjan Ray, investigators suspect that the prime accused, Kalpana and her two associates may have fled to Nepal.Tanuja Ranjan was murdered at the couple’s bungalow in Prashasan Nagar, Jubilee Hills, on May 8. According to investigators, the accused boarded…
Mehidy Hasan Miraz getting treatment after he was hit by a bouncer on the side of his helmet. (X Photo) Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz was taken to hospital for observation after suffering a concussion during his side’s memorable ODI series-clinching victory over Australia in Dhaka on Thursday.The all-rounder, who played through visible discomfort to…
Ahilyanagar: The Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (VRDE) of the DRDO on Saturday unveiled two next-generation infantry combat vehicle platforms — tracked and wheeled variants — under the ‘Vikram VT-21′ programme.Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in collaboration with two private industry partners over the past three years, this is the first…
Ahmedabad: In a major boost to Ahmedabad’s ambition of becoming a global technology and services hub, several multinational companies are set to establish operations at Million Minds IT Park near Vaishnodevi Junction, inaugurated on Sunday by Union home minister Amit Shah.Companies planning to set up base at the park include Singapore-headquartered cloud consulting firm Searce,…
