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Nagpur: Railway quarters built at Ajni are showing signs of deterioration barely four years after construction, raising serious questions over project quality.The Central Railway Mazdoor Sangh (CRMS) said 96 quarters, constructed in 2021-22, have already developed problems, with employees complaining of peeling plaster and rainwater seeping through roofs.Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (DCM), Central Railway, Aman Mittal said the quarters were built by the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), and the complaints had been forwarded to it. “An inspection will be carried out, after which further course of action will be decided,” he added.Employees who have spent years in ageing railway…
Several students fainted on the way to BDO office and were taken to Satgawan community health centre for medical attention Koderma: Around 200 students of a govt-run residential girls’ school in Koderma district’s Satgawan block staged an 8-km march to the block office on Friday over poor quality food and an alleged decline in academic standards.The students, from classes VIII to XII, submitted their grievances to the office. Carrying placards and raising slogans, the girls braved the heat, with several students fainting on the way and being taken to Satgawan community health centre for medical attention.The protest highlighted discontent among…
Surat: A 48-year-old man has been arrested after a woman alleged that he had been blackmailing and sexually assaulting her since the last seven years.The accused, who is married and has eight children, including seven daughters, allegedly morphed photographs of himself with the victim and circulated them on social media by creating a group, police said.According to the FIR, accused Mamaiya Vatukiya came into contact with the victim’s father in 2019 while carrying out furniture work at his house. The two subsequently developed family relations.The accused allegedly obtained screenshots of the victim’s chats with a boy and used them to…
Varanasi: A Banaras Hindu University (BHU) research project is examining the socio-economic challenges confronting artisans of Toda embroidery, a unique indigenous craft of Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiri Hills, while exploring strategies for market expansion and policy support to ensure the long-term sustainability of the traditional art form and strengthen artisan livelihoods.The project, titled “Sustaining Toda Embroidery: Cultural Heritage, Market Expansion and Policy Interventions,” is being carried out under the ICSSR Special Call for Project Viksit Bharat @ 2047. The two-year project has been sanctioned with a total grant of ₹16 lakh and was also presented at the ICSSR, New Delhi.Toda embroidery,…
IIT Kharagpur’s Houston Centre Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur is expanding its academic footprint to the global stage with the launch of a two-day in-person Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme for engineers and scientists at its Houston outreach centre.As the institute celebrates its platinum jubilee, the initiative signals a transition from 75 years of nation-building to a new era of global knowledge leadership.The programme was inaugurated on Friday. A two-day boot camp for engineers and scientists will be held on Saturday and Sunday.“The initiative assumes particular significance as Houston is one of two international locations, along with Dubai, where the IIT Kharagpur Board…
They came to Penn State from across the US, varsity athletes and top students drawn to the university’s strong academic reputation and social opportunities.Agostino Abbatiello graduated from a prestigious Catholic all-boys’ school on Long Island, New York. During high school, he listed himself as a “life coach” – the type who lived by the school’s moral code of doing “the right thing at the right time because it is the right thing to do, regardless of who is watching”.At Penn State, however, his adherence to that motto has come under question.Abbatiello, 24, was arrested and charged this week, accused of…
Eight-time Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt has registered to play for a veterans’ Sunday league football team in Manchester.The Football Association’s Full-Time website has the 40-year-old Jamaican as a registered player for Wythenshawe Vets FC, who play in the Premier Division of the Cheshire Veterans Football League.The over-35s team based in south Manchester attracted attention last year for assembling a squad full of former Premier League players.Wythenshawe’s squad for this season includes former professionals such as England and Liverpool striker Emile Heskey, Everton striker Oumar Niasse, Manchester United captain Antonio Valencia, Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse, Manchester City duo Stephen Ireland…
Hayden Panettiere was 16 when drugs first arrived in her life in Hollywood.Ahead of a red carpet event for the hit series Heroes, she has said someone on her team handed her a pill to help amp up her energy. The hit sci-fi NBC series had catapulted the teen into a household name – and that brought with it intense pressure and exhaustion she says felt overwhelming.”Within minutes, a wave of energy washed over me, like I’d just woken up from the most refreshing night’s sleep of my life,” Panettiere wrote about that pill in her memoir, which was released…
Australia’s Mitchell Starc (L) celebrates with teammates after taking his fifth wicket for the innings when he dismissed Bangladesh’s Litton Das during the first day of the second cricket Test match between Australia and Bangladesh at the Great Barrier Reef Stadium in Mackay on August 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Australian paceman Mitchell Starc took five wickets in his first four overs of the second test against Bangladesh in a brutal spell of swing bowling on a bouncy, Gabba-style wicket in Mackay, Queensland on Saturday (August 22, 2026).The left-armer removed both Bangladesh openers, captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and wicketkeeper…
The 10 years Pep Guardiola spent at Manchester City represent one of the greatest acts of dynasty-building in the sporting universe.Not only did the Catalan coach City to six Premier League titles, five League Cups, three FA Cups, one UEFA Champions League crown and one at the FIFA Club World Cup, he did so by assembling multiple great sides, revolutionising tactics, and constantly reinventing himself.Dominant reignGuardiola’s six Premier League trophies are second only to Alex Ferguson’s 13 at Manchester United, and even in the four years when City did not win the top prize, it stayed in the top three.…