Gurgaon: The attempt to demolish a portion of the boundary wall of Ireo Skyon in Sector 60, allegedly by the developer’s officials, has raised safety concerns among residents.Residents alleged that the demolition activity was carried out on May 1 from outside the society’s premises without prior notice or approval. They opposed the move and halted…
Kolkata: The ‘bhadralok’ neighbourhoods of Kolkata North and South decisively flipped and voted out the Trinamool govt. For over a decade, these very urban localities were considered impenetrable fortresses of the Trinamool. But the election results revealed a metropolitan electorate that traded its traditional allegiance for a “new beginning” under the BJP.Political science professor Maidul…
Noida: District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC) directed M/s Ajnara India Ltd, a Noida-based real estate developer, to pay Rs 1.71 lakh to a customer with 6% interest within 30 days of the order after it failed to hand over a flat booked in 2018 or return the booking amount. The commission also ordered the…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said his govt safeguarded nearly 1.5 lakh shiksha mitra families after previous regimes allegedly pushed them into uncertainty through “rule-violating decisions”. Addressing a state-level shiksha mitra felicitation ceremony organised by the basic education department in Gorakhpur, the CM said the govt chose “dialogue and cooperation” over confrontation to…
Ahmedabad: Timely intervention by the Gandhinagar police saved two schoolgirls who attempted to end their lives at the Narmada canal following the declaration of the Class 12 board results on Monday. One of the girls from Gandhinagar had failed to clear the exam, while the other had failed to get a good marks.Superintendent of police…
Ludhiana: The World MSME Forum has raised an alarm over the ongoing depreciation of the rupee, warning that the currency’s decline is placing unsustainable pressure on the nation’s industrial sector.Over the past year, the rupee has weakened by about 13% against the US dollar, a trend that is damaging particularly to micro, small, and medium…
TNN Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration’s ambitious plan to develop a large concert centre in Sarangpur has run into environmental clearance issues. The project is stalled over pending permission to remove nearly 200 trees and other vegetation at the proposed site.The 25-acre venue, envisioned as a major events hub, cannot proceed with infrastructure development until clearance…
Pune: A set of twins and a 16-year-old boy drowned in separate incidents in the district on Tuesday.In the first incident, twin brother and sister Ganesh and Shravani Sable (both 11) had gone to a lake in Taleraon village of Junnar taluka, around 124km from Pune city. The children had reached the spot around 11…
Surat: India, as chair of the Kimberley Process (KP), will host an intersessional meeting in Mumbai next week where member countries are expected to debate proposals to expand the definition of “conflict diamonds” amid geopolitical and trade sensitivities.The Kimberley Process intersessional meeting will focus on widening the definition of “conflict diamonds”. Several member countries are…
Guwahati: AJP candidate Kunki Chowdhury, youngest in the fray, though faced a defeat at the hands of her rival candidate Vijay Kumar Gupta (70), a senior BJP worker, expressed gratitude to the people of her constituency for the support extended to her even though she was “new to politics” and “got less than a month”…
