New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has identified 14 land parcels along metro corridors for residential and mixed-use development to promote affordable housing in the city and reduce outward migration to NCR towns.Accelerating the implementation of the recently notified Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) policy, the identified plots, spread across more than 3.6 lakh square metres, are…
Two-year-old child killed in accident Thane: A 2-year-old child was killed after being allegedly run over by a garbage collection vehicle operated by a Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation contractor Saturday morning.Senior inspector Sandeep Shivale at the Hill Line police station said the accident was reported around 7 am in Vasar village area along the fringes of…
Metro passenger’s unfortunate ride Bengaluru: Grabbing a handle on a Metro coach for support turned painful for a commuter after it snapped, bloodying his nose mid-journey. Alleging that Metro officials ignored his complaint and denied him compensation, the commuter moved the consumer commission, which recently held Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) accountable and ordered…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Child Rights Watch (TNCRW) has condemned the paper leak and irregularities that led to the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026, stating that repeated failures in conducting the test has caused immense distress to several lakhs of students and families across the country.In a statement on Saturday, it said the cancellation of the examination…
Hyderabad: Coding, AI-enabled research tools, and databases are no longer skills confined to engineering students. Law colleges across Telangana are increasingly integrating them into classrooms as the legal profession rapidly adapts to artificial intelligence.Heads of some of the state’s leading law colleges said they are consciously incorporating AI tools and technology-driven learning into classrooms as…
The biggest cause of the jam at Subhash Chowk, officials said, is vehicles getting entangled immediately after the underpass Gurgaon: To ease persistent traffic congestion near Subhash Chowk at the entry point of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, authorities are planning key infrastructure changes. The distance between the entry and exit points will be increased to reduce…
Kolkata: The urban development and municipal affairs dept has asked the KMC, all municipal corporations and municipalities to strictly follow legal provisions on unauthorised construction after the Tiljala factory fire incident, which claimed two lives last week.Municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said, “I have asked my dept to send letters to all municipal body areas…
Ghaziabad: District authorities have ordered a magisterial inquiry into the encounter of a man accused of raping and murdering his three-year-old niece last month in the trans-Hindon area.An official said the decision was taken in compliance with the National Human Rights Commission, which mandated an independent inquiry in cases of deaths during police action. The…
Panaji: The town and country planning (TCP) department proposed the conversion of more than 63,500 sqm of land across Bardez, Salcete, Tiswadi and Mormugao under the Section 39A notifications, with Bardez accounting for the bulk of the land earmarked for settlement zone conversion.The latest round of proposals continues the recent trend of “correcting” the Regional…
Varanasi: In view of rising temperatures, District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar on Saturday issued instructions to concerned departments on how to protect oneself from severe heat, hot winds and heatwave, and how to stay safe.According to IMD, the city recorded 41.3 degrees Celsius on Saturday. The heat will persist from Sunday through the coming week, and…
