Illegal construction and substandard materials caused the Saket building collapse killing six people. NEW DELHI: Illegal construction of additional floors, use of substandard material and disregard for building safety norms led to the collapse of a five-storey building in south Delhi’s Said-ul-Ajaib that killed six people — the Delhi Police has stated in its nearly…
Chennai: Plagued by repeated fires, voltage fluctuations, and sudden blackouts, residents of Kasturba Nagar in Adyar are demanding the immediate replacement of a hazardous transformer on 8th Main Road. Repeated petitions to the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL) for the past four years have yielded no results.According to residents, the transformer was installed…
Hyderabad: While probing the case of an unidentified woman’s burnt body, Siddipet police arrested a woman and her juvenile son for their alleged involvement. During interrogation, police found that the accused were allegedly involved in two more offences: a murder for gain and a robbery.Addressing the media, Siddipet police commissioner S Rashmi Perumal said that…
Tolly Club has woman representatives in its committee DI is the first premier club in Kolkata to have 45% women representation in the managing committee Calcutta Club has elected a woman president twice in succession Bengal Club has woman members in the managing committee Saturday Club had elected Harjyoti Bindra as the president three years…
The festival is a collective effort of hundreds of Divar residents Panaji: For Rosita and Maria, two sisters in their 50s living with dwarfism, the Bonderam of Divar island’s Malar village was more than a day of festivity. It gave them something they rarely get at public events– a platform to showcase their work and…
Ahmedabad: A dispute over an alleged relationship turned fatal in Dehgam on Saturday when four men allegedly abducted a 40-year-old man in broad daylight, took him to a canal in Kheda district and threw him into the water. Police later recovered his body with the help of divers and arrested all four suspects.The accused have…
The senior citizens at the Independence Day event in Ferozepur Bathinda: In election-bound Punjab, even a dance performance at an Independence Day function has triggered a political skirmish.Congress MLA Pargat Singh on Sunday alleged that elderly health department employees were presented as beneficiaries of the state’s knee-replacement scheme, while AAP’s Ferozepur Urban MLA, Ranbir Singh…
Lucknow: A professor and former vice-chancellor of a private university has accused a builder company, its associates and officials of multiple banks of orchestrating a ₹2.11-crore fraud linked to the purchase of two flats in Lucknow.An FIR in this connection has been registered at Kaiserbagh police station.The victim, Prof Mirza, a resident of Lalbagh, in…
The controversy erupted after a video from Congress’s Aug 15 function showed Sonia gesturing and speaking to party president Kharge. NEW DELHI: The row over the full rendition of Vande Mataram at Congress headquarters on Independence Day acquired a Bankim Chandra connection, with BJP MLA Sumitro Chatterjee, a direct descendant of the national song’s author,…
NEW DELHI: The combined market cap of five of the top-10 most valued firms eroded by Rs 1 lakh crore last week, with IT bellwether TCS taking the biggest hit, amid a bearish trend in domestic equities.Last week, BSE benchmark sensex declined 490 points, or 0.6%, and the NSE Nifty dipped 205 points, or 0.8%….
