A transformer blast at a Gurgaon substation plunged vast areas into darkness, highlighting the strain on NCR’s power grid amidst extreme heat and record demand. GURGAON: A transformer blast at a 220kV substation in Sector 72 plunged large parts of Gurgaon into darkness on Friday evening, exposing the mounting pressure on NCR’s power infrastructure as…
Kolkata: Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) chairman G Immanuel, who is also the president of Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE), hinted that he will discuss the issue of an increasing number of dummy schools at the higher secondary level at an upcoming meeting in June to find a solution to this…
Panaji: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has written to state govt seeking designation of exclusive courts to try CBI-investigated cases and to transfer 39 pending trials to such designated courts.Panaji: Upset upon hearing that the unique mangrove boardwalk behind the Central Library at Patto is about to be dismantled, architect Gerard da Cunha plans…
Ahmedabad: The Centre’s Department of Space (DoS) cleared the way for clusters manufacturing space-tech equipment and testing facilities in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. In a two-pronged approach, the state govts allocated land parcels dedicated to space-related manufacturing, whereas the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) was roped in to establish associated common technical…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann is likely to meet cabinet minister Sanjeev Arora in Gurugram jail on Saturday. Arora was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on May 9 in connection with a new money laundering case.Arora, 62, was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following early morning raids at…
Pune: The plan to shift away three PMPML bus stops around Katraj police chowkey to assist Metro works has been rolled back, just three days after authorities witnessed traffic chaos and hardships to commuters when they were moved.Now, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) and Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) will come out…
Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya (right), with speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass, during the second day of the first session of the assembly Guwahati: Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Friday told the assembly that the state will set up a dedicated ‘counter-radicalisation cell’ to protect vulnerable youths from extremist influences and promote constitutional values, social…
Drishti Samajik Sansthan director Atharva Bahadur was honoured at the all-India CSR convention held at the Constitution Club of India. The organisation received the “Champion of Special Needs Empowerment Award” for its work in disability inclusion and empowerment. Around 200 CSR professionals from across the country attended the event. Drishti was the only organisation from…
Jaipur traders meet DCP Traffic after protest Friday Jaipur: Traders in Bapu Bazaar kept their shops shut Friday in protest against the sudden implementation of a one-way traffic system in the market. They alleged that the arrangement was introduced without prior consultation with market associations, affecting both business activity and customer movement in the busy…
New Delhi: Congress is set to go unrepresented from Gujarat in Rajya Sabha for the first time as Election Commission announced polls for 24 seats in the House on June 18. BJP’s two minority faces in govt and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and former PM H D Deve Gowda figure among those retiring from Upper…
