Man caught by residents when he returned to collect phone after attempted sexual assault of elderly woman | Chennai News

Chennai: A 35-year-old man was caught by residents when he returned to retrive his phone after attempting to to sexually assault an 80-year-old woman at her house near Tiruvallur.Police said the elderly woman, a resident of Selai village near Tiruvallur, was living alone.On Saturday night, the accused, who was drunk, entered the woman’s house and…

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Temples, churches & mosques fall within RTI ambit: AP info panel chief | Hyderabad News

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh Information Commission (APIC) has ruled that all religious institutions functioning under govt supervision, statutory regulation, or receiving state funding and public donations fall within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The commission clarified that temples, mosques, churches, waqf institutions, and other religious bodies administered or supervised by the…

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Bengal to get new land policy within 100 days of swear-in, says Samik | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Bengal will get a comprehensive land and data policies within 100 days of the new govt’s swearing-in, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya announced while addressing members of the Bharat Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata on Monday.Speaking to TOI, Bhattacharya said the new land policy — a prerequisite, he argued, for any serious industrialisation —…

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BHU, VMC ink MoU for sustainable urban devpt, civic initiatives | Varanasi News

Varanasi: Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) has signed an MoU with BHU for joint efforts in areas of urban management, infrastructure development, environmental sustainability, civic services, beautification, and social development initiatives for the benefit of citizens and the academic community.Municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal and BHU registrar Prof Arun Kumar Singh signed the formal agreement.As per the…

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Gandhinagar: IAS officers given additional charge | Ahmedabad News

Gandhinagar: The state govt on Monday issued charge arrangement orders, giving additional charge to IAS officers.Suthar Raj Rameshchandra, chief executive officer, Surat Urban Development Authority (Suda) has been given additional charge of the post of MD, Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (DGVCL), relieving Yogesh Choudhary of additional charge of that post.K P Joshi, MS, Paschim…

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Money laundering inquiry blocks ₹10-cr-per-kilometre road in Ludhiana; contractors lose trust, pull out of major civic projects. | Ludhiana News

Ludhiana dreams of building a European-style road corridor but is saddled with dirt tracks Ludhiana: A central money-laundering investigation against a prominent state politician has stalled an overhaul of the industrial city’s infrastructure, exposing internal fractures over privatization and inflated project costs.Essential municipal services, from modern waste management to high-tech street cleaning, have ground to…

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