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Times News NetworkChennai: A team of experts from IIT Madras will assist the CBSE in fixing technical glitches in its portal for revaluation process for Class XII students.The team will work alongside experts from IIT Kanpur to improve the technical workflow. An announcement to this effect was made by Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday.While IIT-M is yet to respond to TOI’s queries on what role it would play in the process, a release from the Union ministry said the expert teams will examine portal stability and server performance, assess the overall robustness of the IT infrastructure, and assist…
Mangaluru: In a timely humane intervention, Panambur police rescued a farmer from Hassan district who was allegedly attempting to jump into the Phalguni river near Kulur bridge on Friday.City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH stated that a resident of a village near Shravanabelagola, Channarayapatna taluk of Hassan district, reportedly left his house without informing anyone due to health issues and minor financial difficulties, and refused to disclose his whereabouts to his family. He is said to have repeatedly told them that he intended to end his life.After learning that he was near Panambur Beach, relatives contacted Panambur police inspector…
Patna: Even as the monthlong summer vacation has already commenced in Patna University (PU) colleges and postgraduate (PG) departments from Saturday until June 21, the university is gearing up to hold all its examinations of undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate academic programmes during the vacation itself.For UG students, the third-year final (semester VI) examinations of the session 2023-27 in arts, science and commerce streams, which were earlier scheduled for May 23, have now been postponed to June 2. According to the revised examination schedule, the examinations will be held from June 2 to 9, PU examination controller Benoy Kumar Lal said.“For…
Deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday announced that a Rs5 lakh insurance scheme for 1.15 crore families in the state will be launched on June 2, marking Telangana Formation Day. Pic: Chitti Babu Hyderabad: Deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday announced that a ₹5 lakh insurance scheme for 1.15 crore families in the state will be launched on June 2, marking Telangana Formation Day.Named ‘Indiramma Bima’, the scheme will provide ₹5 lakh compensation to families in the event of the accidental death of the head of the household.“Officials will soon visit every household to collect details of the…
Chennai: About half of the biomining work at the Perungudi dumpyard has been completed, and a new composting facility at the site is expected to be ready by June 30.The biomining project at the 225-acre dumpyard, launched in 2021 at a cost of ₹350 crore, has so far reclaimed 94 acres, GCC commissioner Dr G S Sameeran said. The dumpyard has been divided into six remediation packages, of which packages 3, 4, and 5 have been completed. He instructed officials to expedite the remaining work under the second phase.The second phase of the project, costing ₹53.6 crore, involves processing 5.5…
GRP personnel at Mancheswar railway station Bhubaneswar: A 19-year-old youth was seriously injured on coming in contact with high-voltage overhead electric (OHE) system while allegedly trying to shoot a social media reel at Mancheswar railway station in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. He is undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar.The incident occurred around 5.50 am when Rameswar Dashera of Chittorgarh in Rajasthan allegedly climbed on a stationary goods train at the station, railway police sources said.According to Ashok Gochhayat, inspector at the Govt Railway Police (GRP) station in Bhubaneswar, Dashera arrived at Mancheswar with four friends and alighted from a passenger train in…
Image used for representation Motihari: The Muffasil police on Sunday arrested Robin Kumar, said to be boyfriend of Rimi Kumari, a third year student of Motihari Engineering College (MEC), who had allegedly died by suicide by hanging inside her hostel room of the college on May 21.Principal of the MEC, Navneet Kumar, told the police that when the girl`s room door was broken in the afternoon she was found sitting unconscious on a chair. He denied that she had hanged herself. She was taken to a private nursing home by students where she could not be saved. However, the SHO…
Image used for representation Patna: Angered by the killing of a 23-year-old youth in Siwan district, villagers blocked Nautan-Jagdishpur road on Sunday morning, demanding the arrest of the accused and the visit of the SP to the spot. The victim was shot dead outside his house in Rampur village under Nautan police station area in the district late Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Bullet Ansari, son of Nasrullah Ansari.According to family members, around armed assailants arrived near Bullet Ansari’s house and attacked him. Hearing the commotion, his father rushed to the spot. The assailants then allegedly opened fire in…
File pic of Pandeshwar railway level crossing in Mangaluru Mangaluru: The Southern Railway, which approved the development of the Pandeshwar level crossing road into a 4-lane road, is mulling over constructing a road over bridge (ROB) at the location.The level crossing in the city has been causing inconvenience to thousands of commuters as it remains closed more than 10 times a day to facilitate the movement of trains. At a meeting chaired by Union minister of state for railways V Somanna, on Saturday, officials suggested that an ROB will be a lasting solution at the location. Officials informed the minister…
Villagers in Guhya and Nellihudikeri complained of wild elephants straying into coffee plantations, prompting a forest department drive Madikeri: Foresters in Kodagu faced a tense situation on Saturday when a herd of wild elephants charged at them during an operation to drive the animals out of coffee estates in Guhya village.At the start of the operation, the elephants turned aggressive and attacked the team, forcing forest staff to retreat temporarily.The drive was launched following repeated complaints from villagers about elephants straying into coffee plantations in Guhya and nearby Nellihudikeri villages. Forest department officials and personnel carried out the operation from…