New Delhi: The number of closed metro stations rose to 18 Friday morning after New Delhi metro station was added to the list of 17 that were shut the previous two days.Around 5.30 pm, however, the gates to Mandi House and Central Secretariat stations were opened.On Monday, six stations were shut during the Parliament march…
File pic of Kanjurmarg dumping ground Mumbai: Bombay High Court has directed BMC to submit a report within 15 days to Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on the host of compliances the latter had sought to prevent odour from the Kanjurmarg waste management facility. It has also instructed BMC to adopt urgent measures to ensure…
Bengaluru: A 36-year-old man filed a complaint with Vidhana Soudha police, accusing four men of duping him of Rs 26 lakh after promising him a job of panchayat development officer with rural development and panchayat raj department.GK Raghunandan, senior manager with a private gold firm in Whitefield, told police he met the main suspect, Santosh…
Chennai: Refusing to regularise the services of temporary employees in the district judiciary, Madras high court has directed the judicial administration to discontinue the practice of making temporary appointments and, instead, conduct annual recruitment to fill sanctioned posts through regular selection process.A division bench of justices S M Subramaniam and N Senthilkumar passed the order…
Parakala Prabhakar, Indian economist and political commentator, addressing the gathering Gauhar Raza, former Chief Scientist at CSIR-NISCAIR, speaking at a convention in the city Parakala Prabhakar, Indian economist and political commentator, addressing the gathering Gauhar Raza, former Chief Scientist at CSIR-NISCAIR, speaking at a convention in the city Parakala Prabhakar, Indian economist and political commentator,…
Manesar to survey PGs, hotels, guest houses in residential areas, commercial tax or sealing awaits violators Gurgaon: Days after department of town and country planning launched a crackdown on unauthorised paying guests (PGs) and guesthouses operating from residential properties in the city, MCM will begin recovering property tax from such establishments. “If they fail to…
After marching from Sealdah to Esplanade, the protesters clashed with the cops at the Dorina Crossing when they tried to stage a sit-in demonstration. pic by Subhojyoti Kanjilal Kolkata: The Kolkata leg of the nationwide students’ protests on Friday lasted 1.5 hours and covered a 3-odd-km stretch, bringing the city centre to a grinding halt…
Noida: Police arrested three members of an interstate vehicle theft gang on Pusa Road Friday and recovered 10 two-wheelers, a .315-bore pistol and a live cartridge.The three accused — Vikas Kumar, Rohit and Kuldeep — allegedly operated in an organised manner across Delhi-NCR. Additional DCP (Noida) Manisha Singh said, “They first surveyed malls, hospitals, metro…
Flooding at Bodakdev in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: At a time when occupancy was already high due to business events, hotels across the city ran out of rooms on the night of July 23 as torrential rain and widespread waterlogging stranded travellers, disrupted transport and even pushed locals to seek overnight accommodation.The city was hosting an investment…
Rows of newly planted saplings at the Dadumajra dumping site, where the MC is developing an eight-acre green buffer with 10,000-12,000 trees and shrubs to improve air quality, reduce pollution and shield nearby areas from the legacy waste site Chandigarh: The municipal corporation, Chandigarh, has decided to deploy round-the-clock security guards and around 10 dedicated…
