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Teacher suspended for beating student Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A schoolteacher at a government school was placed under suspension on Thursday after a video of him beating a Class VIII student went viral on social media. School assistant D.V.V.S.R.A. Sarma, a teacher at the Yenugu Thuni government school in Kasimkota mandal of Visakhapatnam district, was seen beating a boy named Rupesh in a fit of anger. It was learnt that Rupesh was enquiring about the Amma Vodi financial aid of ₹...

Two youths held; jewellery recovered Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Two youths, who were involved in waylaying crimes in Madurai and Dindigul districts, were arrested on Thursday. Palamedu police had flagged the two youths riding a motorbike without registration number plate to stop, but the duo sped away. On seeing this, local people gave a chase, nabbed them and brought to the police. Inspector Velumani said the youths confessed to have robbed jewellery weighing five sovereigns from Jes...

Updated: Share Article AAA Bharatiya Janata Party MLC from Visakhapatnam, P.V.N. Madhav met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi on Thursday requesting her to consider dropping the proposal to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) and look for alternate measures. Mr. Madhav was accompanied by Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy, Rajya Sabha MP C.M. Ramesh, and BJP National Secretary and the party’s A.P. in-charge Sunil Deodhar during his visit. Mr. Madhav is ...

TSWREIS, TTWREIS invite applications Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) and Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TTWREIS) invite applications from eligible boys and girls for admission to first year undergraduate courses of BA/B.Com/BBA/B.Sc degree courses (English). Eligibility Candidates appearing for Intermediate second year exams in 2021-22 and those who have passed out Interme...

Women to be trained in fish processing Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The College of Fisheries, Mangaluru, in association with the Coastal Development Authority, Mangaluru, will provide two-day training for women on drying fish with advanced processing technology at Malpe in Udupi from Monday. Chairman of the authority Mattar Ratnakara Hegde will inaugurate the training at the Fish Traders Community Hall at 9.30 a.m. A. Senthil Vel, Professor and Dean, College of Fisheries, will preside o...

FDNA opposes privatisation of VSP Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Forum for Development of North Andhra (FDNA) has deplored the decision of the Central government to totally divest its stake in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in the garb of privatisation. In a statement here on Thursday, FDNA general secretary A. Aja Sarma recalled that the plant was established in the city after a long struggle of the Telugu people, and recalled that 32 persons had sacrificed their lives during the struggle....

Local Complaints Committee formed to redress sexual harassment complaints Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Following instructions from the District Collector, a ‘Local Complaints Committee’ was constituted to redress the complaints made by women who are subjected to sexual harassment at their workplace, here on Thursday. P. Usha, Director of Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Centre for Women’s Studies, Andhra University, was nominated for the post of chairperson for the committee for a period of t...

Myanmars military junta to probe poll Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Myanmar’s new leader has said the military government plans to investigation alleged fraud in last year’s elections and will also prioritise the COVID-19 outbreak and the economy, a state newspaper reported on Wednesday. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing announced the moves on Tuesday at the first meeting of his new government in the capital, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said. The military has said t...

Court asks them to submit their stand by March 19, next date of hearing The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from Facebook-owned WhatsApp and the Central government on a plea challenging the new privacy policy of the instant messaging platform. A bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and WhatsApp to submit their stand on the plea by March 19, the next date of hearing. The petition sought a direction...

Corrections and clarifications — February 4, 2021 February 04, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: February 04, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: Share Article AAA The Business desk’s clarification on “Income and tax scenarios” table (Feb. 2, 2021): “There were no changes in personal income tax in the latest Budget and what EY (the tax consulting firm from whom the contents were sourced) had sent as calculations essentially reflected the two alternative regimes that had been offered in last year’s budget...