New Delhi: In a bid to improve connectivity to the Noida International Airport at Jewar, Delhi govt is planning a direct air-conditioned bus service, while the Centre is working on a series of road infrastructure projects across the National Capital Region (NCR).Senior officials said the proposed Delhi-Jewar bus route is among several new interstate corridors…
Mumbai: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Monday directed all civic and emergency response agencies to work in coordination with the goal of achieving “zero casualties” during the monsoon, while reviewing Mumbai’s pre-monsoon preparedness. He was addressing the authorities in a meeting on Monday afternoon via video-conferencing.Shinde said the delayed onset of the rains has…
State of major stretch in Bengaluru Bengaluru: For several commuters entering and leaving Yelahanka every day, the stretch of State Highway 9 (Doddaballapur Road) has become an obstacle course. Dug-up sections, loose gravel, dust clouds, and widening potholes have turned what was once a busy arterial road into a daily test of patience for motorists,…
South India reports 60% of cybercrime cases Six of 10 cybercrime cases registered in India now come from just the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as per the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) 2024 report released in May. Are southern states facing a cybercrime epidemic, or are they simply…
Hyderabad-based Drogo Aerospace delivers the first batch of its JK 250e drones to the Indian Army Hyderabad: Drogo Aerospace Pvt Ltd, a Hyderabad-based dronetech startup, on Monday said it has delivered the first batch of 41 JK 250e drones to the Indian Army under a Rs 72-crore defence contract, marking a key step in the…
Kolkata: A resident of Ballygunge Park, alleged continuous stalking, harassment, and intimidation of her 14-year-old minor daughter within the complex premises. Based on her complaint, the Karaya police has registered a FIR.The complainant, a medical professional and an assistant professor at a state medical institute, has escalated the matter to the state administration, citing absolute…
Chandigarh: The Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Sunday arrested a deputy civil surgeon, posted in Nuh district, red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.The complainant told the ACB that he and his wife, a GNM degree holder, were running a hospital under the name ‘Labuja Karim’ in Punhana. Following an inspection by the…
The lease, cleared for Rs 7 crore, paves the way for a privately run school on civic land Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Monday approved a proposal to lease a 0.91-hectare plot in Punawale, reserved for an educational institute, to a private organisation for 30 years amid strong objections from residents and corporators…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates North East India Infrastructure Summit & Exhibition along with Meghalaya and Nagaland CMs Conrad Sangma and Neiphiu Rio in Shillong on Monday Shillong: Roads in the northeast will be developed at par with the ‘developed’ states of the country, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said after announcing road infrastructure projects worth…
The blast flattened the structure, with its impact felt miles away LUCKNOW: A powerful explosion tore through a licensed firecracker manufacturing unit on the city’s outskirts on Monday, killing a 22-year-old woman, injuring a youth and flattening the entire structure, with the impact felt up to 2km away, triggering panic in surrounding villages.The blast occurred…
