Officials said the building was located around 30 metres from the landfill and that the garbage mound gave way within seconds, leaving occupants with little time to react Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)’s environment department on Saturday attributed the July 8 Moshi landfill disaster to incessant rainfall and the build-up of methane gas pressure…
Mayor Saurabh Joshi interacts with representatives of employees’ and workers’ unions at the MC office on Thursday Chandigarh: Mayor Saurabh Joshi Thursday met representatives of various employees’ and workers’ unions, who submitted memorandums highlighting long-pending service-related and welfare issues.The unions raised concerns over the timely disbursal of salaries, pensions and retirement benefits, medical reimbursement, compassionate…
Keri: Due to the relentless heat caused by weak monsoon activity, the water resources department (WRD) established a support dam just 1km away from the main masonry dam of Anjunem in Keri. This was to supply irrigation water to farmers. However, the WRD encountered an unexpected problem– a large number of picnickers visiting the site…
Patna: Educator, Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, received interim relief from a Patna court on Saturday in the coaching institute firing incident. The court extended its earlier “no coercive action” order, ensuring that Khan will not be arrested until the next hearing scheduled for June 25The order was passed by Sessions Judge Rupesh…
Panaji: Security guards and housekeeping staff employed through the Goa Human Resource Development Corporation (GHRDC) are set to receive a significant pay hike, with state govt deciding to extend the benefits of the 6th Pay Commission to employees who have completed 10 years of service.Chief minister Pramod Sawant said the state govt has decided to…
Patna: A Patna court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to tutor Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, in connection with a firing incident at his coaching institute on June 2.Hearing his anticipatory bail plea, sessions judge Rupesh Deo directed the investigating officer to produce the case diary and details of Khan’s criminal…
Patna: A day after a TOI photojournalist was allegedly heckled by security personnel at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) and compelled to delete photographs taken on the campus, the hospital’s deputy director and official spokesperson Dr Vibhuti Prasann Sinha said instructions had been issued to security personnel to remain sensitive while dealing…
A fence and boundary wall around a park and swimming pool near the affected tower at Gaur Green Avenue, where a fire broke out on April 12, had obstructed access for fire tenders Ghaziabad: The district administration has decided to demolish illegal constructions and encroachments inside housing societies, identifying them as potential fire hazards that…
Kolkata: Students of a girls’ hostel of Presidency University in Salt Lake sector I allegedly chased away a man after spotting him flashing and masturbating on a road near the hostel late on Saturday night, triggering fresh concerns over security in the area.According to students, the man was seen engaging in an alleged obscene act…
Kolkata: City cops investigating the death of 66-year-old film-maker Anik Dutta are now certain it was a case of death by suicide.The sleuths have cited several findings — from the postmortem report, witness accounts and the recovery of a note and slippers on the roof from which Dutta fell — to arrive at the conclusion.Dutta…
