Thane: As many as 150 families staying in Bandal Chawl adjoining Central Railway tracks have been asked to vacate their premises claiming the structures are in the way of a few infrastructure works connected to the new railway station being developed between Thane and Mulund.“Many families have lived here for over five decades and have…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only BENGALURU: Erratic pre-monsoon rains may have cooled districts surrounding Bengaluru. The city’s temperature dropped by a degree in a day. But the northern and central parts of the state continue to blaze in the summer heat, even recording a one-degree increase in 24 hours on Thursday.After the hail and…
Hyderabad: The practice of engineering colleges hiring additional staff to “pass” university inspections and secure affiliation, only to lay off a bulk of them thereafter, has come under the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad’s (JNTUH) scanner. The university has warned of strict action against colleges that recently laid off about 30% to 40% of their…
Panaji: Water resources minister Subhash Shirodkar said on Wednesday that the state’s reservoirs have sufficient raw water storage to meet Goa’s requirement till the monsoon arrives. He also stated that the water resources department (WRD) is looking at the possibility of a desalination plant for Panaji and a water release automation for irrigation, among other…
Ahmedabad: In a twist to the 34-year-old murder case detected in Vatva, the city crime branch has traced the prime accused, Shamsuddin Khedawala, alive, contradicting earlier claims that he died years ago. The development is expected to significantly alter the course of the investigation into the alleged murder of a woman, whose remains were recently…
JALANDHAR: An innocentlooking CCTV camera atop a pole in Kapurthala’s Model Town turned out to be the eyes and ears of an ISI-controlled spy module that kept a watch on sensitive military locations.This was revealed when Punjab counter-intelligence (CI) busted two ISI-controlled modules and arrested three suspects for spying on military establishments via solarpowered CCTV…
Pune: A sessions court on Thursday acquitted former BJP corporator Deepak alias Baba Misal and six co-accused in a 2013 attempt-to-murder case registered with the Sahakarnagar police. Baba Misal is the brother-in-law of state urban development minister Madhuri MisalAs per the prosecution’s case, the incident dates back to Dec 2013, when the complainant, Rajendra Deshmukh,…
Guwahati: The fatal accident that claimed three lives on Sunday after the driver and the three occupants consumed liquor at a bar that remained open till 3 am, well beyond the permitted closing time of 12.30 am, has exposed widespread violations of excise rules by late-night establishments.“Although bars with late-night licences are allowed to operate…
TNNLucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party member and MLC Rajendra Chaudhary strongly refuted BJP’s allegations that SP was anti-women for having opposed the amendment to the Nari Vandan Bill, 2023. During Thursday’s special session, Chaudhary said that the Nari Vandana Amendment Bill that was defeated in Parliament was not a reservation bill but a Delimitation Bill.In a…
Jaipur: Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) arrested a school lecturer for allegedly securing a govt job using forged educational qualifications in the RPSC Agriculture Lecturer (School Education) Exam 2022, officials said.Police identified the accused as Ashok Kumar Yadav, 33, a resident of Chomu in Jaipur district and currently posted as a lecturer (Agriculture) in…
