MUMBAI: A group of residents in Juhu has launched its own civic platform that functions as an “issue collector”, allowing citizens to flag and document local problems in real time.Residents who are part of the volunteer network can upload complaints ranging from garbage and sanitation issues to illegal pavement encroachments, political hoardings, water leakages, tree…
NEW DELHI: Parking rage claimed another life in the city when a 26-year-old woman was savagely stabbed to death and her husband critically injured in an orgy of violence that unfolded in front of the couple’s five-year-old son in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka Saturday.The accused is a juvenile — a neighbour and distant relative of the…
Ponda: A small section of the 750-mm cast iron rising main pipeline supplying the 54MLD water treatment plant near Opa Water Works detached near a mechanical joint at Curti hill, leaving several areas in four talukas without water on Monday.The drinking water department began repairs on a war footing. Work is expected to be completed…
Gandhinagar: Voting for the byelection of the Manjalpur assembly constituency in Vadodara city will be held on July 30, the Election Commission of India announced on Thursday. Counting of votes will be taken up on August 3. The seat has been vacated following the death of MLA Yogesh Patel.An official statement said a notification for…
Jodhpur: A new mother died Friday after being referred from the Govt Sub-District Hospital in Bhopalgarh to Ummed Hospital in Jodhpur district headquarters following complications during childbirth, prompting the medical department to shunt out a doctor and a nursing officer and place them under awaiting-posting-order status.The deceased woman, identified as Kiran, a resident of Diyawadi…
Pune: The ambitious underground tunnel project, envisioned to revolutionise the city’s traffic flow, will now be jointly executed by the PMC and the PMRDA.Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced that a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be formed to oversee the project, with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) taking the lead as most of the…
More often than not we always take life as something that needs to be perfect. Especially in today’s day and age social media tactics which make everything seem perfect and in tip top shape, it is often easy to get blindsided about your own life. However today’s quote by veteran actress Reese Witherspoon talks about…
Lucknow: A thunderstorm accompanied by strong winds swept across the city on Saturday evening, promising to bring brief relief from intense heat and humidity that gripped the state capital over the past several days. The storm hit the city around 10:30 pm and lowered temperatures by a couple of degrees.“The thunderstorm was generated locally due…
Kolkata: The Bengal bill seeking to allow 12 months’ preventive detention of potential violators, which is likely to be tabled in the assembly on Monday, includes a clause that seeks to prevent detainees from engaging lawyers to argue against the internment, except in “appropriate cases and for reasons to be recorded in writing.” The detainees,…
Man says his H-1B visa got revoked as he failed to pay a $600 traffic fine within the deadline. A social media post citing a case of H-1B visa revocation has been shared on NRI channels, where the reason for the visa revocation is no “serious” violation of laws, but the non-payment of a $600…
