Ponda: Construction of a 40 million litres per day (MLD) water treatment plant at Opa Water Works, which supplies drinking water to Tiswadi and Ponda talukas, has been delayed as the water resources department (WRD) is yet to issue the mandatory water availability certificate.The project involved upgrading the existing 8 MLD plant by doubling its…
Varanasi: A 23-year-old man wanted in an abetment to suicide case was arrested near the Mirzamurad police station gate on Monday.Case was registered against Gopi alias Karu, resident of the Cholapur police station area, under sections 108 (abetment of suicide) and 77 (voyeurism) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with section 66E of the IT…
Ahmedabad: On Tuesday, the health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) released the city’s disease surveillance statistics.Between Aug 1 and 9, a total of 113 cases of gastroenteritis (diarrhoea/vomiting), 46 cases of typhoid and 17 cases of jaundice were reported in the city over the nine-day period. During the same timeframe, authorities logged 13 cases…
Amritsar: Satwant Singh, son of Kehar Singh, who was executed for his role in the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, has been named the first candidate of the party led by jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh for the Punjab assembly elections.Satwant, 61, will be fielded by Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) from…
Industries minister Uday Samant Pune: Maharashtra industries minister Uday Samant on Tuesday dismissed reports of businesses exiting the Chakan industrial area and said he has directed MIDC to survey factories that have either closed or migrated.The six-laning of the Talegaon-Chakan-Shikhrapur highway has also recently received cabinet approval, he said. Govt is planning to allocate Rs100…
Overflowing creeks in Surat causing water spilling to the nearing areas and residences waterlogged in many areas in the city Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has completed survey work covering 180 kilometres of the city’s 188-kilometre creek network as part of ongoing efforts to prevent flooding, officials said on Monday.The update was shared during the…
Guwahati: For over 10 days, teachers of Santak High School in flood-hit Sivasagar have traded chalk and blackboards for shovels and buckets, taking on the unlikely role of sanitation workers. With govt cleaners yet to arrive despite repeated assurances, five teachers at the school, which has nearly 500 students, have been battling thick layers of…
Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested the absconding former acting principal of a government residential school in connection with the alleged embezzlement of Rs 2.66 crore in four Rajkiya Ashram Paddhati schools run by the Social Welfare Department in Prayagraj. Lucknow: Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested Jeetlal Patel, an absconding former acting principal of…
State gold medallist Garvita Sharma fails to make it to the Rajasthan team for the forthcoming National Taekwondo Championship slated to be held in Pune from Aug 16 to 21 Jaipur: A controversy has erupted regarding the non-selection of Rajasthan taekwondo player Garvita Sharma for the forthcoming National Taekwondo Championship slated to be held in…
Additional personnel from the Army, CRPF and police, along with reinforcements, were rushed to the area JAMMU: Security forces launched joint cordon-and-search operations in J&K’s Doda and Poonch districts on being alerted about the sighting of terror suspects, officials said Tuesday.Cordon-and-search operations were initiated in Doda’s upper reaches after some locals captured a video of…
