Jaipur: The Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB) will set up jammers at 20 exam centres for the women supervisor exam scheduled on July 24.Officials said that this is being done as a pilot test to further strengthen security measures at exam centres.Officials added that the aim is to block any means of cheating through Bluetooth…
Debt-ridden TNPDCL lets ₹584 crore slip, another ₹300 crore at risk Chennai: For debt-ridden Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (TNPDCL), every rupee collected is worth more than two rupees saved. Yet, TNPDCL, which has a debt of more than ₹1 lakh crore as per the recent white paper released by the state govt, has…
Hyderabad: The Centre has directed states to distribute the Aug, Sept and Oct ration rice quota in Aug itself, keeping in view El Nino conditions. The move is expected to ease burden on state and central govt warehouses in Telangana, where record paddy procurement over the past three seasons has created a storage crunch.Civil supplies…
T’puram: Digital University Kerala (DUK) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kerala-based commercial satellite company HEX20 to jointly design and implement a specialized hands-on training programme in satellite technology, aimed at preparing students for careers in the rapidly expanding space sector.The partnership seeks to provide selected students from India and abroad with practical training…
Muzaffarnagar: Responding to the call of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Tuesday held a panchayat near the Muzaffarnagar’s collectorate to protest against the alleged police lathi-charge on students demonstrating at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar over NEET examination and education policy.Addressing the gathering, BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said the use of force…
Kozhikode: State waqf board chairman K S Hamza said the Supreme Court’s deletion of HC’s directive that the board shall function under the supervision of state govt’s joint secretary/additional secretary addressed the board’s principal grievance and allowed it to function independently.Responding to the SC verdict on Tuesday, Hamza said the board’s main contention before SC…
Kochi: High court has dismissed as withdrawn a petition filed by the survivor in a sexual assault case against three senior police officers in Malappuram, seeking to cancel and re-register the FIR by including the officers’ names as accused instead of merely referring to their official positions, and by invoking Section 34 of the IPC.Justice…
Cleaners stage a demonstration Patna: Sanitation and daily-wage workers across Bihar have threatened to halt road cleaning and other sanitation work and stage statewide protests on July 30 if the state govt failed to intervene in their pending demands, which they said were beyond the jurisdiction of the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC).The protest will begin…
Bengaluru: Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) students will get content and training on artificial intelligence from Google starting this year.The varsity signed an MoU with the global tech giant, which will provide the modules. “As per the agreement, Google will charge Rs 350 per student. However, it is already part of the consortium of library fees…
Jamshedpur: A 19-year-old student Neelmani Gorai was found dead in her room at a govt-run women’s hostel under Sakchi police station on Tuesday. Gorai, a resident of Nimdih in Seraikela-Kharsawan, had arrived in March for computer coaching.Police said she allegedly hanged herself on Monday night.Before the incident, she messaged her brother: “I couldn’t become the…