A 3km long stretch of the Buckingham Canal along the East Coast Road at Kanathur, long overrun by the invasive Prosopis juliflora (seemai karuvelam), is being been transformed into a green corridor Chennai: A 3km long stretch of the Buckingham Canal along the East Coast Road at Kanathur, long overrun by the invasive Prosopis juliflora…
Hyderabad: Nearly a year after the state govt unveiled the ambitious Bharat Future City project, real estate developers appear to be treading cautiously, with most investment activity confined to a handful of locations along the Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar highways while many others await greater clarity on the city’s development roadmap.Since the announcement of Bharat…
Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has decided to reconstitute its town vending committee, including representatives from registered associations of street vendors in New Town in the committee for better management. Officials said the process was underway to identify registered hawkers and street vendors who will be eligible for rehabilitation. According to latest…
Times News NetworkPanaji: The cybercrime cell of the Goa police on Friday busted a fake call centre operating in South Goa and arrested six persons. The call centre was cheating US nationals on the pretext of providing loans and money.Cybercrime SP Raji Raut Dessai said the call centre was allegedly run by Visvadipsinh Harisingh Jadav…
Ahmedabad: A fresh cave-in on Rajpath Rangoli Road in Thaltej area trapped a passing car on Thursday afternoon, adding to a growing list of road collapses reported across the city since beginning of the monsoon.The incident, captured on video and widely shared on social media, showed the vehicle lodged inside the depression as the driver…
ABVP-SATH clash disrupts PU counselling Chandigarh: What began as a dispute over an admission help desk outside Panjab University’s Law Auditorium snowballed into a violent confrontation Friday afternoon, with members of rival student organisations ABVP and SATH clashing in full public view while science admissions counselling was under way inside the venue.The clash unfolded before…
Daily commuters are unconvinced that the new framework will translate into any change. They say authorities had, so far, failed to rein in fleecing, arbitrary meter fare demands and instances of drivers’ rude or aggressive behaviour Pune: Commuters have said success of the cab aggregator policy hinged entirely on strict enforcement to curb overcharging, ride…
MSEDCL says the spike in bills is linked to the exceptionally hot summer, which led to greater use of air-conditioners, coolers and refrigerators Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has reprimanded the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) for failing to deposit a Rs 7.18 lakh penalty within a 15-day period, escalating its…
Jaipur: Dausa police Thursday arrested two wanted criminals carrying rewards of ₹25,000 each and claimed to have cracked a series of jewellery-snatching and robbery cases reported from Dausa and neighbouring districts over the past several months.The accused were identified as Mahesh alias Fuddu, 40, a resident of Pahua village in Deeg district, and Akash, 28,…
NEW DELHI: At 213 marks, NEET-UG recorded its highest ever qualifying cutoff, even as the number of candidates clearing the medical entrance examination fell by 1.15 lakh, a divergence driven by a smaller-appearing pool and a sharp upward shift in the score distribution. Moreover, the total qualified candidates for EWS and OBC for the first…
