Mumbai: Central Railway (CR) recorded a robust 17% growth in non-fare revenue, earning over Rs 20 crore up to May compared to Rs 17 crore in the corresponding period last year.The growth underlines CR’s sustained push towards asset monetisation and revenue diversification beyond passenger fares, said CR chief spokesperson Swapnil Nila on Sunday.In May alone,…
Fire in factory at Bengaluru Bengaluru: A massive fire broke out at a chemical manufacturing factory in Bommasandra Industrial Area near Hebbagodi Sunday evening, triggering panic and sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky. No casualties were reported, though the blaze remained uncontrolled till 9.30pm.Fire and emergency services personnel received information around 5.10pm about…
Dr Soumya Swaminathan, chairperson, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation at an event organised by Super Chennai — a social impact initiative launched by CREDAI Chennai. Chennai: There is a huge potential and opportunity to use artificial intelligence in the public health system and deliver proper care to the target population, said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, chairperson, MS…
The SIR exercise was launched across Telangana on June 25 Hyderabad: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has hit a roadblock in 14 villages under four gram panchayats in Kerameri mandal of Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district. Locals, who have been exercising their voting rights in both Telangana and Maharashtra for decades, are refusing…
Gurgaon: Three people, who posed as beauticians, dietitians and doctors to gain the trust of customers to sell fake medicines, were arrested.The three women — Mandeep, Neha and Varsha — were nabbed following a raid on a call centre in Udyog Vihar-5, which allegedly defrauded people by selling fake weight-loss medicines. “The accused cheated people…
Kolkata: Four men were arrested on Saturday for allegedly taunting and making vulgar comments at several woman doctors and forcing them to see obscene videos on the NRS Medical College and Hospital campus on the nights of June 23 and June 27.Police said the four, all residents of Convent Road in Entally, were charged with…
Protesters allegedly set a car showroom, Vipul Motors, on fire in Sector 63 on April 13 Noida: Police have told court that the April 13 industrial unrest in the city — marked by arson, violence and attacks on police — was not a spontaneous workers’ outburst but a “well-planned conspiracy” orchestrated by a core group…
Hybrid floating platform to generate multiple forms of renewable energy Panaji: The Goa-based CSIR–National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) is developing a hybrid floating platform anchored offshore that will generate multiple forms of renewable energy from a single structure.The proposed platform will integrate five renewable energy technologies — solar, wind, wave, tidal and ocean current energy…
Ahmedabad: A Gujarat connection has resurfaced in a visa fraud conspiracy in United States after another Gujarati pleaded guilty in a federal court in Boston for participating in staged armed robberies that were allegedly used to obtain immigration benefits.The development comes more than a year after another Gujarat-origin accused was convicted in the same case.Mitul…
Ludhiana: The Model Town police have arrested two prime suspects who, along with nearly 30 accomplices, allegedly barged into a house in Dr Ambedkar Nagar, fired gunshots, and vandalised property over an old rivalry on June 16. The arrested men, identified as Madhav Chaudhary and Sahil, alias Pagal, are both local residents with extensive criminal…
