Ghaziabad: In a move aimed at ending years of limbo over who maintains large private townships, UP govt has fixed strict timelines for handing them over to municipal corporations — a shift that could directly affect thousands of residents caught between paying civic taxes and hefty private maintenance charges.The state has issued a new standard…
TNNCalangute: Heavy rain on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday led to water seeping into an underground petrol storage tank at a fuel station in Saligao, resulting in widespread vehicle breakdowns on Tuesday morning.A large number of vehicles, mostly two-wheelers, developed engine trouble shortly after refuelling at the pump. Several of them would not…
Varanasi: Acting on the directions of an Azamgarh court, officials on Monday froze Rs 2.33 lakh in the bank account of a man accused of fraudulently availing govt welfare scheme benefits despite having acquired Malaysian citizenship.The amount, allegedly obtained through forged documents, will now be transferred back to the respective govt scheme accounts.The accused, Mohd…
Ahmedabad: Marking its platinum jubilee, the Chartered Accountants Association, Ahmedabad (CAAA) will host the fourth edition of its Articleship Mela on July 3.The offline placement event, starting at 10am, serves as a trusted platform connecting first-year CA students directly with firms through an online registration and a smart matchmaking system.The mela uses a dashboard-driven process…
To prevent waterlogging, the civic body has prioritised clearing key internal municipal channels, including the Barewal, Dhoka Mohalla, and Domoria Bridge drains. Ludhiana: With the monsoon at the doorstep, the Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) is racing against tight deadlines to patch potholes, clear road gulleys, and desilt choked drainage networks. While the civic body missed…
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has convened a Panthic gathering at Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib Diwan Hall on July 5 following the Akal Takht’s directive to the Punjab govt to amend the anti-sacrilege law within a month and to discuss challenges confronting the Sikh Panth.SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami and Takht Sri Damdama…
Pune: As football fever grips the city, its restaurants, cafés, and sports bars find themselves caught in a high-stakes dilemma: meeting surging customer demand while navigating a growing legal “grey area” over commercial screening rights.While football-themed menus, prediction contests, and late-night screenings have begun appearing across the city, many establishments are now proceeding with extreme…
Roads caved-in at two spots inMota Varachha area in Surat. Surat:The season’s first spell of heavy rain once again exposed the poor quality of civic infrastructure in Surat, with roads caving in at multiple locations across the city on Tuesday. The cave-ins left vehicles stranded, disrupted traffic and raised fresh concerns over the quality of…
Dimapur: The Nagaland govt has integrated urban health and wellness centres (UHWCs) with existing health units such as sub-centres and primary health centres to deliver healthcare and basic diagnostic services at the neighbourhood level.Director of municipal affairs Temjenrenla Kechu said this at an orientation programme on the effective implementation of the 15th Finance Commission health…
Dr Abhishek Tandon, a pulmonologist from the city, has been conferred the FIAB (Fellow of the Indian Association for Bronchology) at BroncoCon 2026 — the 28th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for Bronchology (IAB), held recently in Pune. Dr Tandon, a consultant with the dept of respiratory and sleep medicine with Medanta Hospital, Lucknow,…
