Fadnavis offers to mediate on Mahadayi
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday offered to mediate between Karnataka and Goa to resolve the long-standing Mahadayi river water-sharing dispute. Fadnavis, in a letter to Chief...
View ArticleSix minors rescued from paper, bag factories
The KP Agrahara police with the help of NGO Bosco rescued six children, who were working as bonded labourers in a decorative paper unit and a bag factory on Wednesday here. According to the police,...
View ArticleGuard resists theft attempt, pays with life
A 65-year-old security guard who attempted to prevent theft at a temple, was bludgeoned to death by the thieves at Male Mahadeshwara temple in Nagarabhavi in the early hours of Wednesday.The police...
View ArticleSurgical strikes: panel wants briefing, ministry says no
Amid a political row over proof of India's military action across the border, the parliamentary standing committee on defence has sought a briefing on the surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir...
View ArticleMore suspected to be stuck in building debris
The five-storey under-construction structure that collapsed in Bellandur had a built-up area of just 400 square feet, violating the building sanction plan.Muniveerappa M, joint commissioner,...
View ArticleOfficial-builder nexus thrives
The BBMP seems to wake up from its slumber only when there are tragedies like the one at Bellandur Gate, in which three died and four were trapped alive, on Wednesday.The collapse of the...
View Article3 die as building under construction crumbles
Three people were killed and at least seven sustained injuries after an apartment under construction collapsed in Bellandur on Wednesday noon.The police identified one of the deceased as Ashok Mahanta...
View ArticleSafety of workers remains confined to rule books
The collapse of an under-construction building killing three people and injuring several labourers near Bellandur on Wednesday, has again brought focus back on the safety of construction...
View ArticleGirl's body found in sack, family suspects rape
The body of a 11-year-old girl was found in a sack on a street in northeast Delhi's Gautampuri on Wednesday. DCP (Northeast) Ajit Kumar Singla said, "We have registered a case (murder) and are awaiting...
View ArticleArkavathy allottees lay siege to BDA
The site allottees of Arkavathy Layout laid siege to the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) office on Wednesday demanding that their plots should be handed over to them. The protesters also sought a...
View ArticleCM, Jung review steps to fight chikungunya
Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Wednesday held a rare meeting with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal discussing chikungunya and dengue, which have assumed an epidemic-like situation in Delhi.On...
View ArticleNot just Ravan, 'terrorists' to be consigned to flames this Dussehra
Along with the effigies of Ravan, those of 'terrorists' and 'Nawaz Sharif' will also go up in flames this Dussehra, say craftsmen building them.Two effigies of 'terrorists' have already been booked by...
View ArticleHusband-wife burglary team arrested
A husband-wife burglary team which stole lakhs from many homes in south Delhi was arrested on Tuesday in south Delhi's Safdarjung Enclave. Rs 2,09,000 in stolen cash, gold jewelry, one knife and...
View ArticleGovt plans another session of 'mega parent-teacher meet
Buoyed by its success of its first mega parent-teacher meet in July, the Delhi government has decided to hold another such session on October 15 in all government schools.Besides updating the parents...
View ArticleOne dies, one injured as car hits scooter
In a hit and run case in West Delhi's Ranhola area, one person died and another one got injured when a speeding car hit their scooter on which they were riding.The car absconded leaving the victims...
View ArticleSanitation workers to go on strike from Oct 20
As the city is grappling with the chikungunya outbreak, municipal sanitation workers have threatened to go an indefinite strike from October 20 seeking regularisation of the contractual...
View ArticleCivet cat rescued from ILBS campus
The presence of a rather peculiar animal on the premises of the Institute Of Liver And Biliary Sciences in South Delhi, took their staff by surprise. A civet cat was spotted wandering around the...
View ArticleMishra writes to BJP chief Shah, questions alliance with PDP
The war of words between the AAP and the BJP over the anti-terror surgical strikes near LoC escalated on Wednesday after Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra questioned BJP chief Amit Shah over his...
View ArticleGovt averts agitation by its lawyers
Averting a major agitation by government lawyers, the Delhi Government has agreed to relieve them within two months of the responsibility of vetting police chargesheets before these are filed in courts...
View ArticleCrops on 54,931 hectare area withered due to lack of water
With the district facing severe drought for the second consecutive year, the government has declared all the seven taluks as drought-hit. Various crops grown on 54,931 hectare region has withered due...
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