Chennai: Extending online access to books and journals to upgrading reading halls into co-working spaces and introducing digital membership cards, the school education department is planning a digital upgrade of its public libraries across the state. Key proposals include introducing an open source integrated library system on the lines of ‘Koha’ and D-Space software in…
Hyderabad: Blaming the BRS govt for coal supply issues to Yadadri Thermal Power Station (YTPS), deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka said the BRS govt had made a commitment of 14 million tons of G9 premium grade coal to the YTPS when G9 coal was not available in the state, and claimed that the previous govt did…
Indranil Sen at ED office CGO Complex on Wednesday Kolkata: Former Bengal minister Indranil Sen on Wednesday appeared for the second time in a week before Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its Salt Lake office in Kolkata. He is being questioned regarding alleged irregularities in recruitment of civic volunteers in Murshidabad district.Sen reached ED’s office at…
Guwahati: Assam Police have nabbed 18 Bangladesh infiltrators, including five children, in two separate operations in Guwahati in last 24 hours—thirteen of them having fled the crackdown by J& K Police against illegal nationals in Srinagar.The other five Bangladesh nationals, who are fresh infiltrators and arrived in the city through Meghalaya, were caught while they…
The SP chief had participated in the INDIA bloc’s protest on the first day on Tuesday NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday clarfied his decision to skip Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s lunch meeting for INDIA bloc MPs, saying opposition leaders could meet over tea or even sit down for samosas in the…
Two UK neighbours fought over whether a hedge boundary ran through the middle or outer edge; after losing her appeal, one must pay £108,402 upfront toward 70% of the other’s costs. The legal dispute centred on a hedge separating two homes in Torquay, England, with a disagreement over a few millimetres of land eventually turning…
Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Ramayana: Part One’ locks its release plan, with paid previews in India on November 4 and a worldwide opening on November 5 – Report Nitesh Tiwari‘s ‘Ramayana: Part One’ is likely to open in theatres on November 5. The film will reportedly have paid previews in India a day earlier, on November 4….
Pramod Bhagat and Bhavina Patel NEW DELHI: After a successful Asian Games campaign in Aichi-Nagoya, where India finished fourth in the medal tally with 85 medals, including 21 gold, the country’s para-athletes will look to carry the momentum into the Asian Para Games.Paralympic champions Pramod Bhagat and Bhavina Patel have been chosen as India’s flag…
PC: National Park Service (NPS) A tree brought to Hawaii for its berries later became a problem for native plants in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Faya, or Morella faya, is native to the Canary Islands and was most likely brought to the Hawaiian Islands by the Portuguese in the 1800s. It was introduced as an…
Kangana Ranaut’s plea will be considered by the Delhi high court on Thursday. (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has moved the Delhi high court seeking legal protection against the alleged unauthorised use of her name, image, likeness and other distinctive aspects of her persona. Justice Vikas Mahajan is scheduled to…
