New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has issued a notification listing 1,511 colonies, out of 1,731 identified unauthorised ones, where plot owners can apply for regularisation of properties.The gazette notification, uploaded on the DDA website and approved on April 8, includes colonies such as Prem Nagar, Noor Nagar, Kotla Vihar, Harijan Basti in Masoodpur, Hari…
Navi Mumbai: An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Bombay) expert survey report submitted to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has flagged a serious reduction in the storage capacity of the city’s 14 holding ponds, raising concerns about flooding during the monsoon, especially when heavy rainfall coincides with high tide. The retention ponds function as a protective…
Bengaluru: Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) is planning to launch an online khata correction facility to make property record updates easier. Citizens will be able to correct most details, such as location and ward number, except the owner name and property measurements.“GBA has received around 25 lakh draft khata applications, of which over 10 lakh final…
Chennai: Madras high court has stayed a state govt rule making it mandatory for schools to file an annual undertaking that no external organisations will be permitted to organise any events during and outside school hours. The rule was introduced in view of complaints that RSS is being permitted in private schools to organise its…
Hyderabad: US-based digital manufacturing company Protolabs will be setting up its global capability centre (GCC) in Hyderabad as part of its India expansion, Telangana IT and industries minister D Sridhar Babu announced on Thursday after meeting the company’s senior leadership.Protolabs plans to begin operations this month and expand the Hyderabad centre to 200-300 employees in…
Kolkata: West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata, on Thursday decided that some students who, following the death of a first-year law student on Monday, were too distraught to take the end-semester exams from Friday could take their exams at a later date. An official said, “Some of the students, who were close…
Panaji: State recorded 28.5 lakh tourists between Jan and March, with events continuing to drive arrivals, said the tourism department on Thursday. However, the war in West Asia has taken a toll on the industry, with hotels and travel agents seeing a decline in arrivals.The department said that the India Energy Week, which brought more…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday evening visited Luhsi village in Pipraich to attend the Brahm Bhoj of Markandeya Yadav, a devoted follower of the Gorakshapeeth, and paid tributes to the departed soul.Markandeya Yadav passed away on April 1. The CM had earlier visited his ancestral village the following day and offered floral tributes…
Ahmedabad: Two warring families and one dead man. Tension gripped a village in Gandhinagar’s Dehgam taluka after the alleged teasing of a young woman triggered a clash between two families from the same community.A young man allegedly teasing his female friend escalated into a rioting-like situation, police said, adding that the youth and the girl…
Chandigarh: Sector 17 police have booked the owner and employees of a Sector 17–based immigration firm for allegedly cheating five people of around Rs 9 lakh by promising overseas work visas.One of the complainants, Sunil Kumar, a salon owner from Ambala, Haryana, said he wanted to go abroad for work and came across an advertisement…
