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Time of India
an hour ago
- Climate
- Time of India
Train ops suffer as rain damages rly tracks
1 2 Ranchi/Jamshedpur: Timings of several trains running under the Ranchi railway division were rescheduled and diverted on Friday, due to damage to railway infrastructure caused by incessant rain since Tuesday across Jharkhand. The operations of a few trains running under the railway division were also halted, as railway tracks were inundated and soil erosion severely impacted multiple railway sections. The Ranchi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express scheduled to depart from the Ranchi railway station was delayed by 2:20 hours, on Friday, following soil erosion on railway tracks. The train was scheduled at 5:10 am but was rescheduled to 7:30 am. Likewise, Ranchi- Howrah Vande Bharat Express was delayed by two hours and the Hatia- Purnia Court Express suffered 8:15 hours delay on Friday. Ranchi railway division CPRO Shuchi Singh said, "Considering passenger safety and operational requirements, the Ranchi railway division, has taken measures to ensure the safe operation of trains. Train timings have been affected due to tilting of overhead equipment poles due to soil erosion between Kita and Silli stations on the Ranchi–Muri railway section. Repairing of the affected tracks has been carried out. " Arrivals of several trains from major cities including Varanasi, Howrah, Purnia Court, and Patna to Ranchi and Hatia railway stations were also affected. The Hatia–Anand Vihar Terminal Express was diverted via Tatisilwai–Mesra–Barkakana–Chandrapura, instead of its original route Tatisilwai–Muri–Kotshila–Bokaro Steel City. Ranchi–Patna Jan Shatabdi Express was also diverted through Tatisilwai–Mesra–Barkakana–Chandrapura, instead of its original route, Ranchi–Tatisilwai–Muri–Kotshila–Bokaro Steel City. Similar situation was observed at Tatanagar railway station in Jamshedpur due to the water logging at the yard caused by the heavy rainfall. The trains which were cancelled includes Tatanagar-Barkakana, Tatanagar-Kharagpur, Tatanagar-Bilaspur, Tatanagar-Chakradharpur, Tatanagar-Badampahar, Tatanagar-Barbil, Hatia-Tatanagar, among other trains. "The work relating to the pumping out of water from the tracks in the yard is almost over and resumption of normal train service will commence anytime," said Tatanagar station director Sunil Kumar.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Three held for duping trader, faking loot
Prayagraj: A joint team of the Special Operations Group (SOG) and Tharwai police on Wednesday arrested three persons for concocting a loot story and recovered Rs 1.23 lakh cash from their possession. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The trio identified as Diwakar Gupta (19) of Soraon, Sunil Kumar (23) of Tharwai, and Vivek Kumar (19) of Soraon was arrested near Shani Mandir Road, Tharwai, while planning to escape. Police claimed that cops posted on PRV 112 received information about a loot on June 16 near Naharpur Tilhapur turn wherein three bike-borne unidentified miscreants had looted Rs 1.33 lakh from two collection agents of a trader, including Diwakar Gupta and Omprakash Yadav, when they were on their way to Mutthiganj from Baharia. When police began investigations after registering an FIR, they found that the collection agents had not provided complete information about the loot to the trader concerned and had even switched off their mobiles. The trader became suspicious of their roles and reported the matter to the police. Upon being apprehended, Diwakar revealed the conspiracy of duping money with the help of his friends. He concocted the loot theory. While police arrested three of the accused, search is on for two others involved in the incident.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
State-level committee to resolve problems of all varsities: Governor
Patna: Governor-cum-chancellor Arif Mohammad Khan on Wednesday issued directions regarding the formation of a state-level committee consisting of the vice-chancellors (VCs) of Patna, Jai Prakash and Purnea universities to resolve the problems confronted by all state varsities. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "All vice-chancellors can raise the problems of their respective universities and possible suggestions before the committee so that the issues can be settled amicably, he said while addressing a meeting of the VCs at Raj Bhawan. All the VCs were directed to submit the exact requirement of teachers in different subjects in their universities so that guest faculties can be appointed to ensure regular academic activities. Calling upon the VCs to discharge their duties as per their stature and dignity, the chancellor asked them to work hard to streamline the functioning of their respective universities. The governor said he regarded them next only to the prime minister and hence they must behave accordingly. Only the VCs and none else would be held accountable for the success or failure of the institutions of higher education under their jurisdiction, he said, adding that they should work collectively to create a healthy academic environment in the state. The universities were further directed to strictly adhere to the examination calendars at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, besides ensuring biometric attendance of teachers and students. The the VCs were asked to expel all unauthorised boarders of hostels with the help of district administration. The meeting also discussed the problems relating to the availability of data on Samarth portal. It was decided that all the universities would be provided with trained IT staff soon. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now State education minister Sunil Kumar, education department's additional chief secretary S Siddharth, governor's principal secretary Robert L Chongthu, education adviser Baidyanath Yadav and higher education director N K Agrawal also attended the meeting.
