Traffic congestion on Pune-Nashik Highway near Chakan MIDC Pune: Hundreds of illegal roadside shops and stalls that have mushroomed along key roads in Chakan are now choking traffic movement and fuelling anger among the thousands of industrial workers who travel every day to the industrial belt. Many of them criticized civic authorities for what they…
Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy Hassan: Union minister HD Kumaraswamy charged chief minister DK Shivakumar and the state govt over the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Road (NICE) project, alleging large-scale irregularities in land acquisition, toll collection and implementation.Addressing a press conference at his native Hardanahalli in Holenarsipur taluk, Kumaraswamy said the framework agreement for the project…
(File photo) Cricket was often restricted to the corners of Azad Maidan when Metro work was on MUMBAI: Cricket is set to be well and truly back at Azad Maidan, the nursery of Mumbai and Indian cricket. After a long, nine-year wait, eight clubs at the maidan will get back their renovated pitches on Sunday….
Chennai: A mere delay in conducting disciplinary proceedings against an employee will not automatically become fatal to the entire proceedings, Madras high court has said, adding, “Courts must examine the reasons for the delay and the circumstances in which the alleged misconduct was discovered.”A division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice Krishnaswamy Govindarajan…
COIMBATORE: The proposed expansion of Coimbatore International Airport has been approved by NITI Aayog and is awaiting clearance from the Cabinet Committee on Expenditure, airport director Mohammad Arif said on Wednesday.Interacting with reporters, Arif said 627 acres of land was needed for the expansion in addition to the airport’s existing 420 acres, taking the total…
A woman reportedly fell from a crowded local train between Diva and Mumbra THANE: A woman reportedly fell from a local train between Diva and Mumbra on Thursday morning when the train was halted at a signal, with preliminary information indicating that heavy crowding may have led to the incident.The woman was travelling on the…
In the majority of cases, 115 in total, were marked ‘closed’ Panaji: Of the 138 industrial accidents reported at factories across the state between April 2022 and Aug this year, formal action was initiated against occupiers and managers in only nine cases, while just two resulted in convictions, despite the accidents collectively claiming at least…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police has asked all local police stations to follow the SOP and the new BNSS rulebook to ensure victims and their family members, who were crucial witnesses to crimes, feel secure even after an accused receives bail.The directives came following the Tuesday incident in Cossipore, where a woman claimed she was attacked…
CID alleged that Paswan provided unfair assistance to several candidates Ranchi: CID has arrested two persons, including the operator of a coaching institute, in connection with alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) examination. The agency said on Monday that Sanjit Kumar, a Ranchi resident and operator of the institute,…
Koraput: Jeypore Jagaran Parishad has urged the East Coast Railway (ECoR) to extend the newly introduced Puri-Koraput passenger train up to Jeypore, saying its current schedule would offer little benefit to passengers from Jeypore, Nabarangpur and Malkangiri districts.A delegation of the parishad submitted a memorandum to ECoR general manager Parameswar Funkwal during his visit to…
