State UD&MA dept minister Agnimitra Paul held a meeting with KMC, HMC and BMC officials along with the officers of the three commissionerate areas at Nabanna on Saturday Kolkata: The state urban development & municipal affairs dept is gearing up to impose fines for littering and spitting on the road, night parking charge for parking…
Canacona: More than 150 residents of Delem and Mastimol in Canacona have opposed a mega housing project comprising nearly 200 residential flats, which has received a construction licence from the then chief officer of the Canacona Municipal Council and technical approval from the authorities concerned.Residents claimed the approvals were granted despite their written objections submitted…
Varanasi: Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) chairman Sushil Kumar Lohani on Friday reviewed the progress of ongoing and proposed development projects in Varanasi and nearby districts during a meeting at the divisional commissioner’s auditorium.The review covered the multi-modal terminal Port at Ramnagar, rail connectivity between the terminal and Jiwanathpur railway station, the proposed cruise…
The paper identifies five defining aspects of a director’s leadership: collaborative authority, leading by example, building a high-performance team, adaptive innovation, and managing principal artists. From concept and storyboard to shooting and release, filmmaking is far more than a popular form of mass entertainment in India. It is a celluloid dream brought to life by…
Two hands clutching prison bars Kurukshetra: The district and sessions court, Kurukshetra, has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the murder of Sandeep Singh.The court also imposed fines of Rs 18,000 each on the three convicts — Manjit Singh, Pardeep and Sukhpal, all residents of Kheri Rajo Singh village in Patiala district.District attorney Jaimal…
Pune: Regional Passport Office (RPO), Pune, will conduct a special passport drive on September 5 to provide earlier appointment slots to applicants seeking fresh or reissue passports under the normal category.The drive, being organised as part of the Ministry of External Affairs’ initiative to improve the availability of passport appointments and delivery of services, will…
The cadre was identified as self-styled sergeant major Yangsin Khocha, a resident of Phangsun village under Namtok police station in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district Dibrugarh: Security forces apprehended an active NSCN (IM) cadre during a special operation in Ledo, Tinsukia district, on Friday.The cadre was identified as self-styled sergeant major Yangsin Khocha, a resident of…
LDA building sealing, file pic Lucknow: Architects across Uttar Pradesh are preparing to approach the state govt seeking what they describe as a level playing field after housing development authorities began initiating an empanelling process for professionals involved in preparing building plans and maps.With a lack of clear guidelines and what practitioners call prevailing confusion…
Jaipur: The upcoming urban local body elections in Rajasthan, scheduled for Sept 9 and 11, are proving to be a midterm review of the BJP govt under chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, testing its two-and-a-half-year performance, grassroots organisation and electoral appeal.The elections covering 309 urban local bodies assume added significance as the same urban electorate…
Slippages on Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway point to design issue, not construction defect; stretches will need bottom-up rebuild. (AI-generated image) NEW DELHI: Slippages on sections of the Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway within days of its inauguration point to a design issue, not a construction defect, a top govt official has said, adding that simple patchwork repairs will not solve…
