Hyderabad: Furious with municipal staff for not clearing garbage from their area for months, about 50 residents of a ward under the Mahabubabad municipality recently marched into the civic office in protest with bags of waste in hand. The irked residents of Ward No. 21, who were accompanied by their elected member, alleged that garbage…
Kolkata: “You (Election Commission of India) can appoint judges also under Section 26 (of Representation of People Act) as polling officers… I am ready to go,” said Justice Krishna Rao of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, slamming the EC for not producing notifications, indicating whether assistant professors could be appointed as presiding polling officers…
According to them, three individuals — Rupeesh Roy (Right), Manisha Chauhan and Aditya Anand (Left) — created multiple WhatsApp groups using QR codes, each adding more than 800 members NOIDA: Two accounts on social media site X operated from Pakistan fanned violence during the April 13 labour protest for a hike in minimum wages, Noida…
Panaji/Mapusa: Less than 15 days after a fire at Arambol beach gutted six private shacks, six cottages of the Dallas Beach Resort at Ashvem were gutted in a fire on Thursday night.The blaze, which was reported around 8.45pm, quickly engulfed the wooden structures of the resort near the Ajoba temple. While the property sustained extensive…
Varanasi: Two Muslim men from Gorakhpur, taking two Hindu women with them to board a Delhi-bound train, were arrested in Azamgarh on Wednesday evening. On the basis of evidence recovered from their mobile phones, it was derived the youths had allegedly enticed the women posing as Hindu.The men and the women were intercepted by activists…
Ahmedabad: A 39-year-old woman from Thaltej filed a complaint with Vastrapur police alleging assault, criminal trespass and criminal intimidation amid a dispute over redevelopment work near her apartment complex. According to the complaint registered on Wednesday, the woman was at home with her mother and her 13-year-old son, who is disabled. She stated that demolition…
Chandigarh: With a portion of Sukhna Lake near the regulatory end showing signs of drying up, the UT administration is planning to undertake de-siltation of the affected areas.The decision was taken at a recent meeting of the Chandigarh Wetland Authority, where it was resolved that the de-siltation exercise would be carried out while ensuring protection…
Pune: A loaded diesel tanker caught fire at a fuel station along the Talegon-Chakan road in Telegaon Dabhade on Wednesday evening.Gorakh Shinde, the tanker driver, suffered minor burns. Alert employees at the filling station immediately started to douse the flames. Fire tenders from Talegaon Municipal Council were pressed into action and the fire was brought…
Guwahati: Come May 4, if UPPL president Pramod Boro manages to win from the Tamulpur constituency, he will stand out as a rare figure in the country’s political system — simultaneously straddling three tiers of governance as a Rajya Sabha MP, a Bodo Territorial Council member, and an MLA.Boro, a former president of All Bodo…
Police officials record findings of probe into the fire incident in Vikas Nagar on Thursday Lucknow: Police have begun a detailed probe after a preliminary inquiry revealed multiple possible causes behind the Vikas Nagar fire that gutted over 280 shanties and killed two sisters. According to officials, one of the key angles under scrutiny is…
