Kolkata: After the heavy showers received on Wednesday, more rainfall is likely to lash the city on Thursday.The Met office has forecast heavy rain for Kolkata and neighbouring districts of South and North 24 Parganas and Howrah along with many other south Bengal districts.In the past 24 hours, the Alipore Met office had recorded 81.2…
Ghaziabad: Holding that the burden of proving a pre-existing illness lies with the insurance company, the district consumer disputes redressal commission has directed Star Health and Allied Insurance to reimburse a policyholder’s claim after finding deficiency in service.The order, passed on July 31 by commission president Anil Kumar Pundir and members R P Singh and…
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Auditorium in Bodakdev Ahmedabad: The civic body has decided to allow citizens to rent the two banquet/conference halls at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Auditorium in Bodakdev for prayer meetings and besna (condolence gatherings). The facility, previously reserved primarily for cultural and public functions, has been opened up to cater to local demand.Both Banquet/Conference…
ASI Satroop Singh and Gurcharan Singh, reader to the SHO, Cyber Crime police station, Bathinda, were caught accepting a Rs 1 lakh bribe Bathinda: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday claimed to have arrested ASI Satroop Singh and Gurcharan Singh, reader to the SHO, Cyber Crime police station, Bathinda, red-handed while accepting a bribe of…
Pune: In the last one month, the Pune city police have booked as many as 210 youngsters for consuming contraband drugs, including marijuana and mephedrone, and registered FIRs against them.The youngsters, according to the Pune city crime branch, did not have commercial quantities of the drugs. Police are counselling these youngsters while simultaneously filing chargesheets…
Surat:The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) has urged chief minister Bhupendra Patel to address a range of infrastructure, power, taxation and policy issues affecting Surat and South Gujarat’s industrial sector.A detailed representation was submitted to the chief minister by SGCCI vice-president Ravi Raj Desai and secretary Paresh Lathiya. The chamber said South…
Dimapur: In a significant move to protect the environment and public infrastructure, Dimapur DC Tinojongshi Chang on Wednesday imposed a complete ban on the use of heavy machinery for the extraction of sand, gravel, boulders and other riverbed materials within the district without obtaining the requisite permissions and licences, reports Bhadra Gogoi.The ordercites the indiscriminate…
LDA to conduct inspection of buildings on SC’s direction Lucknow: The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) is preparing action against illegal commercial buildings in Aliganj that violate land-use norms, following directions from the Supreme Court.An SC-appointed team is expected to visit Lucknow to survey the illegal constructions in Aliganj.The action follows the SC’s hearing in the…
The syrup was sold to drug peddlers and used as an intoxicant after being mixed with soft drinks Rajkot: In a major crackdown on the abuse of prescription drugs, Bhavnagar police busted a syndicate that allegedly diverted codeine-based cough syrup into the black market by misusing a licenced pharmacist’s credentials. The syrup, police said, was…
Jaipur: Jaipur Development Authority has halted action for 15 days against more than 6,000 commercial units operating illegally in residential areas after tribunal intervention in cases involving some Ajmer Road establishments and a Supreme Court directive issued Tuesday.JDA’s enforcement wing had issued notices to or sealed units running commercial operations without proper approvals. The pause…
