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The spike in power consumption was mainly due to excess usage of appliances like air conditioners and coolers owing to extreme sultry weather conditions. In August 2022, power consumption was 130.39 billion units (BU), higher than 127.88 BU in August 2021, according to government data. The peak power demand rose to 236.59 GW in August 2023. Against this, peak power supply was much lesser at 195.22 GW in August 2022 and 196.27 GW in August 2021. The Power Ministry had estimated the country’s electricity demand to touch 229 GW during the summer season. The demand did not reach the projected…

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Bengal and India-A cricketer Abhimanyu Easwaran has been on the fringe of the national team for the last few years. His mighty statistics in First class and List-A cricket are impressive and justify his talent. He has scored at an average of 47.27 over 34 innings for India A as an opener, with six hundred and a best of 233. Abhimanyu has been a productive batter for Bengal. Except for one season—the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy—in which he scored just 258 runs in 17 innings, he barely missed any chance to score runs. However, when the…

The accused arrived at IGI from Mumbai on September 2. He was taken to the Office of Preventive Customs (Shift) based on the specific information of gold smuggling.”On thorough personal search and baggage examination, three oval shaped capsules wrapped with black coloured adhesive tape, suspected to contain gold in chemical paste form, total weighing to 1183 grams were found concealed inside one black colour socks,” an official said.He said that 1008 grams was extracted out from 1183 grams gold paste which is valued at Rs 53,02,614.The accused admitted that he had brought the gold item in paste form from Mumbai…

“We have not taken even a rupee from anyone or accepted a cup of tea from anyone. I fail to understand one thing. If I purchase something, say a pair of saucers or tea mugs, can the Central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe that,” the Chief Minister asked while addressing the Real Estate Convention 2023 here.Speaking on the occasion, she also accused that some businessmen are also being harassed in a similar manner. “But do not get afraid. Some people will try to harass you. Some businessmen are being harassed through the agencies just as my family is…

Recently, he posted on his social media accounts to warn other gang members that someone had created a fake social media account in his name. “Someone has created a fake ID using my name. Our fellow member, Manpreet Manila, was recently apprehended. I suspect the NIA is behind this fake ID, aiming to identify those in contact with me. I advise against connecting with this ID. I don’t want anyone to get into trouble because of a fake account. My only social media ID is the one I’ve always used. Those who wish to contact me should stay vigilant and…

“Encounter started at Reasi on the basis of Police input regarding the presence of two Militants. Encounter going on in Gali Sohab in Tuli area of Chassana. Police and Army are carrying out the operation,” Mukesh Singh, Additional Director General of Police Jammu zone said.The firefight started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in that area.After security forces cordoned off the area, hiding terrorists started firing drawing retaliation by the security forces.There have been a series of encounters between terrorists and security forces across Kashmir in the recent past…

Himachal Administrative Services (HAS) officer Oshin Sharma has been posted as Assistant Commissioner-cum-Tehsildar in Sandhol in Mandi district.She reached the spot at 10 pm on Sunday and imposed compoundable fines for illegal activity.As per officials, she was tipped off about illegal mining by local people in Bakkar Khad in Sandhole. She reached there and challenged them. She also warned them the machines and vehicles will be confiscated in case they were caught again.The violators were using a tractor-trailer for loaded them with gravel.Illegal mining in Himachal Pradesh is acute in Una, Solan and Sirmaur districts adjoining Punjab and Haryana.The government…

Between July 1-31, “72,28,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 31,08,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users”, WhatsApp said in its monthly compliance report.The most popular messaging platform, which has over 500 million users in the country, received another record 11,067 complaint reports in July in the country, and the records “actioned” were 72.”Accounts Actioned” denotes reports where WhatsApp took remedial action based on the report and taking action denotes either banning an account or a previously banned account being restored as a result.”This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action…

The Chief Minister said such kind of EGI report would create more problems in Manipur, which is rocked by ethnic violence for over four months killing 170 people and injuring 700 while displacing around 70,000 people of both Meitei and Kuki communities.A three-member fact-finding team of EGI after visiting Manipur, published its report in New Delhi last week, claiming that the media’s reports on the ethnic violence in Manipur were one-sided, and accused the state leadership of being partisan.“It should have avoided taking sides in the ethnic conflict but it failed to do its duty as a democratic government which…

Two star kids are all set to make their debut with the film ‘Dono’. The film directed by Avnish barjatya and featuring Rajveer Deol and Paloma Thakeria will be released on October 5. On Monday, at the trailer launch of the film in Mumbai, Sunny Deol, Poonam Dhillon and Sooraj Bajatya were present to give blessings to their kids.At the trailer launch, Sunny Deol spoke about the film and said, “Rajshri Productions is known to give us family films. They make films which are for the families. This film is also one of those films. It is about a wedding,…