BMC standing committee okays Rs 30 crore contract for desilting Mithi desilting in Mumbai, seeks weekly progress reports | Mumbai News

Mumbai: A day after two contractors were appointed for desilting Mithi River in three phases, BMC’s standing committee on Wednesday approved the contract of around Rs 30 crore.Following concerns raised by the opposition members over the ongoing works across the city, standing committee chairperson Prabhakar Shinde directed the BMC administration to provide weekly reports on…

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Three men tie up, threaten & rob disabled elderly woman of 25 soverigns of gold jewllery at gunpoint near Mudichur in Chennai | Chennai News

Chennai: A partially paralysed elderly woman was tied up and threatened at knifepoint by unidentified men who decamped with gold jewellery from her house at Varadarajapuram near Mudichur in the wee hours of Wednesday.Police said the victim, Kausalya, 65, stayed with her son Padmanaban, his wife Indhumathi and their 11-year-old son at Rayappan Nagar. Indhumathi…

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‘Citizen sleuth’ tracks stolen mobile after cops fail to respond | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: Sometimes courage and technology can achieve what official channels fail to deliver. Frustrated by police inaction, a govt employee from Karnataka tracked down his stolen phone himself—and in the process uncovered a stash of 10 more stolen devices. After the complainant, Shiva Kumar, highlighted the inaction of cops to Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar,…

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Global firms eye GIFT City for treasury base | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: As geopolitical tensions in West Asia unsettle global markets, Gujarat International Finance-Tec (GIFT) City is fast emerging as an alternate hub for corporate treasury operations. According to officials, GIFT City is being considered by 15+ global entities to set up treasury operations out of the country’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), reports Niyati…

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