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Chennai: For the past five days, people have been unable to contact Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (TNPDCL) officials to register complaints as their phone numbers have become defunct.TNPDCL is replacing the existing Airtel closed user group (CUG) connections of 3,110 field engineers and officers with new Reliance Jio SIMs. “Our previous telecom contractor Airtel did not allow migration to a different network with number portability, in violation of TRAI guidelines,” said a TNPDCL official.TNPDCL chairman and MD V Arun Roy said that the new numbers will be active in a day or two.TNPDCL has 21,953 CUG mobile connections,…
Diploma engineering seat admissions Ahmedabad: All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has extended the deadline for admissions to technical courses by one month, providing relief to students and colleges with vacant seats. Following the extension, the diploma engineering admission committee is preparing to conduct additional rounds to fill 3,462 vacant seats in govt colleges across Gujarat.According to admission committee sources, the proposal seeking permission to begin the fresh admission process has been forwarded to the concerned department. The official schedule is expected to be announced within the next two days after receiving approval.The committee is likely to conduct two additional…
A bull in middle of NH-16 at Palasuni in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: In the wake of frequent accidents involving stray cattle on highways, road safety experts have raised alarm over the absence of sustained measures to keep animals off the carriageways. According to transport department sources, in the past three years at least 1,800 people and 260 animals have been killed in collisions across Odisha.“Last Sept, the transport department convened a meeting with stakeholders, including NHAI, public works, housing and urban development and the fisheries and animal resources development departments, to prepare an action plan for cattle‑free highways. But no tangible…
The interchange is expected to separate through traffic from local movements and improve travel between Delhi and Sohna Gurgaon: The proposed interchange at Rajiv Chowk is moving closer to execution.The tender for the project — aimed at easing one of the city’s busiest traffic bottlenecks — is likely to be invited by March 2027. The development was shared during a review meeting chaired by Haryana’s principal adviser (urban development) DS Dhesi on Wednesday.NHAI has proposed a dedicated two-lane left-turn flyover with paved shoulders for traffic travelling from Delhi towards Sohna Road.Similarly, a second-level three-lane right-turn flyover above the existing NH8…
Dibrugarh: A woman teacher engaged in census enumeration work was injured after she was allegedly attacked by a pet dog, reportedly a German Shepherd, in Ward 7 of Dergaon town in Golaghat district of Assam on Tuesday afternoon.Trishna Jyoti Saikia, a teacher at Dergaon Girls’ Higher Secondary School, was conducting house enumeration alone when the dog allegedly pounced on her. According to Saikia, the dog had been left unleashed by its owner, Junti Bora, who was not at home at the time.The attack left Saikia semi-conscious and caused deep wounds to her right leg and scratch injuries to both hands.…
Kanpur: Police detained 12 persons near a liquor shop at Ramadevi Chauraha in Chakeri area on Tuesday night after finding them drinking in public amid complaints of liquor being sold beyond the permitted 10pm closing time.The action followed complaints that English and country liquor was being sold late night at higher prices at shops located near Chakeri police station.ADCP East Shiva Singh conducted an inspection of Ramadevi Chauraha and found people drinking alcohol in the open and alerted senior police officers. A police team subsequently reached the spot and detained 12 people. The detained persons were taken to the police…
Noida: Raman Raj, an engineer accused of murdering 19-year-old Assam resident Mahak Ahmed at a paying guest accommodation in Barola village, will likely be brought to the city after Aug 26. Raj, a native of Katihar in Bihar, was sent to judicial custody by a local court there following his arrest in Bihar on Aug 11.Noida police have initiated proceedings to obtain a B-warrant for his transfer. A hearing on the application could not be completed as local police were unavailable. A Katihar court has now fixed Aug 26 as the next date of hearing. Sector 49 police station SHO…
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Panaji: Deepak Surlakar, father of Mandar Surlakar, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay high court’s order granting premature release to life convicts Rohan Dhungat, Shankar Tiwari and Ryan Pinto in his son’s 2006 kidnapping and murder case.Surlakar’s petition, along with the state’s plea challenging the convicts’ premature release, came up before the SC on Tuesday. The apex court issued notice in the state’s special leave petition (SLP). To avoid conflicting rulings, the court said both petitions should be heard by one division bench and directed that the matters be placed before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate…
At the recently held 51st Chandigarh State Shooting Championship, Bansal won four medals- two golds in the senior category, in the 50-metre and 10-metre air pistol events, besides a silver in the 50-metre event and a bronze in the 10-metre event in the masters category. Chandigarh: At 67, Suman Bansal has finally found the time to do something she had wanted to do as a child: shoot.Two years ago, after spending most of her adult life as a homemaker, Bansal discussed her childhood dream with her husband, that she once left behind. He did not dismiss it as a whim.…