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Bengaluru: Aurum PropTech will acquire Housing.com for Rs 458 crore in an all-stock deal that will give Australian digital property company REA Group a 24.9% stake in the listed Indian firm.Aurum’s board on Thursday approved the acquisition of 100% of Locon Solutions, which owns Housing.com, from REA India. Aurum will issue 1.98 crore shares at Rs 231.4 apiece to the seller instead of paying cash.REA already owns 5.5% of Aurum. Its holding will rise to 24.9% after the share allotment. The transaction requires shareholder and regulatory approvals and is expected to close by September 30.Aurum will separately issue 51 lakh…

Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao on Monday accused the Congress govt of pushing Telangana towards a severe power crisis due to its lack of foresight and failure in governance. He said farmers staged protests in front of electricity substations in 11 districts on Monday, expressing their anger over frequent power disruptions. Harish Rao said unscheduled and unannounced power cuts have become a daily norm across the state, causing hardships to farmers, students, traders and people from all sections of society.“The crisis is entirely man-made and result of Congress govt’s failure to maintain adequate coal stocks for thermal power stations.…

KRISHNAGIRI: More than 10 people suffered injuries when a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus rammed a granite-laden truck at Attakurikki in Krishnagiri district in the early hours of Thursday. The accident caused a severe traffic jam on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway that lasted almost two hours. The accident happened when the TNSTC bus was heading towards Hosur from Tindivanam. The bus rammed a truck that was trying to cross the highway. Bus driver K Mohan, 47, of Krishnagiri suffered leg fracture in the accident. “The driver and the other injured were rushed to Krishnagiri Government Medical College and…

Battery energy storage system BESS Ahmedabad: Waaree Energy Storage Solutions (Waaree ESS), a subsidiary of Waaree Energies Ltd, has commissioned a 5.15GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) container manufacturing facility as part of its planned 20 GWh energy storage manufacturing capacity.The company has raised the facility’s capacity from the originally planned 3.5GWh to 5.15GWh by improving production throughput and using battery cells with higher energy density, it said on Thursday.The facility will manufacture BESS containers for utility-scale and commercial as well as industrial applications. It is equipped with automated assembly lines, automated guided vehicles, material handling systems and testing and…

Naresh Chandra PattanayakKeonjhar: More than 50,000 devotees on Thursday witnessed Rath Yatra of Lord Sri Sri Baladevjew, one of the oldest car festivals in Odisha. They pulled the 72-foot-tall chariot, Nandighosha, carrying Lord Baladevjew, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath, along the 1-km-long Bada Danda from Sri Baladevjew Temple to Sri Gundicha Temple.Grand Road turned into a sea of humanity as devotees thronged the route for a glimpse of the deities. The festival also offered a rare sight of Devi Subhadra, whose idol is red in Keonjhar, unlike the yellow-coloured deity worshipped in Puri and most other places.Earlier in the day,…

ERODE: A special task force comprising Erode district administrative officials on Thursday sealed 21 unauthorized resorts in the buffer zones of the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve on Thursday.The task force comprising three teams sealed the resorts as directed by the Madras high court which acted on a public interest litigation filed by environmental activist R Karpagam of Coimbatore. The petitioner successfully argued that multiple resorts were operating illegally in the Hasanur, Germalam, and Thalavadi panchayats without acquiring mandatory clearances from the Hill Area Conservation Authority and the National Board for Wildlife.“Operating in the ecologically sensitive buffer zones of the Sathyamangalam Tiger…

Retail grocery seller Arun Deka (in purple shirt) Guwahati: Rising grocery prices are stretching household budgets across Guwahati, with kitchen staples turning costlier since June.Eggs have recorded the sharpest rise. A tray of 30 now sells for Rs 250-260, up from Rs 190-200 in June — an increase of nearly 31%. Premium eggs have become around 16% more expensive.Staples have also seen steady increases, said Arun Deka, a retail grocer in Ulubari. A 26kg bag of rice now costs Rs 1,560-2,080, against Rs 1,300-1,924 in June, an average rise of about 13%. Mustard oil has become over 8% costlier, sugar…

Mangaluru: An unidentified person allegedly attacked a woman with a sharp weapon near the KSRTC New bus stand at BC Road in Bantwal on Thursday evening, leaving her seriously injured. The accused fled the scene after the attack.According to police, the incident occurred around 6 pm, when the woman, believed to be between 21 and 25 years old, was waiting for a bus near the KSRTC New bus stand at BC Road. The injured woman was immediately shifted to the Bantwal Govt Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment.Personnel from the Bantwal Town police station visited the spot and have launched…

Patna: An 80-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by his elder son over a land dispute in Samastipur district on Wednesday night. The accused fled after the incident and police have launched a search to arrest him.The deceased was identified as Domi Panjiyar of Dahiyar village under Shivajinagar police station area. The accused, Anil Panjiyar (48), lives in a house adjoining the family’s ancestral home.According to the victim’s younger son, Subodh Panjiyar, the dispute began after Anil allegedly sold around 15 dhur of land in Darbhanga without informing other family members. When Domi questioned him, tensions escalated between father…

Ajmer: Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University (MDSU) Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ajmer Municipal Corporation (AMC) under which students will receive academic credit for internships.The internships will provide undergraduate and postgraduate students hands-on training in urban planning, solid waste management, public health, civic administration, community development, water conservation and sustainable development.Vice-Chancellor Prof Suresh Kumar Agarwal said the initiative aligns with the University Grants Commission’s internship guidelines and the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.“Undergraduate and postgraduate students will receive practical training in projects related to urban planning and civic administration. The collaboration will provide direct work experience, research…