New Delhi: Residential buildings under 24 metres in height — a category that includes a large number multi-storey homes, such as the ill-fated one in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar — will fall outside the scope of “fire and life safety” provisions under the newly notified National Building Construction Standards (NBCS), which replaced the National Building Code…
Pune: A Central Railway committee will investigate all aspects of the derailment of CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat Express just outside the Pune Junction station on Monday evening and the alleged delay in the restoration work.The probe committee will determine if there were any shortcomings in the maintenance of the non-standard diamond crossing in the Pune yard,…
Varanasi: Two youths were killed after two motorcycles collided head-on on a bypass service road near Akhri village under Rohaniya Akhri police outpost in Varanasi on Thursday.On receiving information, police reached the spot and with the help of locals, admitted both the injured to trauma center, where they succumbed to injuries during treatment.The deceased were…
Doctor’s SUV kills 1, injures 6 after hitting scooter, running over sleepers in Lucknow (AI image used for representational purpose only) LUCKNOW: A speeding SUV, allegedly driven by a doctor, rammed a scooter carrying three people before running over four people sleeping on a footpath, leaving one dead and four others critically injured near Burlington…
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Enforcement Wing conducted multiple raids across the commissionerate between January 1 and April 21, targeting food adulterators and food manufacturing units operating without a license. During the raids, police booked 22 cases and arrested 28 persons for posing threat to public health.The raids focused on manufacturers and sellers of bakery products, sweets,…
AI-generated representational image. BENGALURU: A man identified as Harish was arrested by Karnataka Police on Saturday for the alleged murder of an onion trader, Ramachandra, following a dispute linked to the victim’s relationship with a local woman. The arrest was made within hours of the incident, which took place near the Patalamma temple in Patalamma…
Chandigarh: Haryana chief secretary Anurag Rastogi on Saturday said the urban policies and regulatory frameworks must evolve to address emerging challenges of sustainability, infrastructure resilience, rapid urban expansion and citizen expectations.He said the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 significantly contributed to planned urban growth, infrastructure creation and economic development in the…
Proceeds from the rare Pokémon card sale are now covering his wedding, turning a childhood collection into life-changing value/ SWNS What began as a routine clear-out in a Dorset attic has ended with a wedding fully paid for, after a long-forgotten collection of Pokémon cards turned out to be worth far more than expected. A…
NEW DELHI: Actor-politician Vijay is set to meet Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar for the third time to stake claim to form government, after the May 4 verdict placed his TVK as the single-largest party in the state.From silver-screen superstardom to the edge of Chennai’s Fort St George, Vijay has caused the biggest political…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court has issued notices to the state while hearing a petition by former Rajya Sabha MP KVP Ramachander Rao in connection with a red corner notice issued against him in 2014 in an alleged bribery case pending against him in a US court.When the matter came up for hearing before a bench…
