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52 FOBs, eight skywalks to come up in Hyderabad - Times of India
HYDERABAD: To facilitate pedestrians to cross the roads, especially at busy junctions without any hassle, the municipal administration and urban development (MA&UD) department has accorded permission for construction of 52 foot over bridge ( FOB ) and eight skywalks in Greater Hyderabad limits.While eight skywalks, which will connect various locations around a junction, will be taken up at places like Dilsukhnagar, Mehdipatnam, Uppal, Ayodhya junction at Lakdikapul and RTC crossroads, the 52...
How to check Income Tax return status - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The status of any Income Tax return (ITR) can be checked once the filing and verification process is done. As the process to file ITR and verify it on the Income Tax (I-T) department's portal has been made much simpler now, it is advisable to calculate the taxable amount accurately and file the return online.
Rain shortfall in 5 North Eastern states, deficit highest in Manipur - Times of India
GUWAHATI: Five northern eastern states have received deficit rainfall this monsoon with Manipur recording the highest rain shortfall in the country. The other four states that received deficit rainfall are Arunachal Pradesh Meghalaya and Nagaland The state-wise rainfall distribution statistics released by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) from June 1 to July 17 shows that Manipur received 69% deficit rainfall, which is the highest in the country since the onset of monsoon.
Driver applies sudden brake, cleaner falls on engine box, dies - Times of India
BENGALURU: A 42-year-old truck cleaner , who was suspected to have died following a cardiac arrest on June 9, passed away due to severe internal bleeding caused when the driver applied brake. He fell on the engine box of the vehicle inside the cabin, police said, quoting the autopsy report.Kantaraju V, a resident of Jayanatinagar in Hassan district , was working as a cleaner of a truck owned and driven by Suresh R, a resident of neighbouring YN Pura Magge village.
Water logging creates chaos, schools closed - Times of India
LUDHIANA: After Ludhiana woke up to yet another day of relentless downpour, flooded streets and waterlogged roads prompted few schools to declare holiday on Tuesday. At 0.8 mm, it is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours, the meteorological department officials said.School buses were seen stuck in long jams. Videos of waterlogging in several low-lying areas such as BRS Nagar, Sarabha Nagar and Ferozpur Road were shared on social media.
Justice for Anissia on FB: Friends call her a fighter - Times of India
CHANDIGARH: A Facebook page has been formed to seek a "fair investigation" into the death of Deutsche Lufthansa AG air-hostess Anissia Batra (39). Daughter of Chandigarh's Sector 36 resident Maj Gen R S Batra (retd), Anissia was found dead at her in-laws' Panchsheel Park residence in New Delhi after a fall from the balcony of her room on July 13.By Tuesday evening, the page, "Justice for Anissia", had received support from 2,400 users on the social-media platform.
66-year-old held for sexually abusing 15-year-old girl - Times of India
KOLKATA: The 66-year-old owner of a grocery shop in Kasba’s Naskarhat was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 15-yearold mentally challenged girl inside his shop on Tuesday. Kasba police have slapped sections 6 and 10 of the Pocso Act and produced the accused in court.
133 dangerous buildings yet to be vacated: CM Devendra Fadnavis - Times of India
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has said 121 of Mumbai's 688 extremely dangerous buildings have been demolished in the last 75 days.
Has BJP started Taliban in Hinduism: Shashi Tharoor - Times of India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor , who earlier triggered a controversy after his "Hindu Pakistan" comment, has once again hit out at the BJP-led Centre and questioned whether they are trying to start Taliban in Hinduism "They are asking me to go to Pakistan. Who has given them the right to decide that I am not a Hindu like them and I don't have the right to stay in the country?
Safety checks on schools from August 5, to be declared unsafe if at fault - Times of India
GREATER NOIDA: The Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate has warned schools that random inspections will be carried out after August 5 to examine security arrangements for students on campus and if the institutions are found lacking, they would be declared “unsafe for children” on the government’s website.The DM held a meeting on Tuesday with principals of 56 schools in Greater Noida in the aftermath of the alleged rape of a nursery kid by a “pool lifeguard” of a prominent institution.
BJP: Rahul, Owaisi competing to usurp Jinnah’s ideology - Times of India
NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday dubbed Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s tweet a “confession” of his reported remark that his party was for Muslims.“We have read Rahul Gandhi’s tweet a hundred times in two hours to find out if he denies making the ‘Muslim party’ remark but we could not see a negation of what he had said,” BJP spokesman Sambit Patra told reporters.The saffron party has attacked Rahul for his purported statement with PM Narendra Modi and his senior colleagues repeatedly referring to...
