CHENNAI: Four workers were electrocuted and another was injured after they came in contact with a live wire while they were drilling a borewell near the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation petrol bunk on the East Coast Road in Mamallapuram on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Prabhu, 22, of Neikuppi village, Balaji, 33,…
Patna: The urban development and housing department (UDHD) has written to the district magistrates of Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur and Saran, asking them to initiate a social impact assessment (SIA) before the acquisition of land for four proposed greenfield satellite townships.Principal secretary Vinay Kumar issued separate letters to the DMs, directing them to undertake the SIA…
Dumka: A 48-year-old govt doctor was found dead in an inspection bungalow of the state irrigation department in Masanjore on Saturday, police said. The deceased, identified as Dr Shashi Dinkar Minj was a resident of Bariatu in Ranchi. Minj was posted Hazaribag Sadar Hospital. His wife, also a doctor, is currently posted in Jamshedpur. The…
Daltonganj: A 36-year-old woman escaped with injuries after an adult bear accompanied by two cubs attacked her in the Mahuadarn range of Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) on Friday evening, officials said. This was the third bear attack in a week.Sources said Ismita Nagesia and her husband, Ramesh, were returning home to Longra Tola hamlet in…
Abdullah said he had given the Centre time to fulfil its promise of restoring statehood after his government took office, but claimed that “the reality is that they want to keep the situation like this”. NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday stepped up his demand for the restoration of statehood,…
Kolkata: A routine medical check-up at RG Kar Medical College blew the lid off a horrific year-long ordeal for a six-year-old girl in Lake Town, triggering a swift cross-jurisdictional police operation that ended with the arrest of her cousin brother on charges of rape on Friday afternoon.The breakthrough came when the minor, suffering from acute…
A large portion of state revenue is devoted to salaries and pensions, consuming over half of the total MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s economy continued to outpace much of the country in 2024-25, but the state’s finances are coming under increasing strain as rising revenue expenditure, mounting committed liabilities and persistent weaknesses in budget management threaten the government’s…
A Delhi court requested video links of Mallikarjun Kharge’s alleged speech NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday asked the complainant challenging the dismissal of a criminal complaint against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to submit video links of his alleged objectionable speech delivered during an election rally in Karnataka in 2023, saying it wanted to…
Binod Kumar, Indian Bank MD and CEO Chennai: Public sector lender Indian Bank is aiming to raise $2 billion through Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) [FCNR(B)] deposits. The move comes in the wake of the RBI withdrawing the interest rate ceiling on fresh FCNR(B) deposits with maturities of three to five years until Septr 30, 2026….
Buxar: Two separate road accidents in Buxar district claimed two lives, triggering grief among families and local residents on Friday.In the first incident, 23-year-old Adarsh Kumar, a resident of Simri village, died after his motorcycle met with an accident near Majhwari Mor under Simari police station area of the district while he was on his…
