So far, the civic body has identified 3,177 BWGs across Mumbai, of which 2,025 are registered with the BMC Sanjeev DevasiaMumbai:While the BMC has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from third-party agencies to help bulk waste generators (BWGs), including housing societies, hospitals and commercial establishments, to set up and operate decentralised, on-site wet waste processing…
New Delhi: Women platform workers in Delhi-NCR are facing health, financial and workplace challenges due to extreme heat, with many forced to choose between protecting their health and safeguarding their livelihoods, according to a new report by HeatWatch, a women-led climate adaptation organisation.The report titled ‘On call in a burning city: Women platform workers and…
Chennai: AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran on Saturday criticised chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s handling of the recurring fishermen crisis and urged the state and Union govts to take concrete steps towards a permanent solution.Dhinakaran alleged that Vijay had done little beyond writing routine letters to the Centre. Before the elections, Vijay had…
Patna: Patna Traffic Police has issued a detailed traffic plan for Monday in view of the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ from JP Golambar to Kargil Chowk. With a large number of people expected to participate, several roads in central Patna will remain closed or diverted from 7am until the conclusion of the programme.According to the traffic advisory,…
Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto is facing a critical decline in health as he continues his hunger strike to advocate for essential reforms in Jharkhand’s recruitment examination system RANCHI: Amid the ongoing protests over alleged irregularities in the JPSC and JSSC examinations, student leader Devendra Nath Mahto’s health has deteriorated after 15 days of an…
Ranchi: Traffic movement will be restricted and diverted on several city roads on Sunday for Adivasi Mahotsav, during which large tribal jatras are scheduled to pass through major key intersections on their way to Bapu Vatika in Morabadi.The processions will move via Jail Chowk, Karamtoli Chowk, senior superintendent of police (SSP) residence crossing and Gutka…
The forum also backed statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. SRINAGAR: The Forum for Human Rights in J&K has called for full restoration of statehood and repeal of 2019 Reorganisation Act, cautioning that linking statehood to the security situation and terrorist attacks could erode democratic rights in the…
Kolkata: Two patients who were being treated at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital “went missing” from their beds on Friday. The hospital administration later said both patients had “left” before completing the formal discharge process. The patients are 23-year-old Dipanwita Roy of Chitpore and 51-year-old Bimal Ghosh of Baranagar.Police said Roy was admitted to…
Navi Mumbai: The Panvel City police cyber cell probing a cyber fraud case of online stock market trading scam wherein a retired Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, a Panvel resident, was duped of Rs 19.9 lakh, have arrested an accused 23-year-old youth, a D.Ed student, from Shivpuri town in Madhya Pradesh, who had allegedly opened…
New Delhi: An 18-year-old youth slipped and fell into a drain before being swept away by a strong current of water in southeast Delhi’s Sarita Vihar Friday evening, triggering a search and rescue operation. He has not been traced so far, police said.The teen has been identified as Ankit, a resident of Bhim Colony in…
