MUMBAI: A 400-tonne mobile crane engaged in the construction of Metro Line 2B toppled near the Asian Heart Hospital junction in BKC during overnight work in the early hours of Wednesday, prompting traffic diversions in the area.The crane was lifting a pre-cast beam when a mechanical failure led to the mishap at the work site…
Koramangala row over EV firm’s R&D in home BENGALURU: What began as a resident’s complaint about unauthorised commercial activity in a quiet Koramangala street has now escalated into a larger civic issue, with authorities issuing notices but failing to enforce action on the ground.Gilbert Millicent Nathan resident of 4th Block, Koramangala had written to GBA,…
Chennai: A guest worker from Bihar died of electrocution while trying to rescue a co-worker who slipped from a ladder at a construction site in Tiruvallur on Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Shawkat, 28. His co-worker Kalam, 25, had sustained injuries in the accident.According to police, the workers were engaged in electrical work inside…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Telangana Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (THANA) challenging the new billing system for biomedical waste disposal.A division bench, comprising Justice K Lakshman and Justice BR Madhusudhan Rao, passed the order recently while hearing THANA’s challenge against guidelines issued by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)…
In Jan this year, NHAI rejected GMDA’s proposal for constructing a stormwater drain along with a culvert crossing on NH-8 Gurgaon: With uncertainty lingering over the design and modality of a proposed culvert crossing along NH-8, GMDA is now exploring alternative solutions to address chronic waterlogging at Narsingpur, one of the worst-affected stretches in the…
Trinamool has alleged all along that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls was designed to favour BJP. But in the Matua belt along some of Bengal’s border districts, it is the local BJP that is crying foul over SIR. Matuas — a Hindu sect from Bangladesh — had voted for BJP in large…
A legal dispute over 1,600 sqm of land in Loni’s Mandola is delaying a crucial ramp for the newly inaugurated Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun Economic Corridor. The unresolved compensation claim, dating back to 1998, has left a key stretch unfinished, creating an accident-prone area and impacting local connectivity. GHAZIABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun…
Margao: Fatorda police on Tuesday, arrested the driver of a BMW car, for allegedly performing dangerous stunts at the SGPDA ground in Margao that ended with his vehicle ramming into a police jeep before he fled the scene.The incident occurred around 10.30pm on Sunday.Police disclosed the name of the driver as B Parkar.He was later…
Varanasi: On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, a national seminar on the topic “Baba Saheb Dr BR Ambedkar: Role of Education, Justice and Equality in the Making of an Inclusive India”, was organised at the KN Uduppa auditorium, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, on Tuesday.In his presidential…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has refused to grant regular bail to a college professor who was arrested on charges of seeking sexual favours from his student in a Modasa college.The professor was arrested in Nov 2025 after the Aravalli district police filed a chargesheet against him with regard to allegations of offences under Sections…
