Gurgaon: The city will have to follow a seven-month calendar of pollution-prevention activities.The targets — for civic and other agencies — are unusually specific.They have been assigned specific monthly, weekly and quarterly targets for tackling road dust, industrial pollution and construction-related emissions from Sept through March.Road-owning agencies in the city and in other districts have…
A 46-year-old man, who was a teacher at a coaching centre in the Vidyadanga area, has been missing since Friday Kolkata: A 46-year-old man, who was a teacher at a coaching centre in the Vidyadanga area, has been missing since Friday. The missing person’s wife, an administrative employee at a premier cancer institute in New…
Nineteen kiosks will come up near gate number 2 of GIP Mall in Sector 38A (pictured) and 15 kiosks in Sector 18 Noida: Two of Noida’s busiest commercial hubs are set for a fresh commercial push.Noida Authority is offering 34 kiosks for food, retail and other businesses in Sector 18 and the area near GIP…
A mechanised fishing vessel typically requires around 20 workers, Panaji: Fishing boat owner Miguel Rodrigues, who operates from Cutbona, starts his day at 5am, going from house to house in remote villages of Odisha to persuade men to work on his vessel. Once salaries are negotiated, his team arranges their transport to Goa in rented…
The swift rise triggered panic in low-lying areas, particularly along the Varuna, where several localities were already inundated. Varanasi: The Ganga surged towards the warning level on Sunday, rising sharply at 5 centimetres per hour and crossing 69.26 metres by 2 pm, just a metre short of the 70.26-metre warning mark. The swift rise triggered…
Ahmedabad: To prevent knife and other weapon-related crimes, city police have collected 263 sharp and deadly weapons surrendered or abandoned by citizens in 22 police station areas of Sector 2.The two-day special drive was launched on the directions of the police commissioner, with officers using public-address systems in areas prone to offences and fights and…
Farmers to protest at Punjab and Haryana Raj Bhawans in Chandigarh today but they handed over the memorandum at Madhya marg to concerned officials and marched back. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has put everything in place to hold a protest at the Raj Bhavans of Punjab and Haryana in Chandigarh today Kisans bulldozed Chandigarh…
Pune: Cybercrooks posing as police and CBI officers allegedly duped a 59-year-old resident of Nigdi of Rs12 lakh.The fraud took place between Aug 11 and 21 this year. The victim, who works for a private company, filed an online complaint. Nigdi police registered a case on Friday.An officer from Nigdi police said, “On Aug 11,…
Dhubri: Assam legislative assembly speaker and Bhawanipur-Sarbhog MLA Ranjit Kumar Dass interacted with residents of Raipur village on Barpeta Road on Saturday evening to discuss local issues and problems faced by them.The interaction programme was organised by the 13th West Howly Gaon Panchayat in association with booth Nos. 180 and 181 of Raipur village.Residents apprised…
Lucknow: Frustrated by prolonged power cuts, Gonda villagers reached a power substation and made a junior engineer place his hand on ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ and admit how many hours of electricity was supplied in a 24-hour day.The unusual protest took place at the Katra Bazar power substation around 8.30 pm on Friday. A video of the…
