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Two boy dressers running dad’s barber shop get aid for parlour - Times of India
Arjumand Bano | TNN | Updated: Jan 8, 2019, 06:39 ISTAnother busy day for Jyoti in her shop. GORAKHPUR: Four years after two sisters took over the barber shop for men in Kushinagar owned by their father after he suffered a paralysis attack, district administration finally reached out to the two girls offering them monetary assistance and assurance of all possible help to enable them to start a beauty parlour instead to help them secure a decent living.
Private FM channels can play AIR news bulletins - Times of India
Swati Mathur | TNN | Jan 8, 2019, 07:10 IST NEW DELHI: Public broadcaster All India Radio will begin to share its Hindi and English news broadcasts with private FM radio channels from Tuesday. The free services will be available on trial basis until May 31 this year and come with a condition that news broadcasts will not be altered, must be carried out in their entirety with commercials, and only after private FM radio broadcasters register themselves with AIR to avail of the services.
Election commission cancels Tiruvarur bypoll over Gaja relief - Times of India
CHENNAI: The election commission has called off the January 28 byelection to the Tiruvarur assembly seat after a report from the district electoral officer that the situation is not conducive as cyclone Gaja relief work is still underway. Most political parties in the state, except for the AMMK, had wanted the poll put off on the grounds that relief work would be affected once the model code of conduct came into force.
PWD plans water plants to bring relief to mining belt - Times of India
TOI had reported last week that 800 houses in Ambeudok in Sanvordem panchayat do not have piped water supply till date as the area was relying on supply by mining tankers. Failure to build storage tanks has meant that Ambeudok is without tap water despite having a pipeline laid at least seven years ago. PANAJI: The public works department (PWD) is planning six small plants in Dharbandora taluka, which can provide water supply to Dharbandora, Kalem (Kalay) and Mollem areas.
College fails to renew recognition, PhD scholar’s application rejected - Times of India
Nagpur: A philosophy of doctorate (PhD) scholar has been left in the lurch as the Nagpur University (NU) has rejected his application for registration even though his topic and synopsis were approved by the different committees of the university itself between April and October last year.
Essar group has cleared 80% of debt, says Ruia
MUMBAI: Essar Global Fund, the holding company of the $11.5-billion Essar Group, on Monday said it has repaid Rs 12,000 crore ($1.75 billion) — the last tranche of its debt — as part of its strategy to de-leverage its balance sheet. The latest debt settlement comes 17 months after the company repaid Rs 30,000 crore ($5 billion) to various lenders. In 2017, it sold Essar Oil to the Rosneft-Trafigura consortium for Rs 86,000 crore ($12.9 billion).
ChrysCapital raises $850 million in record 4 months
MUMBAI: ChrysCapital clinched the fastest fund-raising by any India-bred private equity firm, closing its $850-million eighth fund in under four months. The speedy closure suggests that global risk capital providers remain positive on India amid growing macro-economic uncertainties worldwide. The four partners of the asset manager pumped in about $75 million from their side, taking the overall corpus closer to $925 million.
Man jailed for faking own abduction ‘for fun’ - Times of India
MUMBAI: A week after a Vasai factory worker was arrested for reporting a murder that never took place, another local was caught for making a hoax call about his own abduction. On January 3, around 9.15pm, Shivkumar Gautam (36) sent Valiv police on a wild goose chase by dialling assistant police inspector Vinod Jadhav from his cellphone to “inform” him about own his abduction near Tungareshwar Phata on Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway in Vasai (East).
Despite HC no, NMC fails to remove fibre speed breakers - Times of India
Nagpur: The second contempt plea against civic authorities for failure to remove fibre-based speed breakers seems to have hardly made any impact. The back-breaking breakers are still visible in many areas of the city in big numbers. Though the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) officials removed some of them from the Laxmi Nagar and other zones, apprehending contempt action, a majority of them are still visible in lanes and bylanes.
