This is a photo for representation Gurgaon: A decade-old streetlight project in Sohna has led to an FIR against eight municipal officials and three contractors after an inquiry found alleged manipulation of tender rates, inflated payments and installation of lights different from those approved. The bureau alleged that the eight works sanctioned for Rs 4.9…
Kolkata: Election Commission is likely to issue an interim order on claims by rival Trinamool Congress factions on the party’s name, symbol and assets, members of both camps indicated on Saturday after making their submissions before the poll panel in Delhi.“The EC was anxious about passing an interim order. We strongly objected to it. We…
During the inspection, mayor Sunita Dalal ordered for the illegally built boundary wall be demolished Ghaziabad: An 800 sqm plot of GMC land, on which land grabbers were trying to build a boundary wall, was freed after mayor Sunita Dayal conducted an inspection and directed that the encroachments be removed.A GMC official said they were…
Times news networkPanaji: Even as a number of court orders exposed investigating officers adopting a casual approach to test identification parades (TIPs) in rape and murder cases resulting in acquittals, Goa police maintained that parades are not mandatory in all cases but directed the investigating officers to conduct those promptly, especially where the accused is…
Varanasi: A reported abduction of a 19-year-old girl near a petrol pump in the Bhadwar area under Rohaniya police station turned out to be a family matter after police traced the vehicle seen in a viral video and found that the girl had been taken home by her parents to Baburi area of Chandauli district.The…
Ahmedabad: In a first, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has specified permissible Floor Space Index (FSI) and building height limits while announcing the auction of nine plots across the city. The move is aimed at attracting greater interest from builders and developers, who had earlier shown limited enthusiasm for AMC plot auctions due to the…
Sunny Singh at the site where the historic Saragarhi Post once stood Amritsar: Nearly eight decades after Partition severed access to one of the most significant Sikh military sites in the region, the Sikh community in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) on Saturday observed the 129th anniversary of the Battle of Saragarhi at Saragarhi village in…
The move is significant for projects involving roads, public utilities, and other infrastructure that require access to or transfer of defence land Pune: The ministry of defence (MoD) has introduced strict timelines and a mandatory 30-day response deadline to accelerate public infrastructure clearances on defence land.The move is significant for projects involving roads, public utilities,…
Surat district recorded 66mm of rain in just two hours Surat/Vadodara: Ending a prolonged dry spell, rain returned to parts of Gujarat on Saturday, with several areas of South Gujarat receiving moderate to heavy showers. Umarpada in Surat district recorded 66mm of rain in just two hours between 6pm and 8pm, taking its rainfall since…
Guwahati: Flood-hit students in Sivasagar district are walking on an arduous road to recovery. To make their transition a little easier, social organisations stepped in to provide them with school essentials.Around 7,000 students affected by floods in the district are set to receive free school uniforms, notebooks, bags, pens and other educational essentials under an…
