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Consumer-friendly reformsget UPERC's green light

Lucknow, Nov. 26 -- In its latest zero-hike tariff order, the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has introduced a fresh set of consumer-oriented directives for discoms, addressing... Read More


Transport, mining dept officials go on sudden leave, come in STF crosshairs

LUCKNOW, Nov. 26 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force's (STF) crackdown on the truck overloading racket has triggered a wave of sudden leave applications across the transport and mining departments... Read More


'Blue drum' murder case: Accused Muskan gives birth to baby, slain husband's kin seeks DNA test

MEERUT, Nov. 26 -- Lodged in Meerut jail for allegedly killing her husband and former merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput,30, and concealing the body in a blue drum, Muskan Rastogi ,27, gave birth to... Read More


6 die, 7 injured in Bihar truck-auto collision

PATNA, Nov. 26 -- Six people were killed and seven others were injured after a speeding truck rammed into an auto-rickshaw on Sheikhpura-Sikandra highway in Bihar on Tuesday, police said, adding that ... Read More


Training avoided panic: ASI who shot down drones

New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- Assistant sub inspector (ASI) Gurjeet Singh, who received a DG's disc along with 18 others, was one of the officers who shot down enemy drones targeted at the Uri hydroelectric p... Read More


2 MORE blos DIE IN M.P., FAMILIES BLAME 'EXCESSIVE WORK PRESSURE'

Bhopal, Nov. 26 -- A 50-year-old anganwadi worker, appointed as a booth level officer (BLO) in Balaghat district, died on Tuesday after being ill for over 10 days, while another 54-year-old BLO in Sha... Read More


Bring back immigrants for holistic trial: SC

New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre whether it was open to bringing back six persons, deported from the country to Bangladesh for being illegal immigrants, as a "tempor... Read More


hc revokes relief granted to cm soren in ed case

Ranchi, Nov. 26 -- The Jharkhand high court on Tuesday revoked the interim relief granted to chief minister Hemant Soren, which had exempted him from appearance before an MP/MLA court in Ranchi in a c... Read More


'Public interest': SC seeks details about pvt varsities

New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- The Supreme Court has placed the entire ecosystem of private and deemed universities across India under judicial scrutiny, demanding exhaustive disclosures from the Centre and st... Read More


South Africa's batters push India into a corner

Guwahati, Nov. 26 -- Second delivery of his first over, Simon Harmer floated the ball above KL Rahul's eyeline. This was an open dare, a challenge to step out and hit him. But the Indian batters rarel... Read More