A bulldozer brings down a stall near Dum Dum Junction railway station Kolkata: A massive anti-encroachment drive was conducted by railway authorities and police at Dum Dum Junction railway station throughout the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, which demolished more than 200 illegal shops and evicted hundreds of vendors.According to railway sources, the operation…
The vigil, which lasted about an hour, ended at the Gaur City 2 16th Avenue temple Noida: Nearly 100 residents of Gaur City 2 gathered on Sunday evening to hold a vigil for Twisha Sharma, whose family lives in the township.The residents gathered and marched with Twisha’s posters. The vigil, which lasted about an hour,…
Panaji: As airlines have reduced flight runs, pointing to increase in aviation turbine fuel costs, airfares to Goa have begun to shoot up. It will especially cause dismay among travellers looking to holiday in Goa during the long weekends this year. Though on most routes the prices have not been hiked for the immediate dates,…
Chandrakant ‘Lala’ Patel is accused of exploiting the US U-visa victim-protection programme to help Indian immigrants avoid deportation Ahmedabad: Chandrakant ‘Lala’ Patel, accused of exploiting the US U-visa victim-protection programme to help Indian immigrants avoid deportation, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money laundering and now faces deportation himself. Under a plea deal, Patel agreed…
Law Judge And Justice Symbol Ludhiana: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered a solar power installation company to refund Rs 11 lakh to a consumer, Siraj Din Bali of Millerganj, for failing to install a solar plant at his house.Holding the firm guilty of deficiency in service and unfair trade practices, the commission…
Deepak.Yadav@timesofindia.comChandigarh: Over 850 registration numbers of the new vehicle series, CH01-DE, are in the bidding during the auction, which will end on Monday evening. The three day online bidding started on Saturday, after completion of the seven-day registration process.The Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA) of the Chandigarh Transport Department has received over a thousand applications…
Bare tree trunks line Ganeshkhind Road near an under-construction Metro station, reflecting the environmental cost of urban development Pune: For years, environmental battles in the city were fought in neighbourhoods with residents from one area protesting against tree felling and others against hill development, riverfront construction, or illegal garbage dumping. On Saturday, these groups merged…
Surat: A trustee of a private school in Surat was allegedly cheated of Rs 2 crore after fraudsters lured him with the promise of securing a Rs 4 crore donation for the institution. Mahidharpura police registered an FIR on Saturday against Aakash Dhyaneshwar and two employees of an angadia firm in connection with the case.According…
Agartala: Tripura’s agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister, Ratan Lal Nath, has called for increased central aid for the state’s farmers and requested more funding for fertilisers, as well as measures to expand hybrid paddy farming.During a recent national conference on agriculture for the Kharif campaign, Nath said he had discussed with Union agriculture minister Shivraj…
Rajkot: A 42-year-old GETCO employee has filed a complaint with Rajkot Rural cybercrime police after allegedly being duped of over Rs 5.18 lakh by fraudsters posing as bank customer care executives who tricked him into sharing credit card details on the pretext of cancelling a Card Protection Plan (CPP).The complainant, Ketan Dholakia, a lineman posted…
