Vehicles parked illegally at Bangasree Pally in Parnasree Kolkata: A group of 203 residents of Bangasree Pally on Upen Banerjee Road in Parnasree has lodged a police complaint and signed a mass petition, launching a campaign against illegal parking and unauthorized roadside structures in their neighbourhood. In their effort to reclaim road space, the residents…
Noida: The district consumer disputes redressal commission (DCDRC) directed a Jaipur-based travel company to refund Rs 72,000 with 6% interest and pay Rs 4,000 as compensation for refusing to return the flight fare for a cancelled trip after the airline had initiated the refund. A Geja resident had booked a Singapore tour, which was later…
Panaji: It will now be mandatory for hotels, restaurants, and industries to provide their used cooking oils for its conversion into biofuel through the Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA). An agency has already been authorised by state to carry out collection of the used cooking oil.A digital platform has been created by the GEDA, and…
Ahmedabad: When medical advice not to travel led an Ahmedabad resident to cancel an overseas tour, he expected a refund. Instead he found himself locked in a battle over hefty cancellation charges, , prompting him to approach the consumer commission. Finding no evidence that the travel company had incurred the claimed expenses, the commission ordered…
Mohali: A 75-year-old retired superintendent of Punjab Engineering College (PEC) was killed and his wife critically injured after their motorcycle reportedly skidded on a rain-soaked stretch of road. As they fell, they were run over by a truck near Jujhar Nagar on Monday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Daulat Ram Saini. His wife, Krishna Devi,…
PMRDA commissioner Abhijit Chaudhari speaking at the event Pune: PMRDA commissioner Abhijit Chaudhari announced on Monday that the planning body will finalise a new structural plan for its jurisdiction within the next 18 months.The timeline includes nine months for the preparation of a draft plan and an additional nine months for its finalisation. This new…
Surat: Heavy rainfall and widespread waterlogging in Mumbai and Palghar severely disrupted rail services on the busy Ahmedabad-Mumbai corridor on Monday, forcing Western Railway to divert, reschedule or short-terminate 70 trains and cancel 16 others.The disruption was triggered by heavy waterlogging at Saphale, Kelve Road, Vasai Road and Nallasopara stations in the Mumbai division of…
Dibrugarh: The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) on Monday held a three-hour sit-in demonstration at every district headquarters across Assam, demanding that the Centre declare the state’s recurring flood and erosion crisis a national disaster.In Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, two of the districts worst affected by riverbank erosion along the Brahmaputra, the protest drew large…
Rajkot: Fifteen days after the death of 23-year-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker and former local body election candidate Nandini Bosmiya, Rajkot City taluka police registered an FIR against her live-in partner Aslam Sama, his wife Zarina, and her mother Guddi, on charges including abetment of suicide and criminal intimidation under BNS.Nandini hanged herself on…
JAS president Raju Mangodiwala and Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group chairperson Tawhid Abdullah sign the MoU to strengthen bilateral trade Jaipur: Jewellers Association Jaipur (JAS) and Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group (DJG) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening bilateral trade, promoting joint business initiatives and expanding global market access for jewellers from…
