A reality check of hotel hubs at Mahipalpur in Delhi on Thursday. New Delhi: Sealed windows leading to a lack of ventilation, narrow staircases next to lifts and inadequate fire safety measures — violations like these are rampant across affordable hospitality hubs like Mahipalpur and Paharganj, making them vulnerable to catastrophes, similar to the one…
Thane: One person was killed and another seriously injured on Thursday after their motorcycle skidded on the Mumbai-Agra highway in Thane district, hit the railing of a railway bridge and fell onto the tracks, police said. “The two were hailing from Rajur Babulwadi in Akola. The 22-year-old man died on the spot, while the other…
Bengaluru: Observing that the state govt could not have acquired land for a private entity, which is a profitable venture, the high court quashed acquisition of land by Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) in favour of Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association (IMTMA) at Madanayakanahalli, near Nelamangala, for construction of a multilevel car parking facility.A…
Chennai: Police arrested a 29-year-old man, Aleem Joshua alias Seeman, on Wednesday for supplying narcotic tablets and seized 700 tablets from him. The man was an associate of a history-sheeter, Shankar Bhai, who was earlier arrested at Ayanavaram.Acting on a tip off, police had arrested Shankar Bhai, 29, of East Ayanavaram. A total of 100…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Thursday made it clear that any decision on electoral alliances in the state would be taken by the party’s central leadership, while asserting that the BJP would contest the upcoming GHMC elections on its own.Addressing a ‘Meet the Press’ programme organised to mark 12 years of Telangana’s…
The plan took shape after Gurgaon authorities received intelligence that many women from the district were going to Bijnor for illegal prenatal sex determination tests Gurgaon: On Thursday morning, a pregnant woman boarded a bus from Delhi to UP. She had just paid Rs 25,000 to her companion, a woman who promised to tell her…
Kolkata: Several major centrally sponsored rural development schemes stalled in Bengal for years are set to resume, state panchayat and rural development minister Dilip Ghosh announced on Thursday. He further announced that there were 11,154 vacant posts across different tiers of the panchayat structure — of which 6,536 will be filled in the first phase.Ghosh…
Sewage and wastewater discharged in the city forest have led to the destruction of over 70,000 trees Ghaziabad: Taking serious note of damage and destruction to Sai Upwan city forest in Ghaziabad, National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the Centre and UP govt among others, directing them to file a reply within four…
Panaji: Crime branch of Goa police on Thursday conducted a state-wide verification drive at scrapyards as part of preventive policing and internal security measures. The drive was aimed at verifying workers and identifying any illegal immigrants or people staying or working without valid documents.SP crime branch Rahul Gupta said that nine teams of crime branch…
Gorakhpur: Bringing laurels to eastern Uttar Pradesh, Gorakhpur-born IAS officer Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal has received a national award for the fourth time, marking another milestone in his distinguished administrative career.Currently serving as the district magistrate and collector of Sepahijala district in Tripura, Jaiswal, a native of Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur, was awarded first prize in…
