The Jogeshwari ROB will get noise barriers Mumbai: BMC has floated a tender worth nearly ₹46.05 crore for major repairs and installation of noise barriers on the existing Jogeshwari road overbridge (ROB) and the MTNL flyover in Goregaon.The estimated cost of the work is ₹46.04 crore, excluding GST. Contractors bidding for the project will have…
Bengaluru: City police will seek legal opinion before considering an investigation into the complaint against BK Hariprasad, president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), for terming imprisoned activist Umar Khalid a “nationalist”.Hariprasad, also a member of the legislative council, told the media Tuesday that opposition parties and ABVP had no moral right to speak on…
COIMBATORE: In a joint operation, anti-terrorism squads (ATS) of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh arrested a 19-year-old youth from UP in Coimbatore on Sept 14 on charges of attempting to radicalise youth.The youth, identified as Maqsood Ali, son of Abdul Kuthus of Madhwapur in UP’s Siddharthnagar district, was secured from the Hope College area in…
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Fund case may have hit international headlines as India and Pakistan claimed over 35 million pounds locked up in a British bank for over seven decades following Operation Polo on Sept 17, 1948, but what many do not know was that the Nizam had held talks with the Chase Bank of the…
The state has reported four H1N1 deaths, all among patients with comorbidities — two in Hisar, one each in Panipat and Panchkula. Gurgaon: Haryana has recorded a sharp rise in H1N1 cases, with the cumulative tally climbing from 163 on Aug 26 to 378 by Sept 16, according to state health department surveillance data. The…
The dispute originated over an unauthorized commercial food stall setup allegedly operating even during late-night hours for the past three weeks Kolkata: An 80-year-old man and his 76-year-old wife have alleged criminal intimidation, outrage of modesty, and illegal encroachment by an illegal temporary food stall owner and his friend operating outside their residential premises on…
A single machine can assist in harvesting up to 300 trees a day Screenshot Panaji: With traditional toddy tappers and coconut climbers becoming increasingly scarce, farmers in Goa are finding it difficult and expensive to get their coconut palms harvested. To address the problem, a petrol-powered mechanical climbing machine is now being tested in the…
Gorakhpur: Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT) will adopt 100 tuberculosis (TB) patients as part of the programmes being organised to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 76th birthday on Sept 17, said the university.The initiative aims to support the national campaign for a TB-free India by providing nutritional and emotional assistance to the patients…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP-led Centre of “betraying” people by introducing charges on high-value UPI merchant transactions, with party leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Amit Chavda and Tushar Chaudhary alleging that the move would ultimately increase burden on consumers.In a joint statement on Wednesday, the leaders cited the new 0.4% merchant discount rate…
Chabba: The Punjab chapter of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) on Wednesday warned of blocking railway tracks at five locations across the state from noon on Sept 17 if the Punjab govt failed to address farmers’ and labourers’ demands.KMM leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said the organisation had given the govt until noon on Sept 17 to…