Dharamvir Verma, Gurgaon's traffic man: When people come here, they should say waah Gurgaon ka traffic sense bada achha hai - Times of India
Be it heat, cold, rain or hail, if you visit the Sector 4-7 crossing in Gurgaon during peak hours, you will find one constant presence – that of a resident holding a banner with a message of road safety written on it, either educating commuters or helping traffic cops manage the traffic. That man is Dharmvir Verma, who – in the past year – has emerged as Gurgaon’s traffic man thanks to his unusual campaigns.
Vision without action is just a dream: Professor - Times of India
Nagpur: Karma is often misunderstood as we see people with bad morals being content while those doing good deeds suffering in life. Karma is not the immediate and concise outcome of our deeds. Instead, it is the outcome of our repetitive actions and works with an eventful effect, said professor GA Somaratne on Friday.
Garbage burning in open continues unabated in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana - Times of India
CHANDIGARH: Garbage burning , a routine process carried out across Chandigarh and neighboring states of Haryana and Punjab in the morning by many residents and sanitary workers, is not taken as a serious offence despite grave health ramification. As per US Public Health Services, improper waste management can lead to at least 22 diseases.
Telangana's spend on infrastructure highest in the country - Times of India
HYDERABAD: Between 2011 and 2019, Telangana spent the highest amount of money in the country on economic development and infrastructure. At 63% of the budget allocation spent on economic development and infrastructure, the state is way above the national average. These statistics were revealed by the latest nationwide report on state finances by research body PRS. While Telangana is on the top, neighbouring Andhra Pradesh spent 33% of its allocation.
Cabinet nod to 10% quota for upper caste poor: 'Historic,' says BJP; 'election gimmick,' counters Congress - Times of India
NEW DELHI: In a major move ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Union Cabinet on Monday cleared 10 per cent job and education quota for "economically weaker" sections, meeting a key demand of upper castes, a staunch BJP support base which has shown signs of a drift from the party. A top government functionary said a constitutional amendment bill will be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the last day of the Winter Session.
China executes Kindergarten knife attacker
In January 2017, Qin Peng'an brought a kitchen knife to the kindergarten in Youyi town, Pingxiang city and attacked children. Four children were seriously injured while eight others received minor injuries. Qin, was executed last Friday after the Supreme Court reviewed his case and approved the death sentence, Xinhua news agency reported.
Constitution doesn't permit reservation on economic grounds: AIMIM chief - Times of India
Reacting to reports that the Union Cabinet has approved 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for the economically backward section in the general category, Owaisi said reservations are to correct historical injustice to Dalits. "Reservations are meant to correct historical injustice to Dalits. For poverty alleviation, one may run various schemes but reservations are meant for justice.
SC asks RCom, RJio to resolve issues over past dues by January 11 - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) and Reliance Jio to take a decision by January 11 over the settlement of past dues to DoT, which is yet to give clearance to their spectrum sale deal. It also asked RJio to furnish an undertaking to abide by the spectrum trade guidelines, to which the company said that it cannot take this risk knowing the problems faced with regard to the past dues.
Maharashtra govt to start Open SSC Board from January 10
The Maharashtra government to begin Open School Secondary Certificate (SSC) board from January 10, 2019. TOI-Online | Jan 7, 2019, 17:28 IST NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra government to begin Open School Secondary Certificate (SSC) board from January 10, 2019. The Maharashtra education department has introduced Open SSC to provide a platform for the students who are unable to attend regular school, to complete their education. The Open SSC board will conduct exams for class V, VIII, X and XII.
India vs Australia: Hits and misses for India - Times of India
India recorded their first ever Test series triumph on Australian soil after the fourth Test ended in a rain-forced draw in Sydney.
Roadside bombing kills 5 civilians in eastern Afghanistan
AP | Jan 7, 2019, 15:46 IST KABUL (AFGHANISTAN): An Afghan official says a roadside bombing has killed five civilians and wounded seven in the country's eastern Paktika province, while separate attacks in the country's west killed at least eight security force members. Nawroz Ishaq, the provincial governor's spokesman, gave the casualty figures for Monday's blast in the Jani Khail district. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing.
