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NEW DELHI: Shubham Gautam hails from Narora, a town located on the banks of the Ganga River in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh. Narora is famous for its nuclear power plant, operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).In the NPCIL campus, Ankit Kumar Rajput runs a cricket academy, where he first spotted Shubham Gautam, a fast bowler who earlier this year won the speed hunt organised by the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) and went on to become one of the most expensive players in the UPT20 League when Noida Kings roped him in for Rs…

MUMBAI: A govt college is under scrutiny for allegedly outsourcing its courses to private entities to run high-fee courses from its campus even as aided programmes were cut back to make room for them.The state has ordered an inquiry into Sydenham College after a complaint alleged that two self-financed programmes, together potentially generating around Rs 11 crore annually, were being run through private entities for years using govt-funded infrastructure.The state has formed an inquiry panel.”We have formed a three-member high-profile committee under the chairmanship of Mumbai University provice-chancellor Ajay Bhamare. He has been asked to submit his findings in a…

Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi on Wednesday morning, bringing relief to residents from the humid heat.The city recorded a minimum temperature of 28.4 degrees Celsius, according to the weather office. Safdarjung also recorded 28.4 degrees Celsius, while Palam recorded 22.4 degrees Celsius, 3.8 degrees below normal.Lodi Road recorded a minimum of 27.6 degrees Celsius, 2.6 degrees above normal. The Ridge recorded 23.6 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal, while Ayanagar recorded 26.1 degrees Celsius, 0.1 degree above normal.Palam received 64.2 mm of rain in the 24 hours till 8.30am on Wednesday,…

Bengaluru: Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) veterinary officers’ recruitment scam is widening, with many candidates reportedly confessing before Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and revealing details of the question paper leak, payments running into crores and exams purportedly being conducted at a villa in Devanahalli and other places.According to police, the candidates who allegedly paid money have surrendered before CID, confessing to the irregularities and turning witnesses in the case. The statements of at least four candidates have been recorded so far. They reportedly told investigators they received the question paper before the examination and were made to write it at…

Hyderabad: In a major relief to the govt, Telangana high court on Tuesday stayed a single judge’s interim order that had put on hold the state’s flagship marriage assistance scheme, Kalyana Lakshmi-Shaadi Mubarak, while also suspending further proceedings in the writ petition.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin passed the order while hearing an appeal filed by the state govt against the single judge’s ruling. “There shall be a stay of the interim order and further proceedings in the writ petition (before the single judge) also,” the bench said.Advocate general A Sudarshan Reddy, appearing…

Chennai: Former DMK minister Thangam Thennarasu on Tuesday rejected Congress floor leader Tharahai Cuthbert’s charge that the then DMK govt had denied land on Marina Beach for former chief minister K Kamaraj’s memorial. He said there was no request raised for Kamaraj’s memorial in Marina and termed Cuthbert’s charge as ‘factually incorrect’.Thennarasu cited the statement of then Congress leaders Pazha Nedumaran and Rajaram Naidu, and said former chief minister M Karunanidhi had personally ensured Kamaraj was accorded full state honours and made arrangements for his memorial.Cuthbert alleged on Monday that the then DMK govt had denied a place on Marina…

Ahmedabad: After a six-month delay, AMC finally launched the smart flap-parking system for four-wheelers on Tuesday along CG Road, stretching from Stadium Crossroads to Panchvati Crossroads. Two hundred and eighty parking units have been installed, and citizens can pay to use them by scanning a QR code. No parking fee will be charged for four-wheelers for the first five minutes, after which the charge will be Rs 20 per hour.An AMC official stated: “When citizens park in a designated slot, a sensor-based flap barrier will rise to lock the vehicle.” The official said when citizens retrieve their vehicles, the system…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has emerged as the first state in the country to record excess rainfall this monsoon, with a series of low-pressure systems over the Bay of Bengal pushing its rainfall 27% above normal.The state received 1,170.3 mm of rain between June 1 and September 1, against the normal of 922.3 mm, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data. IMD considers rainfall to be excess when it is 20% or more above normal.Odisha has already crossed its seasonal monsoon quota of 1,150 mm, with nearly a month of the season still remaining.“We are the only state to have got excess…

The employees said salaries had been delayed repeatedly for nearly two years, forcing them to face financial difficulties and uncertainty over household expensesThe employees said salaries had been delayed repeatedly for nearly two years, forcing them to face financial difficulties and uncertainty over household expensesThe employees said salaries had been delayed repeatedly for nearly two years, forcing them to face financial difficulties and uncertainty over household expensesThe employees said salaries had been delayed repeatedly for nearly two years, forcing them to face financial difficulties and uncertainty over household expensesThe employees said salaries had been delayed repeatedly for nearly two years,…

Guwahati: Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), the apex body representing the Kuki-Zo community, has directed all Kuki-Zo MLAs not to travel to Imphal to attend the Manipur legislative assembly session scheduled to begin on Sept 2, pending a political settlement on the Kuki-Zo demand for a separate administration.The Kuki-Zo community currently has nine representatives in the 60-member Assembly — six from BJP, including deputy CM Nemcha Kipgen; two from Kuki People’s Alliance (KPA); and one independent. Another legislator from the community, BJP MLA Vungzagin Valte, died at a hospital in Gurgaon in Feb after a long battle with injuries he sustained…