File pic of Kanjurmarg dumping ground Mumbai: Bombay High Court has directed BMC to submit a report within 15 days to Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on the host of compliances the latter had sought to prevent odour from the Kanjurmarg waste management facility. It has also instructed BMC to adopt urgent measures to ensure…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have filed an FIR with 13 charges, including attempted murder, over the violence that erupted near Kartavya Path on July 20 during the CJP’s “Sansad Chalo” march.The FIR, lodged at Kartavya Path police station on an inspector’s complaint, says a large group of protesters tried to push past barricades meant to…
Patna: Campaign for Bankipur assembly byelection has picked up pace with BJP star campaigners and Bhojpuri singer-actors Pawan Singh and Manoj Tiwari ignoring the drizzle to seek votes for NDA candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha on Friday evening. Sinha is contesting against Jan Suraaj founder and poll strategist Prashant Kishor, with RJD’s Rekha Gupta making it…
Chennai: A Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) audit has found that 2,798 of the 3.11 lakh streetlights maintained by the civic body—about 0.9%—were not functioning.Of these, 1,501 were at sites where stormwater drain, Chennai Metro Rail and Metrowater projects were under way. The audit identified faults in 945 LED lights, while underground cable failures affected another…
Dipke as he got news of Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke briefly fell on stage in an emotional moment after being informed that Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan had submitted his resignation, videos shared on social media showed.The incident occurred during a public gathering in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Kolkata: Bengal govt is likely to table proposed changes in the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, in the assembly on Saturday. The proposed changes strip elected panchayat pradhans of their financial powers and vest them in govt officials, enabling the uninterrupted functioning of panchayats in the absence of elected…
A viral image of a portion of a hoarding that hangs precariously near the busy Cadbury Junction on Friday before the Thane Municipal Corporation removed it following complaints from commuters Thane: A portion of a hoarding came loose and was seen dangling precariously over the busy Cadbury Junction signal on Friday evening, triggering safety concerns.Images…
Young protesters feel disconnected as internet services are suspended around protest sites. NEW DELHI: For a generation that has grown up online, the internet is more than a convenience – it is how they communicate, organise, document events and make their voices heard. So, when internet services were suspended around Connaught Place and Jantar Mantar…
Chennai: Refusing to regularise the services of temporary employees in the district judiciary, Madras high court has directed the judicial administration to discontinue the practice of making temporary appointments and, instead, conduct annual recruitment to fill sanctioned posts through regular selection process.A division bench of justices S M Subramaniam and N Senthilkumar passed the order…
PATNA: Clashes broke out between protesters and police in several parts of Bihar on Saturday during a statewide bandh called by opposition parties and various social organisations over the NEET paper leak controversy and recent police action against student protesters, while incidents of stone-pelting, vandalism and police action, including tear gas and lathicharge, were reported…
