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20 sessions held at faculty development programme Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA About 20 technical sessions were conducted by eminent personalities in the two-week online faculty development programme on “Shallow and Deep Foundations” being organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, A.U. College of Engineering, under the AICTE Quality Improvement Scheme (AQIS) for teachers from engineering colleges and practising engineers. The programme began on January 25 and will conclude o...

Lingams found Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A couple of Siva Lingams made of stone were found when repair works were undertaken inside the Jambukeswarar Akilandeswari Temple at Tiruvanaikoil here on Friday. The stone idols were found near Therukku Vaasal where plants and bushes were being cleared for supply of water to a coconut grove nearby, said temple officials. The lingams, which had been placed there long ago, had got covered with plants and bushes over the course of time. The old id...

District sees 10 new COVID cases Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA After a span of almost eight months, the number of active COVID-19 cases decreased below 100 in Visakhapatnam district on Friday. The district reported 10 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 60,351. The death toll stands at 534, as no death was reported in the last 24 hours, as per the bulletin. According to the officials, the number of active cases is 97. Meanwhile, the recovery rate is hovering a...

Updated: Share Article AAA The Ministry of Railways has earmarked ₹100 crore for Shivamogga-Shikaripur-Ranebennur railway line in the budget, said Shivamogga Lok Sabha member B.Y.Raghavendra. In a press release issued here on Friday, Mr. Raghavendra said the railway line had been a long pending demand of the local people. The process to acquire land for the project was on. He had appealed to the Railway Minister in this regard and consulted him on this project ahead of the budget, he said. Th...

CAT stays forest officer’s transfer order Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Central Administrative Tribunal has stayed the transfer order of an Indian Forest Service officer in Manipur on the ground that he has been transferred too often and in violation of service rules. N. Ganesh, a 2015 batch IFS officer, had filed a petition for quashing the January 27 government order that sought to transfer him from Divisional Forest Officer in Chandel district to DFO, Division 1 of Soil and Wate...

Teen stabbed in Kalaghatagi Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Tension prevailed for a while at Kalaghatagi town in Dharwad district on Friday after a teenage student was stabbed during a scuffle. Manjunath Lamani, 15, student of Janata English Medium School in Kalaghatagi, was shifted to KIMS Hospital in Hubballi for treatment. He suffered stab injuries in the stomach and back.While the reason for the scuffle was not known immediately, the incident led to clash between two groups further esc...

Minister to open new veterinary hospital Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA K. Raju. Minister for Forests and Animal Husbandry, will inaugurate the new building complex of the Koyilandy veterinary hospital on Saturday. An amount of ₹1.77 crore was spent for the completion of the new building. Officials said the new project would come to the benefit of a large number of dairy farmers in Kozhikode’s villages. K. Dasan, MLA, will chair the inaugural event, they said. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY ...

AEPC welcomes RBI’s decisions Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) announcements on Friday. “The RBI’s decisions will enhance export competitiveness,” the Council chairman A. Sakthivel said in a press release. The decision to retain repo rate at 4 %, bank rate at 4.25 % and reverse repo at 3.35 %, and steps taken to maintain the inflation at the tolerance band of 4 per cent will help investor...

AAP MLA refutes allegations of lying about qualifications Updated: Updated: Degrees in maiden name, Tomar tells HC Share Article Degrees in maiden name, Tomar tells HC AAP MLA Preeti Tomar on Friday refuted in the Delhi High Court the allegation that she gave a false declaration regarding her educational qualifications in her nomination form. Responding to the petition challenging her election, Ms. Tomar said her M.Sc and B.Ed degrees were issued in her maiden name, which she changed after he...

Updated: Share Article AAA The long wait for Kavundampalayam, Vadavalli and Veerakeralam residents for water on a par with old city residents is over. Each of the residents in the 26,659 houses in these three areas will get 135 litres of water a day as Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami commissioned the scheme, which the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board had started in September 2016. After the Chief Minister commissioned the scheme from Chennai, Coimbatore Corporation Commissio...