Mumbai: Seeking greater citizen participation in civic works, BJP corporator from Cuffe Parade Makarand Narwekar has asked BMC to make a Completion Certificate or Satisfactory Work Certificate from local residents mandatory before final payments are released to contractors for civic works in residential areas.In a letter to BMC, Narwekar said the proposed system would bring…
Bengaluru: After becoming the first railway zone in the country to implement the Mobile Unreserved Ticketing System (M-UTS) sahayak services at KSR Bengaluru, the South Western Railway (SWR) has now expanded it to all major railway stations in Bengaluru.In SWR’s Bengaluru division, 36 sahayaks have been allocated to six stations—KSR Bengaluru, Yeshwantpur, SMVT, Kengeri, KR…
Puducherry/New Delhi: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth & Sports Mukul Wasnik has written a letter to higher education secretary Deepti Gaur Mukerjee expressing serious concern over eviction notices served to residents of Annapurna Farms by the Auroville Foundation.Wasnik in the letter highlighted that the Auroville Foundation recently directed residents of Annapurna Farms…
Hyderabad: Telangana police have facilitated the refund of ₹139.6 crore to about 24,000 cyber fraud victims so far this year, with a significant portion of the money being returned through the Lok Adalat and the newly introduced Money Restoration Module (MRM). During the recently held National Lok Adalat, Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB), along with…
Gurgaon: A fire broke out at a Posco service station in Gali No. 2 of Rajiv Colony, near the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway (NH-8), late Saturday night, damaging vehicles, repair equipment, spare parts and other material.The blaze was reported after passers-by and local residents noticed flames rising from the premises and alerted police and the fire department….
Kolkata: Purulia-born filmmaker Anuparna Roy won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at Venice International Film Festival for her Hindi-Sylheti Bengali-Marathi feature film ‘Lovers in the Blue Night’.The recognition establishes her as a leading fixture in contemporary world cinema following her Orizzonti Best Director win for ‘Songs of Forgotten Trees’ at the Venice festival…
A meeting with district authorities, local residents and police was held on Saturday to discuss the arrangements for the show Noida: The fourth UP International Trade Show will be held at India Expo Centre & Mart in Greater Noida from Sept 25 to 29, with an expected footfall of around 5 lakh. Besides the state’s…
Panaji: A bus driver dashed into a scooter on Friday while driving from Old Goa towards Panaji, leading to a 21-year-old pillion rider from Mysuru, Karnataka, losing his life in the accident. Old Goa Police have booked a case of rash and negligent driving against the bus driver Rupesh Goankar, 39, a resident of Honda,…
Varanasi: Two women were killed after being hit by an unidentified vehicle while on a morning walk in Ismailpur Kotisha village under the Saidpur Kotwali area of Ghazipur district early Sunday.The deceased were identified as Khushboo Kashyap (35) and her sister-in-law Kirti Kashyap (40), both residents of Ismailpur Kotisha village.Ghazipur CO (Saidpur) Shubham Verma said…
Lignite costs have climbed to Rs 4,500 during. The price of H-acid, a key dye intermediate, has nearly tripled to Rs 800-900 per kg, while dyes have become costlier by 50-60% Gujarat’s textiles industry is seeing early signs of recovery in production, exports and order enquiries, but a sharp rise in raw material, fuel and…
