Chennai: The ₹256.45-crore 230/110 kV substation coming up at Panchetti in Tiruvallur district will be commissioned within the next one or two months, with 95% of the construction work already completed, Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (TNPDCL) chairman and managing director J Radhakrishnan said on Saturday.During an inspection of the Panchetti 110 kV substation…
Hyderabad: What began as a son’s struggle to find blood for his parents has today grown into a life-saving movement that has helped nearly 48,000 patients across the country. J Balu, a 44-year-old govt school teacher from Penagadapa village in Bhadradri Kothagudem and founder-president of the Young Indian Blood Donors Club Foundation, has dedicated the…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari and most of his newly appointed ministers attended a training programme titled “Mantrider Pathshala” on intricacies of running the Bengal govt administration at NSATI in Salt Lake on Saturday. Addressing the ministers, the CM said they must not keep work pending and called on them to keep files moving.“The CM wanted…
Margao: GPCC president Girish Chodankar on Saturday hit out at BJP govt over its sudden withdrawal of the smart meter rollout and electricity load penalties, saying that the U-turn following public outrage has exposed the “flawed and anti-consumer”nature of the entire exercise.The Congress chief pointed out that the electricity department already had access to every…
Varanasi: UP minister of finance and Parliamentary affairs and minister in charge of Varanasi district, Suresh Khanna, on Saturday, spoke about 12 years of Central govt under PM Narendra Modi and detailed information about public welfare and development schemes.He said 10 Smart Cities were created in UP and on the same lines, chief minister Yogi…
CM inaugurates Hexaware office at GIFT City Ahmedabad: Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday inaugurated the new delivery centre of IT solutions and services provider, Hexaware Technologies, at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) in Gandhinagar. The centre will cater to Hexaware’s global banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) clients across digital solutions,…
Chandigarh: Despite explicit and timely govt alerts warning citizens to stay indoors during severe thunderstorm on the night of June 11, 2026, PGI witnessed an influx of emergency cases, culminating in two fatalities.According to PGI data, 15 patients were rushed to the hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries directly linked to the storm’s fury. Slippery roads…
Pune: Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut on Saturday said the recent blaze in a govt office in Kolkata was not an accident but a conspiracy to set EVMs on fire to destroy evidence of rigged elections in West Bengal.“Till the time Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are in the govt, no election…
Guwahati: Residents of the Doordarshan Colony in the city’s Borbari area were left shaken after a burglar allegedly targeted two flats, looting valuables on Friday evening, police said.“During the investigation, we found that only a single person had carried out the entire burglary,” said a police officer from Dispur Police Station.Officers didn’t reveal anything on…
Lucknow: To discuss the social, educational, economic and political challenges faced by the Pasmanda community, a national policy workshop was organised by the All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz. The event was attended by social activists, academics, community leaders, lawyers, journalists, youth representatives and delegates from several states.The participants proposed strengthening the organisation’s structure through greater…
