The comparison is with annual standards, however, so the monthly averages cannot by themselves be treated as evidence of a violation of those limits Gurgaon: The city ranked fourth among Haryana’s 25 monitored locations for both PM2.5 and PM10 in Sept, as particulate pollution rose sharply from a year earlier. The average concentrations of the…
Trams often get stranded due to illegal parking on tracks Kolkata: Vehicles being parked illegally on tram tracks, especially at night, are posing a hurdle for trams.At a time when the new govt assures of revival of tram networks, operators request the authorities and police to keep the tracks free. At present, trams run on…
Pollution and damage to natural water flows may become irreversible if industrial units do not stay beyond 500 metres of surface water bodies, floodplains and high flood lines, the petitioner says Noida: A plea before National Green Tribunal has challenged the Centre’s Jan 27 amendment to industrial pollution control guidelines, warning that removing mandatory distance…
CALLING THE SHOTS: Churchill Bros coach Dimitris Dimitriou has returnedfor a second stint with the club The first thing that catches your eye during an early morning training session of Churchill Brothers FC is the high number of Goan players.‘Goenkar’, or Goan in konkani, the local language, on the back of the jerseys is also…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has denied regular bail to a 68-year-old rector who was arrested allegedly for sexually exploiting a minor boy over a three-year period at a boys’ hostel in Palitana town of Bhavnagar district.The case came to light in March after the 16-year-old inmate’s father filed a complaint against the rector. The police…
While construction of a second multi-level facility for 680 cars is ongoing, several designated parking patches on campus remain unpaved, unlevelled, and underutilised, exacerbating congestion for patients, visitors, and staff. Chandigarh: The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is facing a severe daily parking crisis due to a massive gap between vehicle inflow…
Traders are protesting the 0.4% charge on certain peer-to-merchant UPI payments Pune: Around 600 wholesale traders and more than 10,000 retailers in the city observed a ‘No UPI Day’ on Friday to protest against the proposed introduction of merchant discount rate (MDR) on certain UPI transactions.“It is impossible for traders operating at thin margins to…
Dhubri: A 55-year-old man was killed after being hit by a DEMU train in Dhubri town’s Linepar area on Friday.The deceased was identified as Anil Das, a Linepar resident associated with a sweet shop. Residents said he was near the railway track when he was struck by the approaching train. He died on the spot.Railway…
Lucknow: A 35-year-old woman and her 22-year-old brother-in-law were found hanging inside a room in Hardoi’s Bilgram area on Friday morning. The incident came to light when the woman’s eight-year-old son peeped through a window and discovered the bodies.Police said the deaths occurred in Habibnagar village under Bilgram Kotwali. The child woke up around 8…
Jaipur: City police Friday arrested two men, including the mastermind, in a suspected Rs 100 crore investment fraud in which fake cryptocurrency websites were used to lure people with promises of high returns from property and cryptocurrency investments.DCP (South) Rajarshi Raj Varma said police have frozen a Rs 1 crore fixed deposit allegedly created from…
