Motihari: East Champaran superintendent of police Swarn Prabhat has directed all police stations in the district to set up high-tech mess facilities with modern dining arrangements. The facility will be only for jawans and officers living in barracks, while those staying with families have been excluded.The SP said the initiative aims to improve the quality…
Sharad ChandraDhanbad: In a major initiative to make Dhanbad cleaner and healthier, the district council (zila parishad) and Dhanbad Municipal Corporation have entered into a special collaboration to strengthen sanitation work across the district, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas.Under the joint initiative, garbage heaps lying unattended for years in areas under the jurisdiction of…
Sanjay Sahay /TNNRanchi: Taking cognisance of the killing of 65-year-old man Palu Khadia for alleged witchcraft in Gumla district, Jharkhand State Legal Service Authority (Jhalsa) on Friday sent its team to provide financial and legal aid to his wife.Khadia was beaten to death on Wednesday night by a neighbour, Bahura Oraon, after a local sorcerer…
NEW DELHI: ED Friday arrested Gautam Doshi and Satish Seth, former top executives in Reliance Telecom and close associates of Anil Ambani, in its ongoing money laundering probe against Ambani’s Reliance group entities.Doshi and Seth were arrested in Mumbai. While Doshi was brought to Delhi to be presented before a special PMLA court; Seth, after…
Kolkata: Cellphone brand Lava is eyeing a 10% market share in the sub-Rs 30,000 smartphone market. The company, which has a 2% market share, is growing at a CAGR of 40%-50% while the industry growth is flat.Speaking at an event, Lava International MD Sunil Raina said that the company has 29% market share in feature…
Mumbai/New Delhi: Amid a growing shift by industrial and commercial consumers to retail fuel stations to take advantage of lower prices, govt Friday issued fresh directions to limit bulk purchase and sale of petroleum products.The new directions aimed at preventing hoarding and diversion of fuel supplies meant for ordinary customers put specific limits on diesel…
New Delhi: Even as concerns persist among sections of Delhi govt school teachers that students passing Class X through National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) continue to face problems in getting admitted to science and commerce streams in govt schools, Directorate of Education (DoE) is increasingly positioning NIOS as a tool to prevent vulnerable students…
Niraj Rajmohan, founder and CTO of Ultraviolette Chennai: Electric two-wheeler startup Ultraviolette plans an aggressive ramp-up of its manufacturing capacity to 1,50,000 units in six to eight months, from around 30,000 units to cater to growing demand from domestic and global markets. The company is doubling capacity at its first pilot plant to 60,000 units…
Patna: A joint inspection by the district administration and the local municipal body has been launched in the city after satellite imagery revealed that 29 builders were allegedly flouting Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) norms.The action was disclosed by district magistrate (DM) Thiyagarajan S M during a coordination meeting at the Patna Collectorate on Friday,…
Students return home during rain in Jamshedpur on Friday Ranchi: The southwest monsoon made its much-awaited entry into the state on Friday, though weather experts said there will be below normal during the first month of the season compared to last year.The Ranchi office of India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said the monsoon has…
