Varanasi: The managing director of South Korean company ARA Bridge Ltd, Sihyung Park, visited Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) alongside officials from RITES Ltd on Thursday to assess the facility’s capacity for manufacturing standard-gauge locomotives. During the meeting, CME/production & marketing, Ram Janam Chaubey and chief design engineer/diesel, Praveen Kumar highlighted BLW’s achievements, technical advancements, locomotive…
Ahmedabad: Earlier this year, a group of students for BSc (forensic science) at the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar was given a substance and were asked to identify it using chemical analysis. They were also asked to explain its relevance if found from a crime scene. It was part of their internal assessment.“At…
Panchkula: Panchkula traffic police impounded a motorcycle and issued a Rs 33,000 challan after finding it fitted with a modified silencer, flashing lights, unauthorised stickers and being driven without a number plate or valid documents.During a special checking drive, police found the rider displaying a prominent ‘Sarpanch’ sticker, along with a cobra sticker, illegal lights…
Lakhs participate in the 21-day annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur Pune: With the month-long Ashadhi Wari set to coincide with the Election Commission’s door-to-door voter verification exercise, political parties and sections of the administration are increasingly sceptical about whether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls can be completed within the timeline from June…
Aizawl: Mizoram information & public relations minister B. Lalchhanzova on Thursday called for a unified information machinery to highlight the state’s economic progress and tourism boom, at a meeting of the Inter-Media Publicity Coordination Committee (IMPCC).The meeting was organised by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), ministry of information & broadcasting.Lalchhanzova emphasised the need for closer…
Apna Dal (S) national president Anupriya Patel at ‘Jan Swabhiman Diwas’ programme Lucknow: Apna Dal (S) national president and Union minister Anupriya Patel on Thursday used the birth anniversary of party founder Dr Sone Lal Patel to signal the start of preparations for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, calling on workers to strengthen the…
Jaipur: Rajasthan Police has intensified its crackdown on people filing false criminal complaints, securing convictions against 75 complainants in June and initiating prosecution against nearly 1,900 others accused of misleading investigators.The statewide drive targets those who allegedly file fabricated cases of rape, robbery and other serious offences to settle personal disputes. Police said the action…
NEW DELHI: Japan PM Sanae Takaichi’s visit to India for the India-Japan summit heralded what her counterpart Narendra Modi described as a new chapter in their special strategic and global partnership, with both sides signing several agreements to boost cooperation in AI, energy security, mineral exploration and defence.The two also adopted a roadmap for economic…
Jagpreet Singh was convicted of murdering his wife days after entering Canada, he claimed he “accidentally poked” her in the stomach. An Indian-origin man has been convicted of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing his wife just six days after arriving in Canada, with a judge rejecting his claim that he had only accidentally “poked” her…
MUMBAI: The rupee closed at 95.4 against the dollar, down 15 paise from its previous close of 95.25 in the foreign exchange market, with renewed demand for dollars spurring speculation over the return of oil marketing companies (OMCs) to the forex market.To reduce market demand for dollars and stem rupee volatility, RBI had earlier this…
