Chandigarh: Industry representatives, urban consumers and farmers from Gurugram and Nuh on Tuesday supported the proposal for parallel electricity distribution licensing during a public hearing of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC), saying it would improve reliability, expand access to renewable power and provide consumers with a choice of suppliers.At the hearing in Panchkula, stakeholders…
Moshi garbage plant collapse Pune: A mountain of legacy waste piled up in the Moshi garbage depot for years collapsed on a three-storey administrative building located 30 metres away at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s waste-to-energy plant around 1.30pm on Wednesday, causing a cave-in and trapping 20 people under the debris.Four people came out immediately after…
Guwahati: Around 228 km of the 276 km border, which Assam shares with Bangladesh, has been fenced and over 38 km remained unfenced, govt informed the state Assembly on Wednesday.Implementation of the Assam Accord, border protection & development departments minister Atul Bora, replying to queries by AGP MLA Prakash Ch Das, said, “Three districts —…
Lucknow: UP Congress president Ajay Rai on Wednesday wrote to PM Narendra Modi seeking an independent forensic and financial investigation into the donation theft.“Since you and your govt had taken credit for construction, inauguration and consecration of the temple, you must also ensure accountability over allegations relating to its financial management. Credit for the temple’s…
Jaipur: Senior professor and head of forensic medicine department at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital, 61-year-old Dr Nandalal (N.L.) Disaniya, was found hanging at his residence in Jaipur Wednesday. Police suspect suicide, though investigations are underway. His death has left colleagues, students and the medical fraternity in shock.According to police, Dr Disaniya’s family was away…
NEW DELHI: ED Wednesday said it had attached property worth Rs 113 crore of industrialist Bharat Raj Punj and his Lloyd Electric & Engineering Ltd in a case of alleged laundering of over Rs 376 crore of bank funds.The attached assets include land and industrial plots, residential properties in Delhi, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, MP, Telangana, Goa,…
‘What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love’ A person can be surrounded by others and still feel completely alone. They can have wealth, success, recognition and comfort, yet carry a quiet emptiness that no achievement can fill. For Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, that emptiness was not simply…
‘Heads of State’, starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas alongside John Cena and Idris Elba, has earned a nomination for Outstanding Television Movie at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards.The nominations for this year’s Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday at the Television Academy in Los Angeles by recent Emmy winners Liza Colón-Zayas and Jeff Hiller. ‘Heads of…
Something eases inside you today. The pressure that has been sitting on your shoulders begins to lift, and you may notice it in small moments, a calmer commute, a cleaner mind during work, fewer unnecessary worries by afternoon. The Moon supports your professional path, and Jupiter opens doors through useful people. That’s why the day…
New Delhi: Ram (42), a mechanic and the sole breadwinner of his family, was killed while riding his motorcycle past an under-construction building in Sector 16 of Rohini that collapsed Wednesday.He stepped out of his home to collect spare parts for his workshop, just a short distance away, when the structure gave way, burying him…
