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A dera situated in Bhikhiwind of Tarn Taran district has been slapped with ₹ 26 lakh fine after the enforcement wing of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) found it to be indulging in electricity theft. The team had found that a 300 KVA transformer was directly connected to high-tension wires at the site. The team further discovered that the unauthorised connection was being used to run 17 air conditioners, seven geysers, four motors, 196 lights and 87 fans. The power theft by the dera accounted for 50% of the total power supplied to the area.
Sub-division officer Sur Singh said an FIR has been registered at the anti-power theft police station, Verka Amritsar, to take action against the consumer as per law.
India-born Canadian MP Chandra Arya speaks in Kannada in Parliament, wins hearts
BENGALURU: A speech made in Kannada by the India-born Canadian member of Parliament has gone viral on social media, attracting huge attention and fueling the debate on the importance given to the native tongue. Chandra is on the board of Invest Ottawa Unity Non-Profit Housing Corporation Ottawa and was the Vice President of Ottawa Community Immigrants Services Organization. He added that in 2018, Kannadigas celebrated Kannada Rajyotsava in the same parliament.
Teachers recruitment scam: CBI quizzes Bengal minister for second time
Central Bureau of Investigation sleuths on Friday questioned West Bengal minister of state for education Paresh Chandra Adhikary for the second time in two days in connection with his daughter Ankita's alleged illegal recruitment in a government school. Adhikary, who was questioned for nearly three hours on Thursday evening, reached the CBI office at Nizam Palace in Kolkata on Friday morning. His daughter, however, didn't turn up.
‘Kashi-Mathura important but…’: Sena sees a 2024 link to mandir-masjid disputes
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of stoking the “mandir-masjid” issue with an eye on the 2024 general elections, saying such issues were raked up to create religious tensions in the country. “I think, the preparation for 2024 [elections] are on in such a way that all historic and religious places are being excavated to create tension in the country,” Raut told TV news channels in Delhi.
PUC exam (Class 12) results date fixed for June third week: B C Nagesh
The results of the recently conducted Pre-University Course exams (Class 12) are scheduled to be declared in the third week of June, state Education Minister BC Nagesh announced in a tweet on Friday. "The PUC exams have been successfully conducted and the valuation process will begin next week and the results will be announced in the third week of June," he said in a tweet. The results of the PUC will be announced at www.karresults.nic.in.
CBI searches Lalu Prasad’s residences in Patna, Gopalganj
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a fresh case against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad in connection with a land-for-job scam and on Friday conducted searches at 17 locations associated with the former Bihar chief ministedr and his daughter Misa Bharti. Daughter Misa Bharti later left for New Delhi. Lalu's youngest son and leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav is currently in London.
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