Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation has announced a water cut on Thursday to conduct urgent electrical, pumping and civil maintenance at major water treatment facilities, including Parvati, Wadgaon, Lashkar, Warje and Bhama Askhed.“Water supply is expected to resume on Friday, with delays and lower pressure throughout the morning,” a press release issued by Nandkishor Jagtap,…
BengaluruThe BJP central leadership, unable to fathom the cross voting which occurred in Karnataka during the recently concluded legislative council elections, pulled up the state unit for the embarrassment.On Tuesday morning, the leadership including state president B Y Vijayendra, opposition leader R Ashoka and Council election agent for the party, MLC N Ravi Kumar made…
Kolkata: The state municipal affairs minister, Agnimitra Paul, on Tuesday inspected the waterlogging black spots across the city after the MMiC overseeing the KMC sewerage and drainage, resigned on Tuesday, citing his ‘helplessness’ in tackling the drainage issues ahead of the monsoon season.Paul, accompanied by the KMC and state govt officials, started the inspection from…
Ahmedabad’s Hari Krishna Trivedi reveals F-1 visa interview details at Mumbai consulate. An Indian student revealed his recent experience of getting the F-1 visa at the Mumbai Consulate, as he is planning to pursue his master’s from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Ahmedabad’s Hari Krishna Trivedi, in a YouTube interview, recounted how he saw every…
Representative image (File photo) MUMBAI: RBI has barred defaulting borrowers from buying back properties acquired by lenders to satisfy a defaulter’s debt, tightening norms for resolution of stressed accounts under its new directions effective Oct 1, 2026.Defaulters and their related parties, as defined under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, cannot repurchase such assets from…
Officials in the state say running these facilities, without adequate funds from the Centre, has been a challenge. Chennai: Across the past five years, Tamil Nadu has had the highest number of information and communication technology (ICT) labs sanctioned under the Centre-sponsored Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) among the southern states, revealed a reply to a…
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss has raised serious concerns over the newly released results for the govt assistant professor recruitment examination, questioning whether the massive inconsistencies in answer sheet evaluations point to a deep-rooted scam or structural mismanagement.In a statement on Saturday, Anbumani urged the Tamil Nadu government to order a comprehensive, independent inquiry to…
Pune: The civic body’s Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC), located in the Sinhagad Road area, has begun mapping nearly 2,000km of underground utilities, including water pipelines, drainage lines and other cables, to provide accurate data for planning, maintenance and repair works.Of the total utilities to be mapped, nearly 600km along key road stretches across…
The statewide drive was conducted as part of the Tamil Nadu govt’s continuing efforts to curb the illegal trafficking, possession, sale and transportation of narcotic drugs and banned tobacco products. Chennai: Tamil Nadu police registered 617 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, arrested 621 persons, and seized 296kg of ganja, 1.3kg…
A 39-year-old woman from West Bengal’s Birbhum district has been rescued from an apartment in Gurugram, where she was allegedly confined and forced to work as a domestic help for more than two years under abusive conditions.The rescue was carried out on Friday through a coordinated effort involving West Bengal Police, district authorities, civil society…
