Chennai: Former finance minister Thangam Thennarasu on Sunday rebutted state industries minister S Keerthana‘s allegation that the previous DMK rule had “washed away” 10.5 lakh crore, accusing her of making claims without understanding Tamil Nadu’s financial administration.In a post on X, Thangam Thennarasu said the minister was trying to create a “false narrative” against DMK…
Hyderabad: For students like Odela Siddu and S Indirani, clearing EAPCET was not just about marks, but overcoming financial hardship and limited resources, as both first-generation learners from govt colleges in Telangana pushed their way into higher education.Siddu, a student from the Govt Junior College in Mulugu, said cracking EAPCET was not about coaching classes…
Officials estimate that around 287 MLD untreated sewage from Gurgaon continues to enter open drains connected to the Najafgarh drainage system, which eventually feeds the Yamuna in Delhi GMDA has proposed four new STPs — 100 MLD plants each at Dhanwapur, Behrampur and Sector 107, along with a 40 MLD facility at Naurangpur Officials estimate…
Kolkata: A resident of Shyampukur has been arrested for allegedly molesting two women at Bidhannagar station on Saturday night. According to the complaint of a 24-year-old woman, who was walking along platform 3, the man allegedly approached her, behaved inappropriately and molested her. Police said another woman, aged 23 and a resident of Baguiati, was…
Noida: Two employees accused of robbing a scrap trader of a bag containing Rs 6 lakh and a laptop were arrested after being injured in a gunfight with police in Muradnagar early on Sunday. The trader’s own driver was later held for allegedly helping plan the crime.Police identified the two injured accused as Arsalan (24)…
Margao: Vavurla — an entirely tribal hamlet of a 300-odd strong population, perched atop the forested hills of Quepem that successive govts forgot existed — is connected to the world at last.After years of isolation that cost lives, the 3.5km road linking Vavurla to Kude is complete and motorable. For the first time in the…
Varanasi: Two accused in Dasu Vanvasi murder case were arrested after suffering bullet injury in their leg during exchange of fire with Saidpur police in Ghazipur district on Saturday late night. Vanvasi was murdered on Feb 9.Ghazipur’s Saidpur police station in-charge Rajesh Kumar Tripathi on Sunday said his team was tipped off that Ras Bihari…
Ahmedabad: Ellisbridge police on Saturday filed a case against the deputy manager of an overseas study consultancy firm for allegedly diverting over Rs 10.8 lakh collected from students and parents as university fees. He has been booked for cheating, criminal breach of trust and misappropriation. The complaint was filed by senior manager-operations, of the Vadodara-based…
Chandigarh: City vehicle owners will soon get a chance to secure fancy registration numbers as the Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA) is set to roll out the new series CH-01-DE by the end of next week.Officials said the formalities have been completed and only final stage preparations are under way. Of the total 9,999 numbers…
Pune: Two people wanted by the police in connection with a firing case from last week opened fire again, this time shooting at cops, while trying to evade arrest in Shirur taluka’s Sonesangvi village, about 60km from the city, on Saturday evening.Police said they retaliated by firing four rounds in self-defence, but the two men…