Council adjourns over dairy farmers and medical seats issue - Times of India
Nagpur: The Maharashtra council was adjourned twice over issues of milk farmers and regional quota for MBBS seats in the state. On both occasions, the opposition members created ruckus over their demands and resorted to sloganeering. It forced deputy chairman Manikrao Thakre to adjourn the proceedings.The issue of milk farmers was taken up for discussion in the morning. Leader of opposition Dhananjay Munde demanded Rs5 litre compensation for them.
Each corpn ward to have micro composting centre - Times of India
In an attempt to decentralise handling of organic waste and to prevent landfilling, the civic body plans to set up micro composting centres in each ward in the city. As a pilot project, the civic body has chosen one ward each in five zones to set up the centre.While a portion of the domestic waste is being segregated, much of it ends up in dump yards in the city without being segregated.
Breathe! Chennai gets 13 new parks at Rs 102 crore, now has 582 - Times of India
CHENNAI: Among the slew of projects inaugurated on Monday, 13 new parks were added to the city’s lung space, taking the total number of parks under Greater Chennai Corporation limits to 582. Two underground drainage systems set up at a cost of Rs 35 crore were commissioned for residents in Madhavaram zone.Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, through video conferencing, inaugurated parks and playground projects worth Rs 102.19 crore.
12,000 tonnes of debris spewed by sea at Marine Drive promenade, HC told - Times of India
MUMBAI: Around 12 ,000 tonnes of debris and garbage was thrown out by sea along the Marine Drive promenade in south Mumbai during the high tide last week, the Bombay high court was told on Tuesday."Around 12000 tonnes of debris and garbage, thrown into the promenade during the high tide last week, has been cleared from Marine Drive by municipal workers," said Shehzad Naqvi representing the petitioner.City-based NGO 'Citizens Circle for Social Welfare and Education' had filed a Public Interest...
US lawmakers slam Trump's embrace of Putin, look to punish Russia
failure to hold Russia accountable for meddling in the 2016 US election WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump faced outrage on Tuesday for his, and some US lawmakers threatened action in Congress to punish Moscow and show support for US intelligence agencies.At a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin after a summit in Helsinki on Monday, Trump stunned politicians back home by shying away from criticizing Putin for Moscow's efforts to undermine the election, contradicting...
UP: SHO suspended after his 'bribery' chat on WhatsApp goes viral - Times of India
MEERUT: Top officials in UP Police are in for damage control and in denial mode after a social media chat allegedly involving Bulandshahr's Dibai police station SHO Parshu Ram went viral.
Bru front withdraws from refugee repatriation accord - Times of India
GUWAHATI: The Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum (MBDPF) on Monday pulled out of the July 3 quadrilateral agreement between it, the Centre and the Tripura and Mizoram governments on the respatriation of Bru refugees. Altogether 5,407 Bru families, displaced from Mizoram, have been living in refugee camps of Tripura for the past 21 years."We have come out of the treaty signed in Delhi because of protests by people living in the camps against the MBDPF leadership.
Congress leader accuses party’s Amargarh legislator of attacking him - Times of India
Woman comes under tyre of roadways bus in Ambala, dies
BMC fines road contractor Rs 1 lakh per day for shoddy repairs - Times of India
MUMBAI: Toughening its stance against shoddy road repairs , Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC ) will penalise the contractor for the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road Rs 1 lakh per day, from Wednesday, for failure to maintain it during the monsoon. Till now, contractors have only been fined up to Rs5,000 per day.The work order for repairs, issued prior to the monsoon, included improvement of the three-km stretch from Shivaji Nagar junction to Vasant Road Naik Marg.
SC to resume hearing in Section 377 case: Highlights - Times of India
* LGBTQ community members feel “decriminalization” will be a big step forward to rid the community of fear, harassment and blackmail under Section 377 * Now with the Centre taking a neutral stand of ‘leaving it to the wisdom of court’ on constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and the arguments in Supreme Court dwelling on “constitutional rights” the community is already feeling a sense of victory.* It had been a long fought battle seeking decriminalization of...
Markets open positive, Sensex regains 36,400-mark - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Monday's stutter in the equity markets proved to be a blip as investors turned positive in Tuesday's early trade with Sensex and Nifty gaining 0.40 per cent in the morning.30-share BSE Sensex regained the 36,400-mark in morning trade after opening just under the psychological mark.
Projects, solutions borne out of collaboration - Times of India
Coimbatore: Collaborations between industry and institutions have resulted in projects ranging from storage systems to smart pumps.
Get all child care institutions registered in a month: Maneka Gandhi to states after reports of illegal adoptions - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Taking cognisance of recent cases of alleged illegal adoptions carried out by missionaries in Jharkhand, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday directed state governments to ensure that all child care institutions get registered and linked to the country's apex adoption body, CARA , within a month.The mandatory registration of CCIs and linking to the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has been provided in the Juvenile Justice ( Care and Protection of Children ) Act, 2015...
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