After decades of taking in garbage from all south Chennai neighbourhoods, the 225-acre Perungudi dumpyard is likely to call it quits by 2026-end. Commuters and residents along the foul-smelling 200-Feet Radial Road can finally heave a sigh of relief.To facilitate this, the city corporation proposed a 2,500tonnes-per-day waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at Keerapakkam, near Vengadamangalam, in…
Bandi slams Cong for moving apex court against G RAM G Act Hyderabad: Union minister of state for home affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday attacked Telangana govt over its decision to move the Supreme Court against the Centre’s VB-G Ram G Act (Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act), alleging that the…
GMCBL is undertaking a citywide route rationalisation exercise ahead of the rollout of 200 e-buses Gurgaon: The city bus service has lost more than 83 lakh passenger trips over the last three financial years, with annual ridership falling from 3 crore in 2022-23 to 2.2 crore in 2025-26.The decline has also impacted fare collections: annual…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police cybercrime units carried out two raids, leading to the arrest of four persons from Bihar and Kolkata. The accused were involved in separate financial and digital fraud rackets, worth over Rs 2 crore, police said.While one operation neutralized an interstate APK online invest fraud network, the other busted an illegal call…
Noida police arrests four men for their alleged involvement in Rs 21 lakh cyber fraud Noida: Police arrested four men for allegedly duping a 62-year-old resident of Greater Noida West of more than Rs 21 lakh on the pretext of clearing pending dues for a piped natural gas (PNG) connection in a cyber fraud.On March…
Mapusa: A 52-year-old Ansabhat resident, Urvesh Natekar, was allegedly cheated of Rs 2.8 lakh after a scammer threatened and psychologically manipulated him into authorising online transactions.Mapusa police on Thursday registered an offence under Section 319(2) (cheating by personation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, following the transfer of a computer-generated FIR originally filed at…
Varanasi: A two-week ‘Refresher Course in Education’ organised by UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (UGC-MMTTC) of Banaras Hindu University, began online on Friday. A total of 165 participants from across the country have registered for the programme.Course coordinator Prof Alka Rani presented the outline of the training programme. Course coordinator Dr Ajay Kumar Singh shed…
Ahmedabad: In collaboration with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA), a two-day capacity-building workshop on active mobility was organised in the city to promote the development of a safe, healthy, and people-centric road infrastructure.Bringing together urban mobility experts, govt officials, consultants, planners, architects, researchers, and students on…
Humidity in Ludhiana, a representational image Opened ingredient Ludhiana: A latecomer monsoon resumed on Friday, triggering severe weather alerts across the district despite failing to break a stifling, humid heatwave.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for the region, warning of impending heavy rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and wind gusts reaching up to 50…
Sector 7 sports complex in for revamp for Asian Relays Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration has proposed a comprehensive upgrade of the Sector 7 athletics track in preparation for the Asian Relays Championship, scheduled to be held in the city in June 2027. The estimated project cost is between Rs 10 crore and Rs 12 crore,…
