NEW DELHI: Constructing residential buildings in south and east Delhi may soon get costlier as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) plans to levy "compensatory regulatory charges", a fee that was earlier only imposed in north Delhi so far by the erstwhile north corporation.The proposed fee would be calculated keeping in mind the built-up area of new residential buildings or new constructions done to...
MUMBAI: A 50-year-old tuition teacher from Borivali was duped of Rs 1.5 lakh by a fraudster posing as an army man. On Friday, she got a call from one Pravin Kumar who said he was posted at Ladakh and gave her the reference of a teacher known to her. He claimed that his family also lives in Borivli and said he wanted the teacher to coach his three school-going daughters. A day later, he called again to...
NEW DELHI: Slain terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and other pro-Khalistan elements in Canada have been building a local 'pro-Khalistan brigade' by sponsoring visas for gullible Punjab youths for medium-skilled jobs, including religious duties in gurdwaras controlled by them, and “offering shelter and low-scale jobs” with gurdwaras’ resources for “sustenance” of illegal immigrants and Indian...
KALYAN: Fed up with the treatment of his 10-year-old mentally challenged daughter, a drunk man strangled her to death in Dombivli.Manoj Agrahari, 38, has been arrested on the complaint of the girl’s mother Lilavati. Lavli was being treated in a hospital in Thane and Manoj was finding it difficult to meet the expenses. Frustrated, he used to say, “There is no use of a retarded daughter, she should be...
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has informed the Delhi high court it has no power or authority to interfere in the ongoing feud between pilots and Akasa Air, which has sought action against the pilots who resigned without serving the notice period.The airline has blamed the DGCA for being "unwilling to take any action" and told the court it is facing "significant financial...
KALYAN: A truck driver was stabbed to death by unidentified people while he was checking tyre near Durgadi chowk in Kalyan, on Monday morning.The deceased has been identified as Bhola Kumar Mato (24).The incident took place when Mato was coming from Bhiwandi side towards Kalyan. He was stabbed by two people who came on motorcycle, said police.Sarjerao Patil, senior police inspector of Khadakpada police...
KOLKATA: West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Monday cancelled his scheduled USA trip to attend the World Culture Festival as he felt that it would not be appropriate to accept foreign hospitality when the state is facing financial difficulties and dengue deaths, officials said on Monday. The governor's decision came less than 24 hours ahead of his scheduled departure. "(The) governor had initially...
TRICHY: A Trichy court on Monday awarded life sentences to six people and acquitted four others in connection with the murder of an advocate in 2015.Second additional district court of Trichy convicted and awarded the life sentences to A Ilaiyaraja, J Johnson Kumar, P Nattamai alias Natarajan, T Kanagaraj, A Hari Krishnan and G Senthil for murdering C Sekar, 52, in the night of December 16, 2015. The...
NEW DELHI: A court in Delhi on Monday framed charges, including murder, against a man who repeatedly stabbed and bludgeoned a 16-year-old girl to death in full public view the Shahbad Dairy locality on May 28. Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO) Richa Gusain Solanki framed the charges against Sahil under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 302 (murder), and provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe...
MUMBAI: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Union Government had set a two year target of generating 100 MW of power generation capacity through rooftop solar by January 2024. With efforts from teams across the state, MSEDCL has been able to set up 100 MW capacity for residential consumers by September 25 and achieve the target four months in advance, a spokesperson said on...
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