Bengaluru: The redevelopment and desilting of Ulsoor Lake, taken up nearly two decades after major restoration efforts, has hit a temporary pause after recent rain refilled some areas. It has slowed critical desilting work before the monsoon sets in.The nearly Rs 4-crore rejuvenation project, currently under way at the historic waterbody, includes desilting and civic…
Chennai: In order to house aggressive stray dogs affected by rabies and viral infections such as canine distemper, GCC has set up a quarantine centre at Ma Po Si Nagar in Perungudi zone. The facility in ward 189 has the capacity to accommodate 100 diseased stray dogs.Deputy mayor Mahesh Kumar said the exclusive centre will…
KOLKATA: In its first cabinet meeting on Monday, BJP govt in Bengal distributed portfolios to five ministers who took oath with CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday.Dilip Ghosh will hold three portfolios — panchayat and rural development, animal resource development and agricultural marketing — and Agnimitra Paul will handle municipal affairs and urban development with women…
The EORC is proposed to connect Palwal in Haryana to Sonepat via Ghaziabad, Noida and Baghpat in UP The project is proposed to be Delhi’s third ring road and has been designed to facilitate passenger and freight movement within NCR without adding to the capital’s traffic or pollution The EORC is proposed to connect Palwal…
Panaji: The Goa Lokayukta issued notices to the Curchorem-Cacora Municipal Council and Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) over a complaint alleging encroachment on govt land and use of altered records for a jetty along the Zuari riverbank.Curchorem resident Sushant Vasta alleged before the Lokayukta that a private company carried out construction on land partly…
Varanasi: A speeding Thar dragged a motorcycle for nearly 100 metres, killing a woman and her five-year-old daughter on the spot and leaving her brother-in-law seriously injured in Varanasi’s Bhullanpur area late Sunday.A woman and her five-year-old daughter were killed while her brother-in-law suffered serious injuries when their motorcycle was knocked off by speeding Thar…
Firemen at the godown in Ahmedabad’s Jodhpur Crossroads where a major blaze started on Monday morning Ahmedabad: A major fire broke out at a pharmaceutical warehouse near Jodhpur BRTS bus stand on Monday, destroying medicines and medical equipment and triggering an extensive firefighting operation. No injuries or casualties were reported in the incident.According to officers…
Chandigarh: After nearly a decade since it was first conceptualised and seven years after receiving approval from the Centre, construction on the controversial Industrial Area flyover-rotary-underpass project is finally set to take off.The ministry of road transport and Highways (MoRTH) on Monday instructed the Union Territory’s chief engineer to issue the Letter of Award (LOA)…
Pune: A city Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) on Thursday awarded over Rs77 lakh compensation separately in a 2016 case wherein on August 19, a medical professional couple on a motorcycle was killed after a car driving on the wrong side hit their vehicle in Lohegaon.The tribunal also recorded a legal battle between the maternal…
Guwahati: The six-party opposition alliance in Assam is facing internal strain after its poor poll performance, with Congress MP Rakibul Hussain urging Assam PCC president Gaurav Gogoi and Congress high command to reconsider the party’s alliance with Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal.Congress and several Left leaders are unhappy with Akhil after he accused opposition leaders of…