Boston Globe
3 days ago
- Business
- Boston Globe
Mass. startups are plotting how to counter Trump cuts, grow local tech economy
Tufts president Sunil Kumar recalled the region's success building tech and biotech startups around Route 128, but warned that many other states are trying to copy that model. To succeed now, innovators need to look more broadly and include more people from other parts of the state. 'It would be a shame if we recreated Route 128, which is literally a moat,' he said. Excluding some people from new economic opportunities 'eventually catches up with you ... as we are finding out the hard way.' Advertisement Like other speakers at both conferences, Kumar never mentioned President Trump by name, only alluding to the damage done by the new administration's For the combination of 'blue' and 'green' tech startups, which Kumar dubbed the 'teal economy,' he recommended looking to pockets of strength in other areas beyond Greater Boston. New Bedford has a thriving fishing port, he noted. Advertisement Andrew Hargens, chief development officer at Massport, made the point that the region needs to better educate the startup community about strengths and opportunities right in their backyard. A local startup making robots for processing seafood needed to partner with a distributor and ended up connecting with one in far away Alaska, he said. 'We have 200 companies within 600 yards,' he said at the Tufts event. 'They just didn't know.' Though the state's famed academic institutions will continue to feed the talent base for tech startups, the high cost of living and doing business in Massachusetts remains an impediment to building big companies here, Jay Ash, chief executive of the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, said at the Engine event. Advocates of Massachusetts 'can't just show up anymore with Harvard and MIT behind you and [tell founders] you ought to be here,' Ash said. He praised recent state legislative efforts to speed up permitting for commercial development. 'We're starting to be more aggressive,' he said. Joe Rodden, cofounder and chief executive of sustainable aviation fuel startup Lydian Labs, said the company built its pilot plant in North Carolina due to the lengthy permitting process and high cost of electricity in Massachusetts. That meant engineers had to waste time flying back and forth from Lydian's Cambridge headquarters. 'We will add 40 to 50 jobs in Massachusetts, but want to create thousands in the future,' Rodden said. Despite the challenges, the state's successes have generated powerful resources to keep the innovation sector growing. Both recent meetings took place within modern, airy facilities funded with the fruits of prior tech booms. Advertisement The 'This place in many ways is an optimism battery where you can come to get recharged,' Ben Downing, chief growth officer at The Engine, said. 'If you invent something in Massachusetts, you ought to be able to make it in Massachusetts.' Aaron Pressman can be reached at
The Hindu
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
BJP to hold protests in front of local body offices on June 23
BJP State general secretary and Karkala MLA V. Sunil Kumar on Monday said the party will hold protests in front of the offices of local bodies in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on June 23 to highlight issues concerning people in the two districts. Mr. Kumar said the protests will be held at 399 locations, including in front of Mangaluru City Corporation, city municipal councils, municipalities, town panchayats and gram panchayats. Their demands include a solution to single-site issues with urban development authorities, sanctioning of Ashraya houses at the gram panchayat level, Aikrama-Sakrama applications issue resolution, opposing the exclusion of people from old age pension and Sandhya Suraksha schemes on account of crossing the income limit, and revokal of power tariff hike, he said. Kapu MLA Gurme Suresh Shetty and others were present.
