Bokaro: The Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) has switched from propane to piped natural gas (PNS) on plant premises to mitigate the rising costs and supply chain disruptions due to the ongoing West Asia conflict, officials here said.In April this year, the PSU commissioned a 7km-long internal PNG pipeline network in seven days to ensure uninterrupted…
Jamshedpur: The Jamshedpur district traffic police on Wednesday began a crackdown on erring auto-rickshaws, following an increase in complaints from motorists about drivers disrupting the smooth flow of traffic.Random inspections aimed at penalising operators who park illegally on roadsides or stop on service roads to pick up and drop off passengers.Traffic police, accompanied by transport…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday denied that there was any proposal or discussion about the Mamata Banerjee led party merging with the Congress at a meeting between leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday.The meeting between Rahul and Abhishek at 10, Janpath came a day after…
Kolkata: With state lawyers absent, Calcutta HC deferred the MLA ‘Signgate’ case in which Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee is an accused, and is likely to hear it now on Thursday. The court also refused urgent hearing to Trinamool over CID raids in connection with the alleged signature scam.On Tuesday, a CID team searched the TMC…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Monday granted interim protection from prosecution or imposition of any penalty by the Income Tax (I-T) department to industrialist Anil Ambani in an alleged Rs 420-crore aggregate tax demand case, in a petition he filed to raise a constitutional challenge to the provisions of the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign…
New Delhi: BJP functionaries, including party national president Nitin Nabin, Union minister J P Nadda and Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, offered prayers at temples to mark Narendra Modi’s record as the longest-serving elected Prime Minister of India.Modi on Wednesday completed an unbroken tenure of 4,399 days in office, surpassing the record of first Prime…
K Bhagyaraj with his mentor When people speak about Bharathiraja’s legacy, the conversation often begins with the actors he introduced and the heroines he transformed into stars. But perhaps, his greatest contribution to Tamil cinema lies behind the camera.For nearly five decades, Bharathiraja’s sets functioned as an informal film institute, producing a generation of assistant…
Patna: Former CM and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar congratulated PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday while BJP ministers, legislators and workers in Bihar organised various religious events to mark the completion of 12 years of the Modi govt at the Centre.Special prayers were offered for PM Modi at different places. Bihar BJP said the people of…
Ranchi: Over 14,000 residents of Baliapur block in Dhanbad are facing a severe health crisis. A study has revealed that over a third of the drinking water sources in Gharbar panchayat are contaminated with fluoride, some up to 10 times above the permissible limit.The School of Environmental Studies (SOES) at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, along with…
Times News NetworkChatra: Tension gripped Simaria village after a youth died in a road accident near Jabda check naka late Tuesday night, triggering a prolonged road blockade by residents. The deceased, Pradeep Bakhla, a resident of Sandhali village under Jabda panchayat, was returning home from Lohardaga on his motorcycle when a coal-laden vehicle allegedly hit…
