Vishvendu Jaipuriar | TNNHazaribag: NTPC Mining Ltd (NML) achieved a key mine-safety milestone, with three open-cast coal mines earning 5-star ratings in the Star Rating of Coal Mines 2024-25, conducted by the office of the coal controller under the Union ministry of coal.Pakri-Barwadih coal mine in Barkagaon, Hazaribag, retained the country’s no. 1 position for…
Tagging or filtering calls from 1600 series not allowed; can block those from 1400 series, says TRAI NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Friday said “any tagging, blocking or filtering of calls originating from 1600 series numbers is not permitted.” Allaying fears that the designated 1600 series – reserved for banking, financial services,…
Kolkata: Concerned over the impact of rampant digital usage among children, including infants, the Union health ministry has decided to deploy ASHA workers to assess the extent of the problem and sensitise parents on digital devices.A similar initiative is also being incorporated into the school health and wellness programme, health ministry officials said in Kolkata…
Indian researchers are developing technology to convert farm waste into valuable fuel MUMBAI: The recent conflict in West Asia, which rattled global energy markets and renewed concerns over the security of oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, has once again highlighted India’s dependence on imported crude.While oil prices have eased after the end of…
NEW DELHI: A seven-year-old boy drowned in a waterlogged vacant plot in outer Delhi’s Samaypur Badli Thursday morning.Rehan was a Class III student and his family has been living in the area for around nine years. According to police, Rehan and his five-year-old brother had gone to the plot in Sanjay Colony around 8.30am to…
Chennai: The main gate and outer premises of the seafood facility in Tiruvallur, where an ammonia gas leak claimed 18 lives, may be sealed on Friday.Noting that the inner premises were sealed by revenue officials on Wednesday, collector S Kavitha said the remaining portions of the facility could be sealed only after the effluent disposal…
Patna: A special investigation team (SIT) of the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) on Thursday took 30 accused lodged in Lakhisarai jail on a 72-hour remand in connection with the NEET re-exam fraud case.EOU ADG Amit Kumar Jain said, “The accused have been taken on a 72-hour remand after seeking permission of the special EOU court….
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Auckland on Friday for a two-day visit to New Zealand, describing the trip as “historic” as it marks the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the country in four decades. He was received at the airport by New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.In a post…
Kolkata: The probe into dismissed BDO Prashanta Barman’s alleged role in jeweller Swapan Kumilya’s murder intensified after the SIT and a team of cops searched Barman’s New Town flat on Wednesday night and a forensic team collected samples from the apartment. The team collected several documents from the house for examination.Last Oct, 48-year-old gold trader…
Supriya Sule referred to Sharad Pawar’s encounter with Eknath Shinde as an informal chat, suggesting that the media had exaggerated the situation MUMBAI: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MP Supriya Sule on Thursday sought to play down the controversy over party chief Sharad Pawar holding party in Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde‘s office at the…
