Bengaluru: A fight between owners of a chicken shop and garage over waste-dumping ended in miscreants poisoning two stray dogs, including a four-month-old puppy, to death in Vijaya Bank Layout, Mico Layout recently.Resident Varsha Anjanappa filed a police complaint, accusing chicken shop owner Tyagaraj of poisoning the two dogs to death. Accordingly, a criminal case…
Chennai: The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has once again begun clearing encroachments along NSC Bose Road, removing around 50 shops and another 20 shops on Wall Tax Road with police support on Monday. However, within minutes after the vendors were evited, autorickshaws and pushcarts took over the stretch, further narrowing the carriageway.The eviction drive comes…
Hyderabad: Stating that her resignation from Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) has now been formally accepted, city-based paediatrician Dr Sivaranjani Santosh has urged National Medical Commission (NMC) and the Union ministry of health and family welfare to investigate the continued presence of ORSL promotional stalls at PEDICON, the annual conference of IAP.In a post on…
Kolkata: A severe clay shortage has stalled Durga Puja preparation in Kumartuli, while also affecting the production of other earthen products. Artisans organised a rally on Monday from Ramlila Maidan to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation building to demand regularisation of supply and save the industry dependent on it. A team also submitted a memorandum to…
Ponda: A 24-year-old scooterist from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, died after a car allegedly rammed into his two-wheeler at Mardol, on Monday morning.Police identified the victm as Sourabh Dhere. Mardol police said Anand Pawar, 57, a resident of Curti, Ponda, was allegedly driving his car rashly and negligently when he lost control on a curve near the…
For Gujarat, the real hope lies closer to home: parts of south Gujarat are expected to catch light to moderate pre-monsoon showers by the weekend Ahmedabad: For Amdavadis stepping outside, the city felt like a sauna on Monday. At 42.2°C, nearly one and a half degrees above the seasonal normal, the city recorded the highest…
Chandigarh: Even as Punjab struggles with a high rate of joblessness, the state is recording one of the highest levels of informal employment and relatively poor job quality, pointing to gaps in formalisation and labour market stability.Punjab’s unemployment rate for the 15 years and above age group stands at 5.3%, much higher than the national…
The late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar Pune: NCP state president Sunil Tatkare on Monday expelled a councillor from Baramati municipal council for allegedly making a controversial statement regarding Ajit Pawar.Councillor Kishor Masal was considered to be closely associated with Ajit Pawar. He was elected unopposed to the Baramati municipal council polls on NCP ticket….
ECI director Shubhra Saxena chairs the meeting in Aizawl Aizawl: A senior official of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday urged officials in Mizoram to exercise greater vigilance against illegal migrants and fraudulent practices, citing the State’s long and porous international border.ECI secretary Binod Kumar and director Shubhra Saxena arrived in Aizawl on…
Lucknow: UP Tourism recently approved development of a first-of-its-kind cultural centre dedicated to India’s rituals, traditions and life-cycle practices.To be known as Uttar Pradesh Sanskriti Sangrahalay, the museum and ritual centre is likely to come up on the banks of the Gomti at an estimated cost of Rs 23.4 crore.“The fund was provided for the…
