residents

CHENNAI: As pleas from parents and students of a girls school on Mayor Basudev Street in Korukkupet to shift a Tasmac shop from the vicinity has not evoked any response, local residents as well as women and students' have announced a protest demonstration on October 26.When contacted, S Muthusamy, minister of prohibition, excise and molasses, said he was not aware of the complaint, and that action would...

Chennai: Tambaram Corporation has launched a project to increase the availability of public restrooms. They are in the process of constructing five new toilet blocks, with an additional plan to incorporate 16 urinals at ₹6 crore. These new facilities, which are likely to come up near bus stands, hospitals, markets, and other public buildings, are expected to meet the growing demand for clean and...

Kolkata: In a unique initiative, a group of residents of Elita Garden Vista housing complex in New Town have started drawing street art on the service road stretch adjacent to the complex to prevent encroachment by street vendors. The residents started painting a stretch of the service road with on Sunday, with permission taken from New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA).“Vendors often occupy...

GURGAON: The Gurgaon district administration, on Friday, convened a review meeting withChintels Paradisothe residents and flat owners of Chintels Paradiso society in sector 109. During the meeting, the administration instructed the developer to accelerate the resolution process. In the auditorium of the Mini Secretariat, the additional district commissioner (ADC) Hitesh Kumar Meena conducted two...

KOLKATA: The city cops have nabbed a 29-year-old youth who had been cheating US residents - especially those at Baltimore - for the past three years. The tip-off had come from the FBI. Accused Danish Ahmed (29), a resident of Beniapukur, was nabbed from near Circus Avenue on Tuesday around 11.30pm."During a search, Rs 4.9 lakh in cash and 13 costly wrist watches of some popular brands, believed to have...

CHENNAI: Chennai mayor R Priya on Thursday appealed to residents to take rabies vaccines. She was speaking after inaugurating a rabies vaccine camp held as part of the World Rabies Day (September 28).Priya said people should understand the importance of the vaccine as they may get infected even by a small bite by dogs."Veterinary workers who catch dogs must use safety gears while going to catch dogs. If...

THANE: Thane residents seem to have given thumbs up to eco-friendly visarjan as a majority of the Bappa idols immersed on the fifth day of Ganeshotsav were done in artificial ponds, civic data reveals. As many as 11,536 or around 64% of the total 17,836 Ganpati and Gauri idols including 171 sarvajanik idols immersions were done at the 15 designated artificial ponds while 42 special tanks in the city saw...

MUMBAI: With a controversy surrounding the cutting and transplantation of 389 trees in Malabar Hill area for the repair of the century-old water tank, a meeting of local residents along with BMC officials and local MLA and guardian minister MP Lodha was held at the civic headquarters on Monday. Citizens and local activists opposing the chopping of trees joined the meeting virtually. There are 906 trees...

DEHRADUN: The Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samitihas threatened to block traffic on April 27, the day the Badrinath yatra is scheduled to start, if their demands were not met."The situation in Joshimath is the same as it was two months ago. We demand complete scrapping of NTPC's under-construction Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and the Helang bypass road," said Atul Sati,group's convenor, on Tuesday.The...