Ghaziabad: A parcel was booked. Nine years later, it’s still missing. Now, the consumer commission has ordered the courier company to pay Rs 28,300 in refund, with Rs 5,000 in compensation. The company initially refused to pay, saying the customer never disclosed the parcel’s value or bought insurance, but the commission ruled that the company…
Ponda: At Ponda Municipal Council’s weekly interaction on Tuesday, water resources minister Subhash Shirodkar directed officials to resolve all civic issues in the town before Ganesh Chaturthi. When former chairperson Shantaram Kolvenkar highlighted poor road conditions, including roads built less than a year ago, Shirodkar instructed PWD officials to fill potholes.BJP functionary Sushanti Kavlekar and…
Ahmedabad: City-based cardiac surgeons have pointed to a surge in heart failure cases, including among youngsters, in recent years and warned that the treatment burden was likely to increase in the future.Against a requirement of more than 85,000 heart transplants, India currently performs close to 250 annually, highlighting a major gap that experts said must…
Rohtak: A court in Haryana’s Rohtak district on Wednesday convicted former INLD MLA Balbir Singh alias Bali Pehalwan and six others for the 2011 murder of a man during a violent clash at a grain market in Kalanaur.Bali Pehalwan is a two-time legislator from Meham constituency.Arguments on the quantum of sentencing are scheduled for Thursday.On…
Large potholes have developed on Paud Road in Bavdhan amid rain, with several two-wheeler riders slipping and falling on the stretch, particularly at night, say local residents Pune: Complaints about potholes and damaged roads in the city never seem to end, steadily shifting focus to lacunae on the systemic side. To tackle this perception and…
Guwahati: As floods affected several parts of upper Assam, relief groups largely focused on food, rebuilding damaged houses and providing household essentials. Retired IPS officer and former Guwahati police commissioner Jyotirmay Chakravarty provided school supplies to flood-affected children, visiting seven govt schools in the worst-affected areas of Nazira in Sivasagar district.He distributed notebooks, pens, pencils,…
Prayagraj/Lucknow: Over 13 lakh candidates qualified the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test-2026, the results of which were declared by the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC) on Wednesday.According to UPESSC chairman Prashant Kumar, the examination was conducted from July 2 to July 4 in five shifts across 955 centres spread over 60 districts across…
Coaching Hub in Pratap Nagar, Jaipur Jaipur: The All Coaching Institute Mahasangh is preparing to approach the Supreme Court over the proposed shift of coaching institutes from Gopalpura to the Pratap Nagar Coaching Hub in city, alleging that the Rajasthan Housing Board’s refusal to offer affordable allotment terms has made relocation difficult for smaller operators.State…
An official said ex-mill prices increasing from Rs 48 per kg to Rs 58-60 per kg in just a few days showed that speculation and stocking were the main reasons behind the price spike. NEW DELHI: In what could improve availability of sugar in the market immediately and bring down prices, around 3-3.5 lakh tonnes…
Major retailers said linen shorts and suits were flying off the shelves in Britain WARSAW/LONDON: Scorching summer temperatures have done what decades of dress-down Fridays have failed to do — get men to the office in shorts.Japan’s capital led the way. This year the metropolitan govt’s long-standing no-tie, no-jacket “Cool Biz” campaign took a step…
