Indian Sub-continent

KANPUR: Though power consumption has reduced with the onset of wintry weather, KESCO has chalked out a plan to change rickety electricity lines in different divisions. It has undertaken the work in Hanspuram and Kalyanpuram divisions respectively.

KANPUR:  Busy as usual, the Ghantaghar crossing finds people’s ample movement every day. But they never look high at the clock tower because its hands do not move. It remains calm in the tower.  

As told by the shopkeepers there, the machine of the clock had lost its function several years ago. Even authorities concerned did not care about its functioning. But lately there rang a buzz in their ears suddenly.

KANPUR: Uttar Pradesh Board examination centres for Kanpur Nagar district have been set up by ignoring defined rules. As many as eight objections were made online so far.

If complaints will be found correct, a complete report would be sent to the Board Headquarters at Allahabad, said Deputy Inspector of Schools SK Tiwari, adding that the Board has to finalise everything.

COLOMBO, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's party, the United National Party (UNP), said Saturday it would file a case in the Supreme Court against the early dissolution of parliament by President Maithripala Sirisena.

UNP Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera told journalists in a media briefing here that the party would early next week file a challenge in the Supreme Court, calling the president's decision to dissolve parliament "illegal."

Mumbai, Nov 10 (PTI) Fifth seed Fahad Mohammed of Tamil Nadu outclassed Pune teenager Atharva Sharma 6-4, 6-2 in the singles final of the J S Pereira Memorial AITA Ranking mens tennis tournament here Saturday.

The 22-year-old Mohammed, who trains at the Just Tennis Academy in Chennai, was quite consistent with his serves and with clever change of tactics unsettled his 18-year -old opponent who did well to keep pace till 4-all in the first set.

Bhopal, Nov 10 (PTI) The Congress on Saturday promised to disband the Vyapam and refund the examination fees of the lakhs of youth who had appeared for the recruitment tests conducted by the scam-hit board in the last 10 years.

The Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, popularly known by the acronym Vyapam (Vyavasayik Pareeksha Mandal), is at the centre of a massive recruitment scandal, involving bribery and fudging of marks among others, that is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

KANPUR: Though power consumption has reduced with the onset of wintry weather, KESCO has chalked out a plan to change rickety electricity lines in different divisions. It has undertaken the work in Hanspuram and Kalyanpuram divisions respectively.

9 Nov 2018; AFP: Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday dissolved parliament and called a snap election after failing to gain enough support for his nominee for prime minister, deepening the island's political crisis with a gamble deemed illegal by the ousted premier's party.

Sirisena sparked the two week-old drama last month by sacking Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister and naming Mahinda Rajapakse -- the country's authoritarian president from 2005 until 2015 -- as his replacement.

New Delhi, Nov 9 (PTI) IT firm Wipro Friday said its acquired entity, Appirio, has set up a new office in Porto, Portugal to expand its European operations and meet the growing business requirements of the region.

Appirio -- a global services company that helps clients create next-generation worker and customer experiences using cloud technologies -- has offices in Amsterdam, Dublin, London, Paris and Stockholm presently.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Nov 8 (PTI) Three persons were arrested for allegedly stabbing a Dalit youth to death and dumping his body in a field in Nawla village here on Thursday, police said.

Mohan Kumar (20) was murdered over an old enmity. A case has been registered against four persons -- Rahul, Jagpal, Saurabh and Kallu -- based on the FIR lodged by the deceased's brother, said Circle Officer Rajeev Kumar Singh.