MUMBAI: Developers here pay an average of Rs 5,400 per sqft as approval cost through various premiums exacted by the municipal corporation and other government authorities, said a report by a body representing top builders. It argued that the high premiums are ending up affecting Mumbai's growth trajectory as the country's premier economic hub. Cities such as Delhi NCR, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad...
WASHINGTON: Highlighting incidents of threats, violence, and intimidation against Indian diplomats and missions in Canada, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar questioned whether the reaction would have been the same if a similar situation had occurred in any other country.He further emphasized that the situation in Ottawa should not be normalized.Addressing a press conference in Washington DC on...
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday turned down demands of onion traders from Nasik to scrap 40% export duty and stop two government cooperatives — NCCF and Nafed — from selling onions at mandis. The government also asked the traders to immediately call off their strike.However, the government told the traders that their demand will be taken up at an inter-ministerial committee for...
NEW DELHI: A 42-year-old woman and her four associates have been arrested in connection with the robbery of 17 gold biscuits in the Paschim Vihar area of west Delhi. The accused have been identified as Sonu Suri, a resident of Tagore Garden Extension, Navneet (34), Mohsin Khan (29), Dheeraj (22), and Ankit Porwal (22), all residents of Khayala.The incident occurred on September 22 when a PCR call was...
MUMBAI: A special CBI court in Mumbai on Friday granted bail to former policeman Sachin Waze in connection with a 2021 extortion case filed on the complaint of a hotelier. Waze had approached the special court in August this year after being denied bail by a metropolitan magistrate. Waze, currently in judicial custody in the Antilia bomb scare and other cases being probed by Enforcement Directorate and...
In a devastating turn of events, heavy rains overnight have left parts of New York City submerged, wreaking havoc on its infrastructure and daily life. The catastrophe unfolded as torrential downpours pounded the northeastern United States, leaving New York City paralyzed and prompting Governor Kathy Hochul to declare an official state of emergency for multiple regions.Images from the affected areas...
CHENNAI: A worker of an Indian Oil fuel refilling station in Chennai’s Saidapet died on Friday evening when its roof collapsed during rain. Six others suffered injuries in the accident.The fuel station is located on the Jones Road off the Anna Salai.Fire and rescue services personnel and police were involved in rescue operations. They removed the collapsed roof using cranes.Seven people, who were...
NEW DELHI: Over 20 leaders and office-bearers from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Northeast Delhi have officially joined the Congress, and more are expected to follow suit in the coming days, according to party officials. The group includes former Delhi Congress secretaries Kuldeep Bhati and Yogendra Bhati, as well as block ex-president Mahendra Kumar, all of whom left the AAP to join the...
THANE: The city bid farewell to Lord Ganesha with loud processions, reaching ear-splitting noise levels of 110 decibels, as reported by anti-noise activists. Dr Mahesh Bedekar, one such activist, measured noise levels across the city and noted that despite fewer processions this year, the excessive use of amplifiers and speaker walls contributed to the high noise levels.Areas like Charai, Panchpakhadi,...
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