NEW DELHI: Riding on the growing contribution of solar energy to the power generation mix, India comfortably met the peak power demand of 256 gigawatts (GW) on Saturday, the highest ever recorded on a single day, amid soaring temperatures across the country.At the time of peak demand of 256.1 GW, reached at 3.38pm, solar contributed…
Kolkata: A 40-year-old woman and the wife of a college professor, Enakshi Das, was found dead at her Garia home on Sunday morning with a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth and a blunt-force injury to the back of her head. Her husband, Soumik, has been missing since the incident, leaving behind their ailing…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has quashed an FIR registered against a 65-year-old man holding that the allegations of sprinkling white mustard outside a neighbour’s house do not constitute an offence under the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and Other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013.Justice S G Chapalgaonkar…
New Delhi: A special session of the Delhi assembly will be held on April 28 to discuss the women’s reservation issue after a bill related to this was defeated in the Lok Sabha by the Opposition.BJP has accused the Opposition of betraying women.A Delhi Assembly secretariat statement said the session will start on Tuesday at…
On April 30, N Kamakodi, MD & CEO of City Union Bank, will step down from the 121-year-old institution. His departure brings the curtain down on a 15-year journey that saw the private sector bank transition from manual processes to a tech-driven model, while retaining a focus on asset quality and disciplined expansion. Over these…
Starting this Monday, Patliputra University will kick off the Semester VI examinations for the 2023-27 cohort, with a staggering 80,000 students from arts, science, and commerce disciplines participating. The tests are set to take place across 40 centers in the bustling districts of Patna and Nalanda. Patna: Patliputra University (PPU) is set to commence its…
Dhanbad: A total of 70 families have been relocated from subsidence-hit Tandabadi village to Belgaria township so far, with the support of district administration and police, the Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) said in a statement.Fear looms large among villagers as cracks continue to appear in the ground, raising concerns about further subsidence incidents. Around…
Chatra: A woman died after she fell while getting down from a bus near Seema Chowk in Chatra district late Saturday, allegedly due to the driver’s negligence, police said.The deceased, identified as Rita Devi (32), was a resident of Seema village in Tandwa block under the Sadar police station limits, police added.Officer in-charge of the…
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena announced Saturday fresh talks between Ladakhi functionaries and Union home ministry on May 22, as home minister Amit Shah prepares for a two-day visit to Leh from April 30, his first since last year’s unrest over demands for statehood and Sixth Schedule safeguards.Saxena said a sub-committee for political dialogue…
Barrackpore/Noapara/Khardah: Perhaps no other political figure encapsulates the shifting sands of the intense turf battle within the Barrackpore industrial quagmire as former MP Arjun Singh. Having traversed between Trinamool and BJP multiple times since 2019, Singh — who recently lost the 2024 LS polls — is now contesting the Noapara Assembly seat on a BJP…
