Panaji: Panchayat minister and Dabolim MLA Mauvin Godinho on Monday pushed back against the demarcation of land parcels in his constituency as no-development zones (NDZs). Godinho, who called the town and country planning (TCP) department’s decision a mistake, said that he has spoken to TCP minister Vishwajit Rane to get the errors corrected.In May, the…
Times News NetworkColva: A few spells of rain have again exposed persistent flooding at the Seraulim railway underpass, bringing traffic to a complete standstill and disrupting commuting between the two sides of the village.Built to ensure smooth vehicular movement and provide an uninterrupted alternative to the frequently closed railway crossing, the underpass was inundated after…
Bicholim: Water scarcity across several villages in Bicholim taluka is worsening, with residents blaming extensive leakages in water shortage pipelines. Leakages have reportedly been spotted at several locations, including along the Vhalshim–Vathadev bypass road, near the ITI opposite the Housing Board, and along adjoining roads.Residents said leakages at multiple points across the taluka are leading…
Panchkula: Bahbalpur is set to become the first gram panchayat in Panchkula district to manage and maintain its drinking water supply system under a new initiative of the public health engineering department.The decision was approved unanimously at a gram sabha meeting chaired by sarpanch Priyanka Devi. Representatives of the gram panchayat, village water and sewerage…
Ghaziabad: Police arrested five persons in connection with the shooting and abduction of a 44-year-old man, who was allegedly attacked by a group that fired multiple rounds at him before forcing him into a car and fleeing. While the main accused and the victim remain untraced, police said those arrested are relatives of the prime…
The attack took place around 6.50am on Saturday near the bend by the Khadkhadi railway underpass Ghaziabad: A dairy farm owner was shot at multiple times, bundled into a car and abducted in broad daylight near a railway underpass in Loni on Saturday, days after he was involved in a road-rage incident with a group…
Lucknow: The state govt on Wed appointed Justice Ram Autar Singh, a retired judge of Allahabad high court, as the chairman of the dedicated backward classes commission for determining reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state’s three-tier Panchayati Raj institutions in view of the forthcoming rural local bodies polls.There are four members in…
Samrala: Residents of Papraudi village in Samrala, birthplace of renowned writer Saadat Hasan Manto, prize the library built in his memory. For them, it is part of the identity of the village.Although there have been differing claims about Manto’s birthplace, residents firmly believe he belonged to their village. Each year, on his birth anniversary, they…
