Chennai: Signs of deepening unrest within the AIADMK emerged on Thursday as former minister and Coimbatore strongman S P Velumani skipped the Assembly election review meeting chaired by party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami. The party suffered another setback with former Coimbatore Lok Sabha candidate Singai G Ramachandran quitting.Velumani’s supporters also stayed away from the…
Hyderabad: A 41-year-old Telangana Special Police (TGSP) head constable posted on security duty at the Telangana state police headquarters allegedly shot himself dead inside the barracks in the early hours of Thursday, with investigators suspecting financial distress as the reason behind the suicide.The deceased, V Swamy, a native of Veliminedu village in Nalgonda district, was…
In Dec last year, NGT had directed Haryana and Rajasthan govts to set up a monitoring committee to regularly review removal of encroachments and illegal construction from protected Aravali areas In 2019, around 195 show-cause notices were issued to farmhouse owners for unauthorised construction in the Aravalis, most of them at Ansals Aravali Retreat. In…
Cops check files at the KMC headquarters on Thursday Kolkata: Police on Thursday carried out searches at Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC), and several municipalities and gram panchayats across Bengal as part of a statewide probe into alleged irregularities in the issuance of birth and death certificates since 1997.The action coincided with…
Ghaziabad: A sessions court has dismissed a revision petition filed by an NRI couple based in Germany, Ankit and Silky Jain, seeking to be discharged from a dowry harassment case in which they are named as co-accused.The case, filed by Ankit’s sister-in-law Urvarshi on Aug 26, 2020, named him and Silky, besides her husband Abhishek,…
Panaji: Muskaan (name changed), 13, a resident of Chimbel’s Indiranagar slums, recollects telling her construction worker father every day to get her a pizza and cupcakes. But it is only through the short story she recently got to pen that she felt satiated.“I could not have such food in reality but at least I could…
The smart bus shelters will be equipped with advanced technology, green features and EV charging facilities Varanasi: The UP govt will construct 15 modern bus queue shelters across Varanasi to strengthen the city’s urban transport infrastructure and improve passenger amenities.Designed as integrated public facility centres and bus stops, the shelters will offer safe, smart and…
Flooding at Helmet Circle due to rain in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: For Amdavadis, Thursday’s rain brought an unwelcome flashback to the flooding of July 14, 2000, when the city recorded 325mm of rain. A 12-hour deluge dumped 204mm of rain on the city, triggering the same sinking feeling in residents as water swamped roads, underpasses, and…
TNNLudhiana: Burglars struck at a house in Vishwakarma Colony here and decamped with jewellery, cash and foreign currency while the house occupant was asleep. The police have registered a case in the matter.The theft came to light when the homeowner, Sukhwinder Kaur, woke up the next morning and found the house ransacked.In her complaint, Sukhwinder…
Mohali: A nearly 500-metre-long stretch of roadside garbage in Kharar has triggered fears of a public health crisis, with residents alleging that rotting waste, waterlogged potholes and poor sanitation have turned the area into a breeding ground for mosquitoes and a danger zone for commuters during the monsoon.Locals said heaps of household waste, plastic and…
