Mumbai: Bombay high court has dismissed an application by 52 tenants of a demolished building in Ghatkopar (W) to add a new developer as a party to their petition on redevelopment.” It has also imposed Rs 5 lakh costs on them.Justices Ajey Gadkari and Kamal Khata in Wednesday’s order said, “It prima facie appears that…
Bengaluru: Karnataka is witnessing a sharp rise in snakebite cases this year despite the state rolling out a dedicated action plan to tackle the problem.According to Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), between Jan and the last week of April, Karnataka recorded 3,939 snakebite cases and 39 related deaths. April alone accounted for 961 bites and…
Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), through its international arm Global Research Foundation, has established a startup and tech centre in Menlo Park, California, to tap market and funding opportunities in Silicon Valley, the US’s tech and AI hub. The move aims to help Indian deep-tech startups to access the market, capital, talent,…
Hyderabad: The managing partner of a Bowenpally-based private firm engaged in the air-conditioner business has been accused of cheating six city investors of Rs 6.81 crore by promising them 4% monthly returns on investments. The Hyderabad Central Crime Station (CCS) police registered a criminal case on May 4 and launched a probe into the allegations.According…
Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday unanimously elected the BJP legislative party leader at a meeting of newly elected MLAs in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah, paving the way for him to become Bengal’s ninth chief minister.Making the announcement after a 30-minute closed-door meeting with the MLAs, Shah said, “Eight proposals were…
Ahmedabad: A city-based architect was robbed of Rs 4.6 lakh by two unidentified motorcycle-borne men who used a diversion tactic to steal a cash-filled bag from his BMW car in Ahmedabad’s Sola area on Wednesday evening.According to a complaint filed with Sola police, Jagrut Shah, 33, a resident of Bopal and owner of an architecture…
Ludhiana: Political leaders and community advocates have called for the immediate revision of national census documents following the discovery of offensive words for certain castes in self-enumeration forms.The controversial terminology, described by critics as historically offensive slurs, has triggered formal protests across the political spectrum. Advocacy groups warned that the inclusion of this kind of…
Chandigarh: In yet another attack on the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP govt in Punjab, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Friday that the situation in the state was “deteriorating fast” and it was “worse than West Bengal”.The Bhagwant Mann govt has completely failed to control the drug menace, illegal mining and the collapsing law…
Pune: Residents of Hadapsar, Kharadi and some other areas in the city will have to wait till December for water supply boost.The work of laying water transmission lines and commissioning overhead water storage tanks under Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s equitable water supply project will drag on well beyond the civic administration’s May deadline in these…
An Indian sailor was killed and several others injured after a wooden dhow carrying Indian crew members caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz.Seventeen other Indian crew members were rescued following the incident on Friday, while authorities continue to ascertain the exact cause of the blaze.According to sources, the crew members were rescued by a…
