Mangaluru: District minister UT Khader Saturday urged Congress cadres to prepare immediately for all upcoming local body elections, strengthening party organisation from the grassroots at respective block and booth levels.Addressing the party functionaries at a District Congress Committee (DCC) general meeting, Khader said utmost care must be taken to ensure names of eligible voters are…
Chennai: Several youths raced motorcycles and performed dangerous stunts on city roads late Saturday night. Kodambakkam residents blocked a road and demanded action against recurring weekend bike races.Groups of bikers were seen speeding through Nungambakkam, Gemini Flyover, Royapettah, Kodambakkam and Valluvar Kottam. At the Valluvar Kottam signal, more than 25 youths gathered with motorcycles and…
Stray cattle turn Picket, West Marredpally roads into traffic maze Hyderabad: A herd of cows has become an unlikely traffic hazard for commuters on the busy Picket and West Marredpally main roads, routinely occupying the carriageway as they feed on garbage dumped along the roadside.The problem is especially acute every morning, when school buses, two-wheelers,…
Gurgaon: Students in govt-aided colleges across Haryana, including Gurgaon, may soon get access to a wider range of academic resources, with the higher education department stepping up efforts to connect institutions to National Digital Library of India (NDLI).The department has directed colleges that have yet to register with the platform to complete their institutional membership…
Players in action during the India-Brazil match on Saturday Kolkata: The offer of complimentary tickets has done little to revive interest in India’s international friendly against Uruguay, with a sizeable number of seats still lying unsold ahead of Tuesday’s clash at Salt Lake Stadium.The announcement of free tickets by CM Suvendu Adhikari came on Saturday…
While admitting that 90% of the ponds are unsuitable for peripheral plantation, the DFO has also submitted an action plan for the 101 feasible ones Ghaziabad: Nearly 90% of the ponds in Ghaziabad cannot support plantation along their perimeters, with only 101 of the 1,075 ponds identified in Tehsil Sadar, Modinagar, Loni and GMC areas…
The owner has nearly finished construction despite no ownership document or construction permissions being in place Panaji: Work on construction of a villa that allegedly has no permissions, at survey no. 149/1-A in Moira, continues despite the block development officer (BDO), Bardez-II, ordering an immediate halt to the construction. The BDO had ordered a site…
PM Modi’s `Janmsthal to Karmsthal’ Yatra from Vadnagar to Kashi to Conclude in presence of Nitin Nabin on Oct 7 Varanasi: The ‘Janmbhoomi Vadnagar to Karmbhoomi Kashi’ motorcycle yatra, taken out from Vadnagar in Gujarat under the Seva Sankalp campaign to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on Sept 17, will conclude in Kashi on…
A 26-year-old woman approached police alleging that a man concealed his first marriage and two children from her and married her and subsequently assaulted and confined her at their rented house in Vadaj. Ahmedabad: A 26-year-old woman approached police alleging that a man concealed his first marriage and two children from her and married her…
Fake e-challan link leaves tutor poorer by Rs 5L Panchkula: A self-employed tutor from Panchkula was allegedly duped of Rs 5.42 lakh after clicking on a fake e-challan link sent through a text message, prompting the Cyber Crime police station to register a case and launch an investigation.The complainant, Nusrat Parveen, a resident of Sector…
