BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide Mumbai: A turf war of sorts has broken out between BMC and Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). Municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide, in a letter to the state urban development department, has flagged roughly 300 SRA schemes for allegedly illegally extending slum redevelopment premium (fees or charges) concessions to non-slum or vacant plots,…
Bengaluru: Two men have been detained for theft of water taps from Yeshwantpur railway station and 54 such devices recovered from them.Around 5:30am Tuesday, RPF staff who noticed a man walking suspiciously at the station, detained him who identified himself as HB Shivakumar. The 46-year old had a screw driver with him and allegedly revealed…
Ministers Agnimitra Paul at Mirza Ghalib Street Kolkata: A prod from chief minister Suvendu Adhikari prompted the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to form a five-member committee to assess fire safety in residential and commercial buildings in the city. Two members will come from KMC’s buildings and trade licence departments, and three from fire services, CESC…
Barnala: Three women who had separately alleged sexual exploitation on the pretext of marriage climbed an 80ft-high water tank inside the Barnala district administrative complex (DAC) on Wednesday, demanding registration of FIRs on their complaints. The police registered all three FIRs after the women remained atop the tank for nearly nine hours.The women had approached…
Dimapur: A major landslide along NH-702A at New Colony in Zunheboto on Wednesday disrupted vehicular movement and damaged three houses that had been evacuated as a precautionary measure.The timely evacuation prevented any loss of life or injuries. However, another building in the vicinity developed visible cracks, raising concerns over the stability of structures in the…
An IndiGo flight from Surat to Jaipur received priority landing clearance on Wednesday JAIPUR: An IndiGo flight from Surat to Jaipur was given priority landing at Jaipur Airport on Wednesday after a passenger onboard reportedly fell ill, airport officials said.According to information, IndiGo flight 6E-6852 was operating as a scheduled service from Surat to Jaipur…
The Union home minister is chairperson of the southern zonal council, while Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay is its current vice-chairperson. NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah will chair the 31st meeting of the southern zonal council (SZC) — which comprises Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Keralam, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and the Union territories of…
Natalie Muro (William J. Palmer High School Colorado Springs, CO) An 18-year-old student from Colorado Springs has developed a sustainable floating device that uses wind-driven wave energy and a local invasive weed to remove toxic algal blooms from freshwater lakes. Natalie Muro, a senior at William J. Palmer High School, tested her prototype in a…
Suresh Oberoi opens up about his 2004 BJP stint, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, politics, protests and activism. Veteran actor Suresh Oberoi recently opened up about his brief association with politics, his admiration for RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and his views on protests and activism. In a recent conversation with Nidhi Vasandani on her YouTube channel,…
