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Bengaluru: As many as 2,357 students have registered for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-PG in Karnataka after the cut-off percentile was lowered.The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences lowered the qualifying cut-off for general/EWS (economically weaker sections) candidates from the 50th percentile (276 marks out of 800) to 7th percentile (103). For general persons with benchmark disabilities, it was brought down from the 45th percentile (255) to 5th percentile (90). For SC/ST/OBC candidates, it was reduced to 0 percentile, which meant a student with -40 marks out of 800 could also qualify.Bengaluru News Techie Killed Abroad, Ward Borders, RCB Support,…

Cleared: dkHyderabad: After the recent gram panchayat elections, over 52 lakh urban voters are set to give their mandate in 123 urban local bodies (ULBs) — 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations — with polling scheduled between 7am and 5pm on Wednesday. The elections will be conducted using ballot papers, while the results will be announced on Feb 13.Though several political parties are in the fray, the contest is expected to be largely triangular between Congress, BRS and BJP in a majority of the ULBs, and four-cornered in about 15 municipalities and corporations.Nearly 13,000 (12,944) candidates are contesting, including 10,719…

Chennai: Foggy and misty mornings since Sunday may have offered a pleasant start to the week for morning walkers, but they also trapped pollutants close to the ground, spiking air quality in some parts of the city to unhealthy levels. For the last three days, a few monitoring stations recorded air quality index (AQI) values above 100 and 200 at 6am, categorized as ‘moderate’ and ‘poor’. By Tuesday evening, pollution levels worsened, with Kodungaiyur’s AQI breaching 350 and slipping into the ‘very poor’ category. Data from Tuesday (Feb 10) highlighted the spike. At 6am, Kodungaiyur recorded an AQI of 276…

Ahmedabad: A local court acquitted a builder and contractor of criminal charges levelled against them after one of the buildings they constructed in the Satellite area of the city collapsed during the 2001 earthquake, killing two people.According to the case details, builder Rashmin Patel and contractor Bhupendra Patel were booked by Satellite police after one of the four blocks of Sarvadarshan Apartments collapsed on the morning of Jan 26, 2001. They were charged under Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 418 (cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to a person whose interest the offender is bound…

Prayagraj: The Magh Mela has been a huge success, not only attracting over 22 crore devotees for holy dips in the Ganga, but also serving as a platform to spread awareness about govt schemes. This year, over 13 state and central govt departments have set up camps and exhibitions, recording a footfall of over 17 lakh visitors.Among the exhibitions and awareness camps set up by the central and state govts in the mela area, the khadi department’s exhibition and stalls recorded the highest footfall of over 9 lakh people. Prayagraj: Crime Breakthroughs, Digital Leap, Youth Tragedy & Fake Robbery ExposedJawahar…

Accused Dinesh Nayak taken to the crime scene to reconstruct the sequence of events Bhubaneswar: Police have given a clean chit to the woman at whose Chandrasekharpur residence car driver Satyabrata Pradhan was murdered on Monday over a reported love triangle. The development came just a day after Dinesh Nayak, prime suspect in the case, surrendered before police.“No evidence against the woman has come to light, leading to the conclusion that she was not involved directly or indirectly in the crime. Prima facie, Nayak is the lone accused,” said ACP (zone-VI), Sonali Singh Parmar.Police said Nayak, who is an occasional…

NAMAKKAL: A man died and another suffered injuries when a two-wheeler they were travelling on skidded and hit an electric pole near Anangur Government High School in Namakkal district on Wednesday.The deceased has been identified as K Soundarrajan, 26, of Kunnathur Saminathapuram.Soundararajan was riding the two-wheeler while M Kavin, 22, of Chinna Kavundampalayam was riding pillion on it. The accident happened when they were travelling from Paramathi Vellore to Jedarpalayam.”Soundararajan suffered a chest injury and died on the spot,” said an officer at the Jedarpalayam police station. Kavin suffered a fracture on his leg and was admitted to government hospital…

Gurgaon: Chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday asked agencies to fix the stretch linking Dwarka Expressway and Umang Bhardwaj Chowk, which is riddled with deep craters, within 24 hours. When TOI enquired about it with agencies involved, they had one common answer — that’s someone else’s job. The road remained in the same condition on Tuesday, when TOI visited it. Although the 4km stretch falls under MCG, HSIIDC was assigned the task of redeveloping it last year, considering upcoming Global City project nearby. MCG said the chief minister’s instructions were meant for HSIIDC and that the stretch was no…

Guwahati: Members of the Citizens’ United Forum called for a comprehensive audit, high-level investigation into alleged corruption, and an immediate halt on permitting constructions of multi-storey buildings in areas without public water supply, demanding urgent intervention to address the city’s water crisis.On Tuesday, the forum also urged the govt to fix accountability for stalled water projects and ensure access to safe drinking water.No-Trust Move Against LS Speaker, Pawar Becomes Maha Dy CM, Rajpal In Tihar And MoreDeepak Goswami, the chief convenor of the forum, said barely one-third of the city’s households are covered under govt water supply schemes. The remaining…

Vijayapura: The district experienced mild tremor on Tuesday. Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Center (KSNDMC) said in its press release that an earthquake of the magnitude 2.6 was recorded at 11.43am. “The epicentre was 2.4 km from Kannur gram panchayat, Vijayapura taluk. As per the seismic intensity map of the quake from the epicentre, the intensity observed was low, and the tremor could be felt up to a radial distance of 30-40 km from the epicentre,” it stated. “This type of earthquake will not create any harm to the local community, as the intensity observed was low, though there might…