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NOIDA: A 76-year-old woman died after being struck by a car while crossing the road in Noida Sector-78 on Wednesday. Krishna Narang, resided in the Mahagun Moderne Society with her family. The accident occurred within the society's premises. The car's driver promptly took her to a nearby hospital, but she succumbed to her injuries while receiving treatment.DCP Harish Chander reported that the incident...

THANE: Two brave sisters returning from the airport in the wee hours of Monday rescued a huge and bulky python that slithered into their residential complex in Vasant Vihar, said residents.Sheetal Koul, who stays in the Garden Enclave society, was returning home with her sister, Komal Koul, who had just arrived from the US when they spotted a roughly eight-foot-long python sluggishly ascending the...

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society on Saturday awarded scholarships to six Indian-origin students pursuing music, dance and playing musical instruments as part of its Gandhi Jayanti celebrations this year. High Commissioner Dr Shilpak Ambule handed the awards to the students as he shared Mahatma Gandhi's life journey, saying, "Gandhi ji's life was marked by simplicity, humility and a deep...

NOIDA: A couple has been charged by the police for allegedly assaulting a man at a high-rise building in Sector 75, Noida earlier this week. The incident took place on September 20, stemming from a dispute over posters related to the woman's missing pet dog. A video capturing the incident emerged on social media on Saturday.According to the police, the woman had recently lost her pet dog within the...

KOLKATA: The CBI on Sunday registered an FIR in an alleged fraud at the “cooperative body” at Alipurduar in West Bengal following an order from the Calcutta high court in August this year. The court had transferred the case from CID to the CBI and ED after it expressed unhappiness over the progress of the case.In the petition filed with the court, the petitioners alleged that several members of the...

KOLKATA: Indian Coffee House on Jadavpur Central Road shut down on Friday following a fracas between some customers and the cooperative society of workers that runs the establishment. According to a member of the society, a notice was issued on August 21 requesting regulars not to occupy seats and use laptops for long hours. This was challenged by regulars on the grounds that it had no legal validity....

NOIDA: Four workers died on Friday after a service lift had a free fall at an under-construction group housing society in Greater Noida West, also known as Noida Extension, police said. Five other workers suffered injuries and were admitted to the district hospital in critical condition, the police said in a statement. The incident took place around 8.30 am at the under-construction site of Amrapali...

NOIDA: A police team had to be deployed at Supertech Ecovillage 2 in Greater Noida after a group of residents objected to a gathering for namaz on Monday evening.The residents said they did not have any objection to people offering prayers in the society's commercial compound, but alleged that many of them were outsiders. This, they said, had put the society's security at risk.Around 8.30pm on Monday, a...