SJVN chairman Nand Lal Sharma today said that the SJVN had received a Letter of Award (LoA) for 100 MW solar power project from Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (RUVNL) at a tariff of Rs 2.62 per unit. Sharma said the project was secured through SGEL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SJVN, on Build Own and […]
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Operation Ajay: First batch of Indians returns home from Israel
The first batch of around 200 Indians, including students, returned to the country from Israel on board a chartered flight in the early hours of Friday. India has launched Operation Ajay to facilitate the return of those who wish to come back home as a series of brazen attacks on Israeli towns by Hamas militants […]
Fatehgarh Sahib roads dotted with potholes; commuters a harried lot
The roads in the district, especially the ones around the district headquarters, are in bad shape. Even though vast stretches of the roads are dotted with potholes, repair or maintenance work is yet to begin. Some of the roads in tatters are the Bachat Bhawan and Civil Hospital roads, the Lincoln College Road, the stretch […]
Girl loses hand, legs after being thrown before train in UP for resisting sexual harassment
A 17-year-old girl lost one hand and both her legs after she was hurled before a train here by a youth for objecting to sexual harassment, her family alleged on Wednesday. Her condition is critical, doctors say. The girl suffered multiple fractures in the incident that took place in the CB Ganj area of Bareilly […]
Railways earns Rs 2.39 cr fine from ticketless passengers
Continuing the drive against ticketless travellers, the ticket checking staff of Ferozepur Division of the Northern Railway caught as many as 26,711 persons travelling without valid tickets on the railway stations and on board the trains in September. Penalty of Rs 2.39 crore was recovered, which was 19 per cent higher than the recovery made […]
4 dead, 50 injured as Delhi-Kamakhya North East Express derails near Bihar’s Buxar
At least four passengers died and 50 others injured when six coaches of the Delhi-Kamakhya North East Express derailed near the Raghunathpur station in Bihar’s Buxar district on Wednesday, officials said. The derailment occurred at 9:53 pm and at least two AC III Tier coaches had toppled over while four other coaches jumped the tracks, […]
Cabinet approves royalty rates for lithium, two other strategic minerals
The Centre on Wednesday said it has approved royalty rates of 3 per cent each for lithium and niobium and 1 per cent for Rare Earth Elements (REEs). The decision on the royalty rates for the three critical and strategic minerals was taken by the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to […]
Israeli strikes demolish entire Gaza neighbourhoods as only power plant in territory runs out of fuel
Palestinians in the sealed-off Gaza Strip struggled to find any safe area on Wednesday, as Israeli strikes demolished entire neighbourhoods, hospitals ran low on supplies and the territory’s only power plant ran out of fuel, deepening the misery of a war sparked by a stunning and deadly assault by Hamas militants. Air strikes smashed entire […]
Malayalam actress alleges harassment on flight, lodges complaint
A Malayalam film actress has lodged a complaint with the police alleging harassment by a male passenger on board an Air India flight bound for Kochi. The incident allegedly occurred on Tuesday during the flight from Mumbai. Taking to her social media platform on Tuesday night, the actress alleged that the fellow passenger in question […]
Bad road: Amritsar MC yet to finalise tender
Though several major roads in the city are in a pathetic condition, the tender floated by MC to recarpet them is yet to be finalised. The Municipal Corporation’s e-tender worth Rs 21.96 crore for recarpeting of roads, markets and streets has been hanging fire for long. In the technical evaluation of this e-tender, the Tender […]
Work on Faridabad section of e-way to take months: Officials
The Faridabad section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway passing through the city is set to be delayed by months. Targeted to be completed in August this year, the project has been able to see 70% of the work so far, consuming 26 months against the required 24 months. The authorities hope to complete it by April […]
Railways earns Rs 2.39 cr fine from ticketless passengers
Ferozepur division earned a revenue of Rs 2.39 crore, including nearly Rs 26 lakh from the Amritsar railway station by imposing a fine on ticketless passengers and over Rs 1.26 lakh from passengers for littering in the platforms under the Anti-Littering Act in September. To stop ticketless travelling by passengers in trains, a ticket-checking team […]