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Calicut varsity launches alumni portal Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA According to university sources, https://alumni.uoc.ac.in, will help former students connect with their alma mater. It would also help them to involve in the development projects of the institution. The portal will help them take membership of the alumni association. It has been developed by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell and the Computer Centre of the university. Vice Chancellor M.K. Jayaraj opened it recently. S...

FC suggests user charges on Kaleshwaram project to generate revenue Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The XV Finance Commission has suggested that the State should try to generate adequate revenue, “say through user charges,” to at least cover the operations and maintenance cost of Kaleshwaram project. The Commission, in its observations on the State’s performance, said the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project, a flagship programme of the Telangana government taken up at an estimated ₹...

Updated: Share Article AAA Nominated legislator and president of BJP V. Saminathan on Wednesday wrote to Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi urging her to stop implementation of the rule making wearing of helmets compulsory. Mr. Saminathan said that the decision to impose fines on two-wheeler riders not wearing helmets had caused public anger. The police had started collecting fines from violators in select places. People had started agitating against the decision, he added. Stating that public anger wou...

‘TS has 226 railway police posts vacant’ Updated: Updated: Minister replies in Lok Sabha Share Article Minister replies in Lok Sabha There are 226 vacancies in the railway police in Telangana as of now out of the total sanctioned strength of 638 posts, according to Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal. Replying to a question from Chevella MP G. Ranjit Reddy in the Lok Sabha, the Minister said that 226 posts are lying vacant in different ranks in Telangana. He said the Government Rail...

Updated: Share Article AAA The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) headed by its leader Bhatti Vikramarka will take up a one-week farmers yatra in Telangana from February 9 to 16 where the team will directly meet farmers to discuss the issues concerning them. The tour will begin from Bheemsar village in Adilabad district on February 9 and end at Tandra village in Jadcherla on February 16. Mr. Bhatti and his team will stay overnight in the villages and give farmers an assurance that the Congress ...

Minor’s rape condemned Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha member Shobha Karandlaje has condemned the rape of a minor girl, reported in Sringeri, and has instructed the district police to arrest all the accused. In a press release issued here on Wednesday, Ms. Karandlaje said the police arrested the accused soon after the victim was brought to Santwana Kendra in Sringeri. They have also arrested the girl’s aunt, who was allegedly involved in the crime. The po...

Updated: February 04, 2021 00:49 IST Centre informed the Rajya Sabha that there was no accurate data regarding number of Rohingya migrants living in the country. Share Article AAA Centre informed the Rajya Sabha that there was no accurate data regarding number of Rohingya migrants living in the country. The Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that there was no accurate data regarding number of Rohingya migrants living in the country. In a written reply, Union Minister of State for Ho...

Three women knocked down by lorry Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Three women, who were planting saplings on the Outer Ring Road median near Vandalur, died after they were hit by a lorry going to Tiruneermalai on Tuesday morning. According to the police, the women were hired by a private agency to plant saplings and sweep the road. Around 9.15 a.m., when Pachaiammal, 40, Suganthi, 40, and Senji Ammal, 60, and a few others were planting saplings, a lorry knocked them down. The three suffe...

AIADMK expels three more functionaries Updated: Updated: February 02, 2021 14:16 IST The display of posters and publicity material in support of V.K. Sasikala, was cited as the major reason behind the party’s disciplinary action Share Article AAA The display of posters and publicity material in support of V.K. Sasikala, was cited as the major reason behind the party’s disciplinary action The ruling AIADMK on Tuesday announced the expulsion of a few more functionaries from the party for ha...

What is ‘MetroLite’ Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Light Urban Rail Transit System or MetroLite comes with lesser passenger capacity and at lower cost. Most of the rail surface will be on ground (at-grade) to bring down construction cost. There will be a dedicated corridor for rail movement and it will be separated from road traffic. Road width required will be a minimum of 8.5m If road width does not permit, one line will be provided on the road and a parallel road will be chosen ...