Passengers on a bus that caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway experienced a chaotic escape. NOIDA: Passengers on board a bus that caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway near Noida International Airport on Thursday morning described a chaotic and difficult escape as thick smoke engulfed the vehicle.Speaking to ANI, a passenger said they were asleep…
Mumbai: Seventeen spanking new buildings have cropped up overnight in the heart of Dharavi. Between two and four storeys high—but no taller than two feet—these model toolhouses are on display at a pre-primary school in Dharavi Koliwada, the product of an ethnographic inquiry into aspirational housing.In 2019, the urban research collective urbz, which has been…
Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao alleged that the Congress govt was responsible for the drought-like conditions prevailing in parts of Telangana, claiming that it had failed to utilise available water in the Krishna and Godavari rivers.Addressing a news conference at the BRS office in Nagarkurnool district on Wednesday, Harish Rao said the situation was…
Hooda is scheduled to continue the outreach in the constituency till October 4. RITHAL/ROHTAK: Former Haryana chief minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda has launched a village-to-village outreach in his traditional stronghold of Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, seeking people’s feedback before deciding his next political move.The campaign began on Wednesday from Brahmanwas and covered Basantpur,…
Argument between two BJP MLAs in a meeting at Dum Dum Park Kolkata: A workers’ meeting held by state health minister and Bidhannagar BJP MLA Saradwat Mukhopadhyay at Dum Dum Park on Tuesday was disrupted after Rajarhat-New Town MLA Piyush Kanoria arrived and questioned the presence of several people at the venue, leading to a…
The accused, Ganauri Yadav, was wanted in a sensational double murder that took place in 2003 and had been absconding for 21 years. PATNA: The father of the alleged main accused in the molestation of a minor girl in Bihar’s Jamui district has been arrested in connection with a double murder case dating back to…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said Uttar Pradesh had transitioned from an environment marked by “fear, hooliganism and illegal encroachments” before 2017 to one where women and girls could pursue education and employment with greater security.Speaking in Chargawan after inaugurating a newly constructed Govt Women’s Shelter Home, the chief minister launched an apparent…
Ahmedabad: Passenger traffic at Ahmedabad airport declined for the second consecutive month in July, with passenger movement falling 9.7% year on year to 9.1 lakh. The decline followed a 6.8% fall in June, when the airport handled 10.27 lakh passengers against 11.01 lakh in the same month last year.The July decline was sharper in international…
Haryana information commissioner Ajay Sura Chandigarh: The Haryana State Information Commission has ruled that the Right to Information Act cannot be used to file multiple applications or complaints on the same issue.“The right to seek information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 is a statutory right but the same cannot be construed as conferring…
Pune: The combination of large Ganesh pandals occupying portions of already narrow roads, police bandobast and diversions to manage festival crowds and heavy traffic generated by visitors has left residents of Peth areas struggling to access their homes.The traffic police have closed some major roads to vehicular traffic, including Laxmi Road, Chhatrapati Shivaji Road and…
