Chennai: It was the Tamil Nadu chief secretary, M Sai Kumar, who had insisted on interdepartmental efforts to prevent students and youth from participating in protests organised by the Left parties and the TN Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), a communication from special secretary to govt Rashmi Siddharth Zagade has revealed.The communication, dated Aug 14, had…
Hyderabad: Skyquad Electronics & Appliances, a joint venture between Hyderabad-based LCGC Resolute Group and a Taiwanese partner, has received approval under govt of India’s electronics component manufacturing scheme (ECMS) for manufacturing CCTV cameras as part of its larger production-linked incentives (PLI) initiative to boost Atmanirbhar Bharat.The clearance is expected to help Skyquad build advanced manufacturing…
Tourists Rizaul Islam and Sumaiya Akhtar Kolkata: When smoke began filling their second-floor room at Shikha Inn on Mirza Ghalib Street, tourists Rizaul Islam and Sumaiya Akhtar knew that stepping out into the corridor could be a fatal mistake. With the passage outside their room engulfed in smoke, the young couple broke open a window…
Noida: Authorities have prohibited the use of laser beams and other forms of artificial lighting within a 27-km radius of the Noida International Airport to strengthen aviation safety.District magistrate Medha Roopam on Wednesday said the restriction has been imposed in accordance with the provisions of the Aircraft Act, 2024, Aircraft Rules, 1937, and the relevant…
The redevelopment will include footpaths on both sides, landscaped areas with trees and shrubs, play and sports modules, community seating, swings, street furniture, signage, and improved lighting Panaji: The directorate of urban development will spend Rs 9.3 crore to rejuvenate a 1,200m stretch at Nanuz, Valpoi, under Centre’s scheme for Special Assistance to States for…
Ahmedabad: A mosquito’s disease payload depends on its species, which is laborious to identify, but a University of Wollongong team has created buzz-scanning tech that promises to detect species using only wingbeat sounds.Prof Kiran Trivedi and his student, Harsh Shroff, of the university’s GIFT City campus developed the device. University officials said the device is…
The arrested accused are Deepak Kumar alias Deepu Bihari of Guru Nanakpura, Sultanwind in Amritsar and Jasminder Singh alias Jass, of New Kotmil Singh aere of Tarn Taran Panchkula: Police have arrested Nikhil Gulshia, the main accused in an alleged ₹20.8-lakh Canada work visa fraud, following his evading arrest under a look out circular.Gulshia was…
Anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar Pune: Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS) will organise four programmes in the city from Thursday to Saturday to promote scientific temper, rationalism and social reform.Activists will pay tribute to the rationalist on Thursday near Veer Ra Shinde Bridge, where Dabholkar was killed in 2013. Senior scientist Arvind Gupta will release a…
Lucknow: After Vaishali Express was held up at Gorakhpur on Monday by a guard, Ramashish Das, over missing chair in the guard’s brake van , the railways said the van had its standard inbuilt seat and termed the guard’s action as “inappropriate”.Chief public relations officer, NER, Sumit Kumar said that East Central Railway (ECR) has…
Ajmer: A video showing two men allegedly being tied to a tree and beaten went viral Wednesday, prompting police to investigate the incident in Bhinai town of Ajmer district.The video, recorded Tuesday evening, reportedly shows the two men being restrained by workers at a hospital construction site. According to police, the contractor and his workers…
