Chennai: For the past five days, people have been unable to contact Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (TNPDCL) officials to register complaints as their phone numbers have become defunct.TNPDCL is replacing the existing Airtel closed user group (CUG) connections of 3,110 field engineers and officers with new Reliance Jio SIMs. “Our previous telecom contractor…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Wednesday observed that if the state paid timely compensation for land parcels acquired and created jobs and employment opportunities for citizens, they may not need govt-sponsored schemes like ‘Kalyana Lakshmi’ or ‘Shaadi Mubarak’, etc.Stating that “several land losers — some even across generations — who contributed to the state and…
The consultant will study the alignment, traffic needs, land requirements, road design, drainage, structures and junctions, and estimate the project’s cost. It will also assess whether underpasses, flyovers or grade-separated intersections are needed Gurgaon: Nearly two decades after a road link between southwest Delhi and the city was first proposed, National Highways Authority of India…
Kolkata: All the deaths in the blaze that broke out in a commercial building at 15G, Mirza Ghalib Street occurred on the ill-fated second floor, which investigators said had been altered extensively and housed multiple establishments in cramped conditions.Police said the deaths were the result of gross negligence and that fire and building safety rules…
Noida: A decomposed body of an unidentified man was recovered from a drain in Sector 55 on Wednesday morning, with police suspecting that he may have died around a fortnight ago.Sanitation workers cleaning the drain outside the exit of a residential society spotted the body around 8am after removing an iron cover. The workers alerted…
Last year’s anointed coconut being immersed in the Arabian Sea at Khariawada, Vasco Vasco: The annual 127th Shree Damodar Bhajani Saptah concluded on Wednesday afternoon with the immersion of last year’s anointed srifal (coconut) in the Arabian Sea at Khariawada, Vasco.Hundreds of youths in the Gopal Kala procession carried the sacred coconut in a vibrant…
Police suspect the attack was linked to an attempted robbery. Gorakhpur: A 26-year-old watchman working at a blanket factory was injured critically after being shot in the chest by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants in Gorakhpur’s Khajni area late Tuesday night. Police suspect the attack was linked to an attempted robbery.Resident of Manas Vihar Colony in Padri…
The trend is seen across other cities in Gujarat as well Ahmedabad: After years of steady improvement in air quality, Ahmedabad’s progress in reducing particulate pollution appears to have slowed, with the city’s annual PM10 concentration rising in the latest assessment after registering sharp gains under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).According to data by…
A child being admitted to hospital after falling ill due to midday meal kheer Kullu: At least 38 children of a govt primary school in Manali subdivision fell ill after eating kheer served as part of midday meal on Tuesday.According to parents, children began vomiting soon after having the kheer in the school in Bari…
Pune: Two unidentified men attacked and assaulted a 29-year-old commercial-cum-ticket clerk (CCTC) of the Indian Railways with a knife in the early hours of Tuesday and robbed him of Rs26,685 in ticket counter collections, two mobile phones and a gold chain, collectively worth Rs4.91 lakh.The robbery occurred around 1am when the victim was about to…
