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New Delhi: Delhi has emerged as the largest consumer of electricity at public charging stations (PCS), even though UP has the highest number of electric vehicles in the country.Between April and Nov 2025, the city consumed nearly 240 million units (MU), about one-fourth of the 993 MU of electricity used at PCS to charge electric vehicles, signifying high usage. As per the transport ministry’s Vahan dashboard, nearly 80 lakh electric vehicles (pure EVs and battery-operated vehicles) are registered in the country till date, of which just 4.8 lakh, or 6%, are in Delhi.While UP has 15.2 lakh electric vehicles, Maharashtra…
Bengaluru: A local court Friday directed Criminal Investigation Department sleuths to get a detailed heart check-up done for arrested KR Pura MLA BA Basavaraja. Another accused in the rowdy murder case, advocate Ajit, has been sent to seven-day custody of CID police.The CID, probing the murder of 40-year-old rowdy-sheeter Biklu Shiva, arrested Basavaraja and Ajit Thursday evening after they landed at Kempegowda International Airport from Ahmedabad. The CID has already arrested 18 people in connection with the murder on July 15 last year.The two accused were produced separately before the court Friday afternoon. First, Ajit was produced and CID requested…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has asserted that, in admissions to medical courses, the court cannot order additional rounds of counselling to fill vacant seats beyond the last date of admission fixed by the Supreme Court. Issuance of any such direction would be violative of the mandate of the Supreme Court, the HC said.The first bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan passed the order while allowing an appeal moved by the Union health ministry challenging a single judge order dated Sept 18, 2025, ordering the conduct of additional counselling to fill vacant seats under NEET…
Doctors at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) who conducted the surgery Bhubaneswar: Doctors at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) saved a man’s leg from a possible amputation by performing a below-knee advanced endovascular atherectomy using Jetstream technology, hospital officials said.The procedure was carried out on Tuesday by Dr Sambit Kumar Pattanayak, consultant in interventional radiology. SUMUM said the intervention marked a significant step forward in minimally invasive vascular care.According to Dr Pattanayak, the patient had severe blockage in the arteries of the leg, a condition that can become limb-threatening if circulation is not restored in time. He said such blockages can lead…
Mangaluru: The district health department is set to convene fresh awareness meetings with stakeholders managing hostel facilities across the district, following recent reports of food poisoning at NITK Surathkal.Sources from educational institutions said incidents of suspected food poisoning continue to be reported in hostels, with small groups of students occasionally falling ill. While most cases are said to be mild, the recurring nature of such incidents has raised concerns over food safety standards and enforcement mechanisms.Officials noted that awareness drives were conducted in the past whenever cases were reported. However, despite repeated advisories, instances have continued to surface.The head of…
Mysuru: Karnataka’s first Multi-Skill Development Centre (MSDC), which was set up by the state govt in Choranahalli in the Varuna assembly segment represented by CM Siddaramaiah, is yet to take off.The state govt announced setting up of the facility in the 2024 budget at a cost of Rs 135 crore. Though a two-storeyed building was constructed at Choranahalli, MSDC is yet to start functioning.The skill development, entrepreneurship and livelihood department was prepared to operate the centre with the support of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and the Govt Tools and Training Centre (GTTC), but the delay in procuring the equipment and…
Chandigarh: Leader of opposition in Punjab Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa on Friday condemned the reported attempts to expel Rahul Gandhi, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, terming it a dangerous precedent that strikes at the core of India’s democratic framework.Bajwa said Parliament is the highest forum of accountability in a democracy, and raising questions on behalf of the people could not be treated as an offence. “If asking questions in Parliament becomes a crime, then democracy itself stands on trial. Rahul Gandhi, as leader of opposition, has a constitutional responsibility to question the govt on matters of national importance.…
Lucknow: A day after the state govt presented its biggest budget ever, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday changed the cover image on his social media account.”The image of the CM with a BrahMos missile signals the growing strength of ‘Naya UP’ and conveys the message of a ‘Hard Power vision’,” a govt spokesperson said. “This message from the CM on his social media handle indicates that through BrahMos manufacturing in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh has, on one hand, emerged as a rising global hub of defence production while, on the other, it also presents to the people of the state…
Jamshedpur: Four men were arrested from parts of Jamshedpur in connection with the murder of the city-based trader Kanhaiya Yadav on Feb 11, the police said on Friday. A firearm and pellets were recovered from them.SSP Piyush Pandey said a fight between Kanhaiya’s son Rahul and a local youth, Sumit Singh, escalated into a quarrel between their two families, which led to the murder. “There is a history of enmity between the two families, and the recent fight between Rahul and Sumit was the trigger,” the SSP said.Besides 24-year-old Sumit, Gurupreet Singh (24), Amrik Singh (26) and Raza Alam (24)…
Emails show the high-flying attorney likened the convicted paedophile to “an older brother” and accepted luxury gifts. Source link