Bengaluru: A 21-year-old engineering student died after a BMTC bus mowed her down on Srinivasapura main road near Uttarahalli Saturday afternoon. The victim is Shirisha NR, a final-year student with RNS Institute of Technology in Channasandra.Shirisha was riding her gearless electric scooter by the side of the BMTC bus (KA-57-F-5071). Accidentally, the two vehicles brushed…
Chennai: Anna University has come out with 10-digit faculty identification number (FIN) to fight the fake faculty issue from the 2026-27 academic year. The university has directed all engineering faculty to register their personal, academic credentials along with a geotagged picture within the campus to get the new ID before April 30.The university also asked…
Hyderabad: As summer temperatures soar across the city, hospitals are witnessing a surge in gastroenteritis and other viral or bacterial infections, with doctors warning of a further rise in cases in the coming weeks.Govt hospitals are witnessing a steady increase in patient inflow. At the Fever Hospital, Nallakuntla, around 15-20 gastroenteritis cases are landing daily,…
Gurgaon: An MCM committee on Saturday inspected dust pollution hotspots in sectors 78, 79 and Naurangpur village after directives from Haryana’s principal adviser for urban development, D S Dhesi, to check city’s dust bowls and submit a report within a week.The team inspected a 1-km stretch connecting Naurangpur village to NH8, where residents have raised…
Kolkata: A fire broke out in the Sholo Bigha slum near Eastern Railway’s Santoshpur station on Saturday at 1.48 pm. Around 50-60 shanties near the railway station were gutted. No one was injured. Traffic came to a standstill on Budge Budge Road from around 2 pm as at least six to eight fire tenders pressed…
The Tulsi Niketan complex, with 220 LIG flats, 2,004 EWS flats and 60 shops, was developed by GDA on 7.8 hectares in the 1990s Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has pitched four infrastructure projects worth a combined Rs 1,580 crore for funding under the Urban Challenge Fund—a newly launched scheme designed to draw private capital…
Panaji: In the petition concerning shortage of escrivaos at comunidades, the Bombay high court directed the administrator of comunidade, south zone, to immediately depute a clerk/escrivao to the comunidade of Cortalim by April 27.The HC recorded the statement on behalf of the administrator’s office on March 23, directing that an escrivao be deputed to Cortalim…
Gorakhpur: Samajwadi Party workers on Saturday staged a protest in Gorakhpur against installation of smart electricity meters across the city. Raising slogans against BJP govt and power department officials, the demonstrators accused authorities of burdening consumers with inflated bills. The protest was led by the party’s city president Shabbir Qureshi.Holding banners and placards, SP workers…
Ahmedabad: Authorities have expressed serious concern over the absence of action against grant-in-aid schools that have failed to carry out mandatory financial audits, pointing to administrative apathy at the district level. In Ahmedabad, the district education officer (DEO) issued strict notices to 153 granted secondary and higher secondary schools for failing to complete their required…
Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday announced that starting from next week, farmers across the state will receive QR code-based J-Forms through WhatsApp. It will make it easier for farmers to access loans and other services without any inconvenience. While interacting with media persons here, Saini claimed that the state has recorded…
