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Chennai: Just days after chief minister M K Stalin inaugurated the 60-crore Madhya Kailash flyover, commuters say it’s an unexpectedly bumpy ride on the 652metre-long structure.The flyover was unveiled last week to ease traffic from Sardar Patel Road to OMR. Soon after, videos of the bumpy ride went viral. While there were no bumps for…
HYDERABAD: Telangana’s monthly salary and pension bill has surged four-fold in a decade to around Rs 6,000 crore, with chief engineers of power utilities drawing up to Rs 7 lakh and senior Class 4 employees like sweepers earning around Rs 2 lakh, chief secretary K Ramakrishna Rao revealed on Wednesday.Rao, addressing a conference on the…
Chennai: The first operational stretch of the 118.1km phase-2 Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) project, between Vadapalani and Poonamallee, covering 15.8km, is likely to open to public within days, as final safety inspections required for commissioning were completed on Wednesday.Commissioner of railway safety (CRS), Southern Circle Bengaluru, Anant Madhukar Chowdhary conducted a second round of…
MUMBAI: Malad police have arrested two local fruit vendors for applying rat poison to fruits before sale, risking the lives of people. The vendors claimed they were applying poison to the fruits so that rodents do not eat them in godowns or on fruit carts.The case came to light when citizens from Malad caught the…
A 19-year-old BBA student, Shaurya Goyal, has been identified as the driver of the Mahindra Thar involved in a fatal crash in Goa NEW DELHI/PANAJI: A day after Goa Police identified 19-year-old BBA student Shaurya Goyal as the driver of the Mahindra Thar involved in the fatal Assagao crash, neighbours and friends in south Delhi’s…
2 brothers killed as speeding Thar rams bike at traffic lights CHANDIGARH: Slowing down at a traffic signal proved fatal for two brothers from Saharanpur when a speeding Mahindra Thar rammed their motorcycle near Kalagram late on Tuesday night. The SUV, driven by an 18-year-old, was later traced and the accused arrested before being released…
NEW DELHI: A day after shots were fired at a car carrying a lawyer allegedly associated with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi near ISBT in Kashmere Gate, Delhi Police have registered a case in connection with the incident.Sources said gangster Naveen Boxer allegedly claimed responsibility for the attack through a social media post purportedly issued by…
BENGALURU: In a case of alleged medical negligence, the fingertip of a 6-month-old boy was severed during the removal of IV cannula at Chinmaya Mission Hospital in Indiranagar Tuesday, according to a complaint filed at Indiranagar police station.The baby’s mother, Priyadarshini, said she and her husband, Vijay Kumar, had brought their baby to the hospital…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (Image source: Wikipedia) The world may be on the brink of a major disruption caused by artificial intelligence, according to Dario Amodei, the chief executive officer of Anthropic, a leading AI company. In a recent interview, Amodei described the rapid evolution of AI systems as an “AI tsunami” that is approaching…
File photo of Namma Metro BENGALURU: The huge gains of Metro as a friendly and efficient public transport are being undone by frequent fare hikes and last-mile connectivity woes. The perception that commuting by Metro in Bengaluru is becoming increasingly expensive is gaining ground: More commuters are returning to their personal vehicles, worsening traffic congestion…