PM Modi targeting me due to frustration, says Chandrababu Naidu - Times of India
AMARAVATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is targeting him out of "frustration", Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu said here on Monday, hitting back at Modi who accused him of pushing the state into "sunset" just to see his "son rise". The prime minister's Sunday's dig was seen as targeting Naidu over the growing prominence of his son Nara Lokesh in the ruling establishment as also a mock reference to the state's tagline 'Sunrise AP'.
Govt weakening HAL to benefit Anil Ambani: Rahul Gandhi - Times of India
"The strategy of the government is — weaken HAL, do not give it money, destroy India's strategic capability and give 'gift' to Anil Ambani," Rahul Gandhi alleged. The government as well as Ambani have rejected all such allegations.
New career trends in 2019: Things to know - Times of India
Focus on emotional quotient: A lot of new job interviews will be about you, your choices, who and how many people you have worked with. In 2019, expect potential employers to try out ways to gauge your emotional quotient. They believe that higher EQ will mean efficient teams. Diversity and inclusion: Corporate India is focused on the need for diverse thought processes and a sense of security.
KSOU exam rescheduled; MBA and BEd students protest at campus
Shocked by Karnataka State Open University's (KSOU) sudden decision to reschedule their examinations, hundreds of MBA and BEd students staged a flash protest at the varsity premises here on Sunday. TNN | Jan 7, 2019, 15:09 IST Mysuru: Shocked by Karnataka State Open University's (KSOU) sudden decision to reschedule their examinations, hundreds of MBA and BEd students staged a flash protest at the varsity premises here on Sunday.
Gujarat constable recruitment exam 2018 held successfully: Official
AHMEDABAD: Written examination for the recruitment of Gujarat police constables was successfully held Sunday, over a month after it was cancelled due to paper leak. As many as 7.15 lakh candidates appeared for the exam across 2,440 centres for 9,713 posts as against 8.76 lakh candidates who were allotted letters, Vikas Sahay, chairman of the Lokrakshak Recruitment Board, the body that conducts exams for recruitment of constables, said.
Door open for alliance players, don't allow 3-way fight: Raj Babbar - Times of India
Rohan Dua | TNN | Jan 7, 2019, 13:41 ISTFile photo of Congress UP president Raj Babbar LUCKNOW: Congress continued to tread cautiously on the prospect of being kept out of the prospective SP-BSP alliance, saying there's still room for entering into a 'gatbandhan' to avoid a three-cornered contest in 2019 Lok Sabha in the 80-seat state.
HAL contract row: Rahul accuses defence minister of 'lying', Sitharaman says doubts 'misleading' - Times of India
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Jan 7, 2019, 14:06 IST Highlights The defence minister had earlier said that Rs 1 lakh crore were given to HAL while as today in Parliament she said that Rs 26,570.80 crore were given to HAL, said Rahul Gandhi Nirmala Sitharaman, however, termed the doubts raised by the Congress over her statement on HAL contracts as "incorrect and misleading" NEW DELHI: Stepping up its attack on the Centre over HAL contracts and Rafale deal, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused...
Drunk held for lewd gestures at woman guard - Times of India
TNN | Jan 7, 2019, 04:35 IST(Representative image) MUMBAI: A “drunk” man has been arrested for allegedly abusing a woman security staffer who works at a builder’s construction site at Agripada. Officials of Agripada police station arrested Rajesh Maruti Kharade (26) for outraging the modesty of a woman and threatening her. Kharade has been remanded to judicial custody.
WATCH: Team India's victory dance after historic Test series triumph in Australia - Times of India
Singing, dancing and waving massive flags, India's cricket fans were in party mode as Virat Kohli’s men defeated Australia in their own backyard to clinch their first-ever Test series win in Australia.
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