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Hyderabad: The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) chairperson and managing director Buddhaprakash Jyoti said the coal company is moving ahead with a comprehensive plan to diversify and strengthen AP Heavy Machinery and Engineering Limited (APHMEL), an arm of Singareni located in Vijayawada. The CMD on Wednesday virtually inaugurated a 300 kw solar power plant that he said would save ₹24 lakh annually in electricity costs. The CMD said APHMEL had achieved a turnover of ₹63.13 crore and a net profit of ₹23.33 crore, claiming it as the best performance in the company’s 50-year history.He called upon the staff to focus…
You can take a wedding out of Manapatti, but you can seldom take Manapatti out of a wedding Before sunrise, the clearing outside a house on Madurai’s outskirts has become a kitchen. Goat meat simmers in broad aluminium vessels. Ginger and garlic are pounded in stone mortars. Men squat beside baskets of onions, peeling and chopping them. Others tend the fire, wash vessels or carry water. Curry leaves crackle in hot sesame oil as the smell of pepper, coriander and mutton spreads through the neighbourhood.At the centre of it all is P Nandakumar, directing preparations for a keda vettu —…
Bhubaneswar: A 49-year-old woman police officer has recovered from a critical and highly complex illness after spending 36 days on advanced ECMO support, with doctors describing her recovery as a rare medical success against overwhelming odds.AIIMS Bhubaneswar treated the officer from Jharsuguda with 36 days of prolonged venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) support for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), marking a significant achievement in advanced intensive care medicine, according to an official statement issued by the institute on Wednesday.She was initially admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on April 18 with severe pneumonia. Despite intensive care and mechanical…
Madikeri: Following intense protests by Hindu organisations, Siddapura police have arrested eight individuals in connection with the unauthorised construction of a tomb within the premises of Sri Siddeshwara Temple, located in the reserved forest near Maldare.On Monday, the temple committee filed a complaint, and protests were held demanding the immediate arrest of the miscreants.SP Bindu Mani RN formed a special team, which arrested eight persons, who are all residents of Periyapatna. The accused are being interrogated, and two vehicles have been seized.The forest department has deployed two guards to prevent illegal entry into the reserve forest. CCTVs have also been…
Two university officials were suspended following PhD scholar Jyoti’s death by electrocution CHANDIGARH: A day after a 28-year-old PhD scholar allegedly died of electrocution on the Panjab University campus, the university suspended two engineering officials, while Chandigarh Police registered an FIR for causing death by negligence.The University also announced Rs 16 lakh as financial assistance for the victim’s family and offered a job to her brother following protests by students demanding accountability.The university on Wednesday suspended an executive engineer and a sub-divisional engineer from its works department in connection with the incident, officials said.Jyoti, a research scholar in the Department…
Patna: In line with CM’s directions for the holistic development of Kesariya Stupa, the state govt has initiated plans to transform the historic Buddhist site into a major eco-tourism destination while ensuring its archaeological heritage remains protected.A high-level review meeting and site inspection were conducted on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Anand Kishor, additional chief secretary, environment, forest and climate change department, following the CM’s review meeting held on July 26. The meeting focused on the conservation of Kesariya Stupa—one of the tallest and most significant Buddhist stupas in the world—and the comprehensive development of the monument and its surrounding…
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Daltonganj: Three frontline staffers of the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) have received the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s Award for Excellence for helping voluntarily relocate 22 families from Jaigir village in 2025.The awardees are range officer Umesh Dubey, field attendant Kumar Dharmveer and forest guard Gaurang Swansi, posted in PTR’s south division.Kumar Ashish, deputy director of the division, said the trio built trust among residents and enabled informed choices after Gram Sabha meetings and consultations. Around 160 people moved from Jaigir, in PTR’s Garu East Range, to Polpol under Palamu’s Sadar block.Calling their contribution “outstanding and balanced”, Ashish stressed that the…
T’puram: The blood donation platform of Kerala Police, Pol-Blood, has registered 1,23,004 donors, emerging as a significant initiative to ensure timely availability of blood during emergencies.Launched in 2021 in association with Kerala State AIDS Control Society, the platform operates through the official Kerala Police mobile application. The initiative aims to promote voluntary blood donation by connecting willing donors with patients in need.The service is open to both individuals seeking blood and volunteers willing to donate.According to official data, the Pol-Blood platform has received 88,936 blood requests, covering a demand for 1,21,913 units of blood. Of these, 60,626 units have been…
Former Bengal CM and Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee (file picture) Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has written to the Election Commission demanding the immediate conclusion of an inquiry into the party’s recognition status in Bengal, Meghalaya and Tripura, arguing that granting further time to rebel faction neta and Uluberia MLA Ritabrata Banerjee would “undermine public faith.”In a parallel development, Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee hinted that the party may approach the Supreme Court over the status of 20 rebel MPs who broke away to join the little-known regional outfit NCPI and aligned with the NDA — attending an NDA meeting as…