Navi Mumbai: Following a department-wise survey of existing buildings within its jurisdiction, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) declared 500 buildings dangerous under the category specified in Section 264 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act. The NMMC issued notices to the respective cooperative housing societies to vacate buildings in the C-1 category, as per the…
Bengaluru: A woman escaped with minor injuries when a wild elephant, looking for drinking water, suddenly stormed into the midst of tourists at Sangama, the scenic confluence of Arkavathi and Cauvery rivers in Bengaluru South district Friday afternoon. Sangama, a popular picnic spot for city people, is located around 100 km from Bengaluru.A video of…
Hyderabad: Adilabad police on Saturday arrested four persons allegedly involved in facilitating opening of mule accounts. Police are now on the lookout for their handlers in Maharashtra. In the crackdown on accounts linked to cybercrime cases, police traced 74 bank accounts. “After questioning the individuals in whose names the accounts were opened, police found that…
Workers said the number of bookings and duration of work at each household had increased because of chores piling up Gurgaon: Finding someone to do household chores is hardly a difficult job. It’s finding the right one that usually proves tricky.But forget the right one, finding anyone is tough these days. With waves of domestic…
Kolkata: A fire broke out in the Sholo Bigha slum near Eastern Railway’s Santoshpur station on Saturday at 1.48 pm. Around 50-60 shanties near the railway station were gutted in the blaze. No one was injured. . Traffic came to a standstill on Budge Budge Road from around 2 pm as at least 6 to…
Tempo driver dies after Eeco van rams his vehicle Noida: A tempo driver died of the injuries he sustained when he was hit by a speeding Eeco van in the Expressway police station area on Thursday, police said.The deceased was identified as Shiv Kumar. According to a complaint filed by his brother Ramkumar Tiwari, Shiv…
Panaji: Smart electricity meters will soon offer consumers the option of switching to prepaid mode.“Just like a mobile connection, consumers will be able to choose whether they want a prepaid or postpaid connection,” electricity department superintending engineer and nodal officer in charge of the project Mayur Hede told TOI.Around 15,000 digital meters have been replaced…
Varanasi: To bolster UP’s power system in the peak summer season, energy minister AK Sharma on Saturday said tripping is unacceptable and directed 24×7 supply.At a review meeting with officials in Varanasi, Sharma issued key consumer-centric directives, stating that power connections up to 1 kW will not be disconnected even with a negative balance. Consumers…
Ahmedabad: Hours before voters were to head to polling booths in Mehsana, a clash turned fatal. A 30-year-old man lost his life after being attacked during a confrontation late on Friday. The victim, Miten Chaudhary, was campaigning for his uncle, Mahendra Chaudhary, a BJP member contesting the Mehsana Municipal Corporation election from Ward 4.According to…
Sultanpur Lodhi (Kapurthala): Close on the heels of a family in Sultanpur Lodhi losing its fifth son to drugs, another family in nearby Gazipur village has lost its second son, allegedly to drug abuse, within the past seven months.Twenty-year-old Baljit Singh was found dead on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. His parents said…
