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Mumbai: A‘tak-tak gang’ robbed a driver of Rs 10 lakh. The gang approached the car, knocked on the window and told him that money had fallen. When the driver stepped out they stole a bag with the money. tnnWe also published the following articles recentlyPavitraa Puniya suffers wardrobe malfunction for the first time while shooting a scene; writes "aaj tak TV mein hi dekha tha"Actress Pavitraa...

CHENNAI: In a span of two months, the Tambaram Corporation's public health department captured 398 stray dogs and performed animal birth control (ABC) surgery on 383 dogs. Covering an area of 87.64 sq km, the Tambaram Corporation has around 80,000 dogs within its jurisdiction. Due to the absence of effective sterilisation programs, the stray dog population has seen an increase.A senior official said,...

CHENNAI: Tambaram corporation officials inspected the construction of rainwater drainage systems in Sembakkam and East Tambaram. Officials inspected rainwater drainage works with an estimated cost of Rs 4 crore in Tellus Avenue (Ward-41), Subhash Chandra Bose Street (Ward-44), and Thirumalai Nagar (Ward-39). Officers who completed the rainwater drainage in Saravana Nagar (Ward-67) at an estimated cost...

MUMBAI: Maharashtra ST Karmachari Congress general secretary Shrirang Barge on Sunday demanded that the state transport buses should be exempted from toll rates as the charges were hefty after the hikes from October 1.The burden of the toll hike will be on commuters and the government should consider MSRTC as public service and waive toll at all check posts, he said.He said that the MSRTC pays around Rs...

CHENNAI: The Avadi Municipal Corporation on Tuesday launched a waste cleaning drive under the Swachh Bharat Mission. The corporation will cover all the 48 wards during the drive. The drive was launched by Swachh Bharat Mission state director Sivarasu and Avadi Corporation commissioner Tharpagaraj.Sanitary workers will identify spots where garbage corners have been created and also spots where monitoring...

HOOGHLY/MIDNAPORE: The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is scheduled to release another 65,000 cusec of water from Maithan and Panchet dams in the next 24 hours, a move that threatens to aggravate the flood situation in Hooghly, Howrah and Burdwan.Thursday, however, had brought some relief to some flood-stricken south Bengal areas as water levels there began to recede in certain localities as less water...

CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation has repaired 252 out of 285 roads in Madipakkam that were dug up by Chennai Metropolitan and Sewerage Supply Board.Out of the 55.3 km of road stretch dug up, 16.4 km of roads have been fixed so far, said city corporation commissioner Dr J Radhakrishnan, who on Wednesday returned for inspections after being down with dengue.He said 106 roads got a blacktopping...

CHENNAI: A total of 190 tonne of waste was collected by the Greater Chennai Corporation during the weekend after immersion of Ganesha statues by devotees. Among the waste collected, 60% was food, 4.5% was plastic, 6.3% flowers and the remaining were mixed waste.According to a statement, the GCC's garbage collection contractor Urbaser Sumeet deployed 220 men to clean up the beaches around Foreshore...

KOLKATA: The proposal for a modification of base unit area value under the Unit Area Assessment (UAA) system was passed in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation House on Saturday. It paved the way for a hike in the property tax rates of residential buildings and flats across the city. Under the UAA system it is the base unit area value that primarily determines the tax on a property. Though there are other...