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CM Mohan Charan Majhi at the MoU signing ceremony in Bhubaneswar on Friday Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt on Friday signed two memoranda of understanding with HCLTech for investments exceeding Rs 15,000 crore in the state, including an AI Data Centre and an AI and Digital Engineering Global Delivery Centre.According to official sources, HCLTech will establish its first AI Data Centre in Odisha at the Sovereign AI Park in partnership with Sarvam AI. The project, estimated at around Rs 14,257 crore.The proposed AI Data Centre will offer secure, scalable and inclusive digital infrastructure for the govt, research institutions, startups and enterprises. Officials…

COIMBATORE: Bharathiar University is planning to establish a separate hostel for transgender students to address accommodation challenges they face. A proposal for this initiative is expected to be presented before the syndicate for approval. Currently, some transgender students pursuing postgraduate programmes in the university have reported difficulties in finding accommodation in private hostels or houses. A transwoman was initially denied admission to the university but was later accepted following public outcry. However, she faced further difficulties in securing accommodation nearby and ultimately had to rent a house in Vellalore, which is more than 25 km away from the university. As…

Dibrugarh: The district administration has partially eased restrictions on heavy vehicles within city limits amid flyover construction.An order issued Friday by district commissioner and District Road Safety Committee chairperson Bikram Kairi modifies the June 9 directive restricting heavy and medium vehicles to 9 pm-6 am.Light commercial goods vehicles may now operate in the city round the clock, easing transport problems for small traders and businesses. Heavy vehicles carrying essential goods may enter on Sundays, while the night-time restriction will remain on other working days.Heavy-loading vehicles operated by the Dibrugarh Municipal Corporation (DMC) have been exempted, enabling sanitation, waste collection and…

Pune: The irrigation department on Thursday evening began releasing water from the Khadakwasla dam into the Mutha river at a rate of 4,000 cusec after the reservoir’s live storage hit 100% at 1.97 TMC, following continuous heavy rainfall over the past two days.With this, collective storage in four dams in the Khadakwasla circle reached 21.7 TMC (nearly 75% of total capacity) after increasing by about 1.5 TMC in the 24 hours ending Thursday evening. The total stock has climbed from 3.65 TMC (around 12.5%) on June 30 to 21.7 TMC now — a gain of 18 TMC over 23 days,…

Chandigarh: The US authorities have arrested Harmanveer Singh, who is linked to a drug network involving Canada-based alleged drug lord Ravinder Singh Dhanda, in Stockton, California, bringing the total number of arrests under Operation Hard Ball to 28 across three federal indictments.The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Harmanveer was captured on Tuesday by the California Highway Patrol two days after it issued a wanted poster. Wanted for conspiracy to distribute and export controlled substances, he was named in a federal arrest warrant issued in California on June 23. According to the FBI, the Vancouver-based Ravinder Dhanda organised crime group…

Lucknow: A panel of public health experts on Friday endorsed a roadmap for institutional reforms aimed at strengthening Uttar Pradesh’s public health system, with the proposed State Health Systems Resource Centre-Uttar Pradesh (SHSRC-UP) set to function as a permanent technical institution supporting evidence-based policymaking and health system reforms.The recommendations emerged at the conclusion of a two-day roundtable organised by the department of hospital administration at SGPGIMS in collaboration with the State Transformation Commission. The deliberations focused on translating the gaps identified during the first day’s discussions into an implementation strategy for the proposed resource centre.The panel identified non-communicable diseases, digital…

Patna: Patliputra University (PPU) has declared the results of its Master of Laws (LLM) examination within three days of the conclusion of the exams, setting what university officials described as a record turnaround time. The results for the 2024-26 session were announced on Friday.PPU examination controller Manoj Kumar said 200 candidates appeared for the LLM examination, which concluded on July 21. Nearly 99% of the candidates cleared the examination.According to university officials, the swift result declaration was made possible through expedited evaluation and result-processing measures undertaken by the examination department.PPU registrar Abu Bakar said the timely publication of results was…

Kharra Addresses Pending Local Bodies Elections in RajasthanPreparations at the government level for the municipal elections are complete; property businessmen submitted a memorandum to the minister regarding their demandsBHILWARA: UDH Minister Jhabbar Singh Kharra Friday inspected the urban public service camp at the Bhilwara UIT office. The inspection took place against a backdrop of tension outside the office, where local property businessmen, led by Mahesh Soni, organised a protest to voice their concerns.The protesters accused officials from the Bhilwara Urban Improvement Trust (UIT) of corruption and inefficiency, demanding immediate action to address their grievances. In response, Minister Kharra advised the…

Nagpur: Private chartered flight movements at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport more than tripled between 2021 and 2025, crossing 5,400 last year, with April, May, Nov and Dec accounting for nearly half of all domestic charter traffic, information obtained by TOI revealed.Domestic charter arrivals and departures climbed from 1,588 in 2021 to 5,439 in 2025, a rise of nearly three and a half times in five years.The data shows a sharp and repeating seasonal pattern. April, May, Nov and Dec were each busier than the year’s average month in four of the five years. Together, these four months accounted for…

Ranchi: Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) has launched a stricter safety and enforcement drive across the city, directing field engineers to prevent unsafe low tension (LT) connections, substandard wiring and unauthorised use of electricity.In an official communication issued on Thursday to all superintending, executive and assistant electrical engineers, Manmohan Kumar, general manager, JBVNL Electric Supply Area, Ranchi, ordered rigorous compliance with safety and quality standards while releasing new LT service connections and inspecting existing installations.Kumar told TOI, “These measures are critical to ensuring public safety, ensuring reliable power supply, and preventing electrical accidents arising out of defective or improper…