Madurai: VO Chidambaranar Port has berthed its longest container ship, the 335.23-metre MV CMA CGM THORIUM, at Tuticorin International Container Terminal (TICT), surpassing the 304-metre record set by MV MSC Michaela in December 2025.The vessel, with a beam of 51 metres, arrived with a draft of 13.5 metres from Santos, Brazil, and will next proceed…
Patna: The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) collected around Rs93.68 lakh property tax from all six circles on Tuesday as part of its revenue enhancement drive. Patliputra circle recorded the highest collection at Rs67.99 lakh from 129 properties.A total of 113 properties were assessed for tax during the campaign, while 35 properties underwent self-reassessment. Another 13…
NEW DELHI: IPS officer Sanjukta Parashar, called the ‘Iron Lady of Assam’, has become the first woman officer to lead CRPF’s jungle warfare commando unit, CoBRA.Parashar, a 2006-batch officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, earned the moniker of Iron Lady after leading the crackdown against militant outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland in 2013-14 as the…
Police took him to the border three times, but the BSF could not deport him as he maintained he was an Indian citizen. Kolkata: A 70-year-old man who spent nearly three months in a holding centre and jail after being detained on June 20 on suspicion of being an illegal Bangladeshi national was granted bail…
Asgar Ali Vora met the PM on Sept 8 and sought his intervention in the land dispute Bhayander: Days after an 81-year-old Mira Road resident met his schoolmate, PM Narendra Modi, alleging encroachment of his land in Bhayander by a construction firm owned by BJP MLA Narendra Mehta, the politician said on Tuesday that he…
New Delhi: Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has asked the Delhi govt and NCR state govts to ensure that no physical sporting activities or competitions are scheduled during Nov-Dec period due to the air quality trends. CAQM issued a similar order last year following the order of Supreme Court.In an order dated Sept 10,…
Smita Goel, COO, RTP Global Chennai: Early-stage global venture capital firm RTP Global announced the elevation of Smita Goel to chief operating officer (COO) of its Asia operations, formalising an expanded role that builds on her existing responsibilities across the firm’s finance and operations in the region. Over the last four years, Smita has been…
Patna: Even after his death, 60-year-old Kodai Mahto’s eyes will continue to help others see the world. His son Jitendra Mahto, a daily wage worker from Bettiah, decided to donate his father’s eyes after his death at Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH).Following counselling by PMCH Eye Bank team members Rishikesh and Gonu Jha, Jitendra consented…
Dumka: AIIMS Deoghar has successfully performed its first-ever awake craniotomy for the removal of a brain tumour, marking a major milestone in the institute’s neurosurgical services, it said in a statement on Tuesday.An awake craniotomy is a specialised brain surgery in which the patient remains conscious during crucial stages of the procedure. It is primarily…
Ranchi: While paying tributes to Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya on the 59th Engineers’ Day programme, Jharkhand Engineering Services Association (JESA) on Tuesday also raised a series of demands for their smooth functioning in the state.Ministers Yogendra Prasad, Dipika Pandey and Hafizul Hasan, departmental secretaries Arva Rajkamal and Abu Imran and senior engineering officials were present…
