New Delhi: A 26-year-old MSc Physics student at IIT Delhi died after allegedly jumping from the sixth floor of a building on the institute’s campus Saturday morning.Police said a PCR call was received around 8.33 am reporting that a student had jumped from a building inside the campus. A team from Kishangarh police station reached…
Ahead of festival season, the BMC was directed to immediately step up sanitation operations across all major beaches Mumbai: In a major push to clean up the city’s coastline, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has instructed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to immediately step up sanitation operations across all major beaches.Following a high-level review…
A stockhouse bordering the agricultural land was regularly being used to dump what appeared to be medicine waste consisting of vials, tubes and strange packets filled with foul-smelling powders Bengaluru: The discovery of the alleged spurious-drug racket earlier this week began with a group of labourers working in an agricultural field and a curious constable…
Chennai: Former minister V Senthilbalaji appeared before the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) in Alandur on Saturday for questioning in connection with a case involving alleged irregularities in the functioning of Tasmac. Investigators questioned him about the alleged irregularities, documents collected during the searches and his links with the other accused.The DVAC FIR names…
Hyderabad: Residents of neighbouring apartment blocks were shaken after the collapse of a seven-storey under-construction building in Anjiahnagar, Kondapur, on Saturday, with many describing scenes of panic, dust, and uncertainty in the immediate aftermath.Jaywant and Neelima Mudliar, who live on the fifth floor of C Block in the adjoining apartment complex, were resting at home…
Kolkata: A male tiger, Sundar, approximately 16 years old, died at the Sundarban Wild Animal Park in Jharkhali on Saturday morning. He had been undergoing treatment for an infection for the past 12 days.With Sundar’s death, the Jharkhali rescue centre is now left without a tiger. Sundar had been rescued from the tiger reserve area…
Ghaziabad has officially recorded three positive cases so far, while 42 tests have been done since Wednesday Noida: With Delhi recording over 1,700 H1N1 positive cases in the past weeks, health authorities across NCR, including Noida and Ghaziabad, have stepped up monitoring and urged residents to focus on preventive measures.Hospitals across the city said they…
Panaji: The Bombay high court has dismissed a review plea filed by Goa Foundation against its May 7 order on Goa’s mining dump policy.The policy allows iron ore from mining dumps to be returned to former leaseholders without auction.In its May 7 order, the high court had dismissed Goa Foundation’s PIL challenging the policy. The…
More than 1,400 delegates from India and abroad attended the convention and witnessed performances showcasing the musical heritage of the Banaras gharana. Varanasi: The three-day 56th annual convention of the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), titled ‘Anant Kashi’, was inaugurated in Varanasi on Friday, bringing together hospitality and tourism industry leaders…
Ahmedabad: Ellisbridge police have arrested a 41-year-old physical training (PT) instructor working on contract at Gujarat College for allegedly cheating 20 students by promising them jobs in the Air Force and Navy as well as spots in state-level cricket teams.Investigators are examining whether more students were cheated.According to Ellisbridge police, the accused was arrested from…
