Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: Former ward 104 councillor and ex-borough XI chairman Tarakeswar Chakraborty illegally filled multiple public water bodies and protected wetlands in east Kolkata for commercial construction, police told the court.Seeking his custody, investigators alleged he misused his official position to grab land for personal gain. Police said his interrogation revealed clues about an organised land-grabbing…
MUMBAI: The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) prediction of a rain-soaked week played out dramatically just after midnight on Monday, when an intense three-hour spell of rain lashed Mumbai’s eastern suburbs, leading to the weather bureau to issue an orange alert at 1.05 am.The heaviest downpour was concentrated over the eastern suburbs, with automatic weather station…
Delhi’s recent pre-monsoon survey, which examined around 28 lakh buildings, identified a scant 19 structures deemed hazardous NEW DELHI: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has identified only 19 dangerous structures out of nearly 28 lakh buildings surveyed so far under its annual pre-monsoon inspection, raising questions about the effectiveness and credibility of the exercise.While the…
Chennai: Three of a family from Madurai died in a road accident in Villupuram district on Sunday as the car in which they were travelling rammed against the parapet of a bridge on the Chennai-Trichy national highway when the car driver attempted to overtake another vehicle.The incident happened around 7.45am when the family from Pazhanganatham…
Patna: The two-day camp for the training of the newly appointed block presidents of the state Congress began at its state headquarters here on Sunday. It was inaugurated by the party’s state chief Rajesh Ram. The block Congress committee presidents were appointed under the framework of the central unit’s Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan.While the state has…
India has urged the European Union to exempt it from proposed restrictions on metal scrap exports, warning that the move could disrupt supplies, increase production costs and affect the country’s steel and aluminium industries.Under the EU’s revised Waste Shipment Regulation, exports of non-hazardous waste, including recyclable metal scrap, to non-OECD countries will be banned from…
Kolkata: Phoolbagan cops have arrested two men, Mohammad Ali Molla and Asraful Molla, for allegedly abducting and robbing an import-export businessman at gunpoint by posing as CID officers. The incident occurred two days ago when the victim, a resident of Baduria, was returning from a meeting at a Phoolbagan shopping mall. The duo revealed they…
Mumbai: A fire triggered by a suspected short circuit in an “ageing” underground power cable sparked panic in the congested Bhendi Bazaar in south Mumbai on Sunday morning. No injuries were reported. The fire was contained to the site and didn’t spread to nearby structures.It broke out around 11.30am on Mutton Street in the densely…
NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk‘s indefinite hunger strike entered its second day on Monday at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, where the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has been staging a protest since June 20, demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations.CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke alleged that Delhi Police refused…
CHENNAI: Former chief minister and DMK president M K Stalin’s son-in-law V Sabareesan has issued legal notices against two Tamil Nadu ministers, Aadhav Arjuna and CTR Nirmal Kumar seeking unconditional apology for their statements alleging that he was involved in corruption across 16 departments during the previous DMK govt. Sabareesan has sought both the state…
