New Delhi: Six people, including two children, were injured after an LPG cylinder exploded inside a residential building in northwest Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar on Wednesday afternoon.Delhi Fire Services received a call regarding the incident, which took place in Gali No. 15, around 4pm. Four fire tenders, along with nearly 20 firefighters, were rushed to the…
Mumbai: A day after two contractors were appointed for desilting Mithi River in three phases, BMC’s standing committee on Wednesday approved the contract of around Rs 30 crore.Following concerns raised by the opposition members over the ongoing works across the city, standing committee chairperson Prabhakar Shinde directed the BMC administration to provide weekly reports on…
Chennai: A partially paralysed elderly woman was tied up and threatened at knifepoint by unidentified men who decamped with gold jewellery from her house at Varadarajapuram near Mudichur in the wee hours of Wednesday.Police said the victim, Kausalya, 65, stayed with her son Padmanaban, his wife Indhumathi and their 11-year-old son at Rayappan Nagar. Indhumathi…
Hyderabad: Sometimes courage and technology can achieve what official channels fail to deliver. Frustrated by police inaction, a govt employee from Karnataka tracked down his stolen phone himself—and in the process uncovered a stash of 10 more stolen devices. After the complainant, Shiva Kumar, highlighted the inaction of cops to Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar,…
Conceived in 2022, the project was aimed at plugging critical gaps in drainage infrastructure across these newly developed sectors along the Southern Peripheral Road Gurgaon: Residents of sectors 68 to 75 are unlikely to see relief from chronic waterlogging this monsoon, with the GMDA set to miss its Aug deadline for a key drainage project…
Kolkata: Following the EC prohibition on the sale of liquor for nine and a half days in Bengal during the election, a sizeable number of bars-cum-restaurants in Sector V, New Town and some parts of south Kolkata have decided to down their shutters on the commission-imposed dry days. The most affected area is Sector V,…
Fire breaks out in a hay-loaded tractor, spreads to a house and shop Ghaziabad: Flames from a hay-laden tractor that caught fire on NDRF Road in Sadarpur village leaped to a nearby house and an adjoining shop where LPG cylinders were kept on Tuesday evening.Chief fire officer Rahul Pal said the fire station in Kotwali…
FC Goa midfielder Sahil Tavora injured his knee against Mumbai City FC Panaji: FC Goa midfielder Sahil Tavora injured his knee against Mumbai City FC and has now been ruled out for the rest of the season.After being on the bench for the 3-1 win against Odisha FC, Tavora started the crucial clash against Mumbai…
Gorakhpur: A partially burnt body of an unidentified woman was found near a canal on the outskirts of Semra Chandrauli village under Shyamdeurva police station in Maharajganj on Wednesday.On receiving information, a police team led by ASP Siddharth, circle officer Ankur Gautam and SHO Abhishek Singh reached the spot and inspected the scene. Police said…
Ahmedabad: As geopolitical tensions in West Asia unsettle global markets, Gujarat International Finance-Tec (GIFT) City is fast emerging as an alternate hub for corporate treasury operations. According to officials, GIFT City is being considered by 15+ global entities to set up treasury operations out of the country’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), reports Niyati…
