Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) will develop two eco bloc-based sponge parks at existing playgrounds at Thiruvottiyur’s Burma Nagar (ward 16) and Jothi Nagar (ward 4), for nearly ₹10 crore. The parks will be developed under GCC’s capital fund to address waterlogging and improve rainwater storage in the zones. The timeline to appoint contractors and…
Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s most sought-after neighbourhoods — Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills and adjoining Shaikpet mandal — remain entangled in decades-old land disputes, with housing societies and private landowners locked in legal battles against the state govt.What began several decades ago has evolved into a maze of overlapping claims, fake survey numbers and unresolved land records, leaving…
IMD said the combination of high humidity and unusually warm nights has intensified heat and is adding to the discomfort Gurgaon: The city received no respite from the sweltering heat and humidity on Saturday as nighttime temperatures touched the 30 degrees Celsius mark.While heatwave conditions will persist across isolated spots in Haryana including Gurgaon, India…
Fire at Alipore Zilla Parishad Office……Debobrata Shome Kolkata: Around 3,000 EVMs were destroyed in the Alipore New Administrative Building fire, a senior EC official said.The fire, which broke out at the building on June 10, damaged several floors of the 10-storey building. The strongroom on the 10th floor, where the EVMs were kept, was gutted….
Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad Development Authority has directed developers with pending applications on Online Building Plan Approval System to secure map approvals within a fortnight, ahead of a full migration to the new Fast and Simplified Trust-Based Plan Approval System.Applications still pending after the switchover will require fresh submissions on the new platform. The new system was…
India B Seniors team secured the silver medal at the 5th Asia Cup Bridge Championships in Dona Paula on Saturday Panaji: India concluded its campaign at the 5th Asia Cup Bridge Championships with an impressive haul of three silver medals and a bronze at Dona Paula on Saturday.The standout performance came from India B Seniors,…
Ahmedabad: The city’s Draft Outdoor Advertisement Policy 2026 proposes strict safety requirements for outdoor advertising installations before any steel column is erected. To prevent infrastructure damage and protect public right-of-way, operators must complete underground utility surveys, mark safe excavation corridors and implement a traffic management plan approved by road and traffic authorities before beginning work.Agencies…
Amritsar: Harpreet Singh, the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Reorganised), on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee leadership, stating that it was ironic that those who had escaped the directives of the Akal Takht were now mobilising support in the name of implementing SGPC orders.He alleged that the dignity…
Guwahati: A 26-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after jumping into the Brahmaputra at Khankar picnic spot on Saturday morning.Police said the man jumped into the river at around 10 am and his body was recovered about two hours later. The deceased has been identified as Kaushik Medhi.Police suspect a love angle, though further investigation…
Lucknow: After an organisational rejig in its Uttar Pradesh unit, BJP is set to line up visits by senior netas, including party president Nitin Nabin and national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh, to galvanise the organisation ahead of the Assembly elections early next year.Nabin, who recently visited Punjab and Uttarakhand, is expected to hit UP…
