Nagpur: Amid growing complaints over steep electricity bills following the installation of smart meters, MSEDCL has claimed that the new metering system is 100% technically accurate and that the increase in bills is linked to higher electricity consumption rather than any fault in the meters.In a statement issued on Friday, the power utility said its…
Kanpur: The Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) on Saturday sealed a four-storey apartment in Naveen Nagar’s M Block under Kakadev after its basement caved in following heavy rain, causing the building to tilt to one side.According to the KDA, prima facie evidence suggests that illegal construction work was being carried out in the apartment. The authority…
Lucknow: The transport department on Monday seized a private sleeper bus for carrying 167 passengers against the capacity of 47. Of the 167 passengers, 35 men were caught travelling on the roof of the bus.The overloaded bus (UP11BT0077) was carrying labourers travelling from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, to Patiala in Punjab. The bus entered Gorakhpur through the…
File photo of Chandigarh’s Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16 Chandigarh: A fire broke out inside the main blood bank of Sector 16’s govt hospital in the early hours of Tuesday, narrowly missing critical blood stocks after old electrical wiring sparked an air-conditioning unit.On-duty staff at the Govt Multi-Specialty Hospital detected smoke inside the unit and…
Ranchi: Rims on Thursday announced that it would repair all defunct water filters on the hospital premises.An official communiqué from Rims on Thursday said that a company, Minu Marketing Private Limited, in coordination with the institute administration, has agreed to provide support for technical survey, restoration and maintenance of drinking water units installed on the…
An Indian Army helicopter, which had departed from Vadodara Air Force Station for Nashik carrying four army personnel, had to make landing at Surat airport due to technical issues. Due to a technical malfunction that developed during the flight, a precautionary emergency landing was made at Surat airport. The incident took place around 3.20pm on…
