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Drains choked, rain revives flooding fears - Times of India
GURUGRAM: Friday was the season’s first rainy day, in the true sense, when the city received heavy showers in several spells throughout the day, leaving most important junctions waterlogged and key roads clogged. The city reported around 39.4mm of rainfall till late evening, leaving residents marooned in their own homes, offices and on the streets .WATERLOGGINGA few hours’ showers left major pockets of Udyog Vihar industrial area, Rajiv Chowk and Signature Towers waterlogged.
One dies of waterborne disease, many areas getting impure water - Times of India
Nagpur: Post record rain on July 6, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has recorded the first death of the decade due to waterborne diseases on Friday.
Moviegoers can carry food into multiplexes: Maharashtra govt - Times of India
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government said on Friday that moviegoers cannot be stopped from carrying outside food into multiplexes, and from next month, it will impose a ban on dual MRP for packaged food and drinks.Ravindra Chavan, junior minister for food and civil supplies, said according to the Maharashtra Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1966, cinemas cannot prohibit consumers from carrying food.
Singer Akasa to perform in Mangaluru - Times of India
MANGALURU: Bollywood and Indi Pop sensation Akasa will be in the city at Onyx air lounge as part of her promo tour for her latest smash hit single 'Thug Ranjha'.Considered as first time ever where a Bollywood live show format would take place at a lounge in Mangaluru.
Friday the 13th: Alert Friggatriskaidekaphobics - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Alert Friggatriskaidekaphobics or those with the irrational fear of Friday the 13th . Today -- July 13 -- happens to fall on a Friday.According to superstition, Friday the 13th is considered to be unlucky -- it's a date many consider to be the harbinger of bad luck. According to the, the 'unlucky' No. 13 is related to the idea that at the Last Supper, Judas -- the disciple who betrayed Jesus -- was the 13th to sit at the table.
CBI may give up but I won’t, says missing JNU student’s mother - Times of India
BAREILLY: After media reports said that CBI was considering filing a closure report in the case of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmad who disappeared in October 2016, his mother, Fatima Nafees, said she will not let this case be closed and move the Supreme Court for help.“We are not satisfied with the CBI investigation. How can Najeeb disappear into the thin air? I will not let this case be closed and if need arises, we will move the Supreme Court.
UK has no plans to ban pro-Khalistan demonstration in London
LONDON: The UK government has no plans to ban a demonstration planned by a pro-Khalistan group here as long as it is "within the law" and remains non-violent, a senior government official said on Friday.The statement came after the Indian authorities had issued a demarche to the British government to take steps against a rally planned at Trafalgar Square on August 12 by a group named Sikhs for Justice.The rally is dubbed as a "London Declaration" for a "Referendum 2020" campaign seeking a...
India's exports up 17.57% in June; trade deficit widens to 43-month high - Times of India
NEW DELHI: India's exports soared by 17.57 per cent to $27.7 billion in June but the trade deficit widened to a more than three-and a-half-year high of $16.6 billion due to costlier crude oil imports.Imports too rose by 21.31 per cent to $44.3 billion during the month, according to the data released by the commerce ministry.The trade deficit in June 2018 is the highest since November 2014 when the gap was $16.86 billion.
Woman bank staffer slips into train-platform gap, dies - Times of India
MUMBAI: A 50-year-old woman employed with a public sector bank lost her life after she slipped into the gap between the train and a platform in suburban Borivali, a Railway Police official said on Friday.Alka Patade, working with Bank of India , was on her way to office in BKC, a business district in suburban Mumbai, when she slipped into the gap while trying to board a moving Churchgate-bound train amid morning rush on Friday, he said.She suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to a...
Air India orders all-veg meals for pilots by 'mistake', scraps it later - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Amid uncertainty over salary payment, Air India pilots were served another shocker recently when the airline asked flight caterers to supply only vegetarian meals for them on aircraft. Luckily, this order did not last long and was withdrawn immediately.This short-lived confusion was sparked by a mail issued by the airline’s catering section on July 10 that the ‘special’ meals on AI flights for pilots were to be all-veg with immediate effect.
Over 2,000 girls, women from Mumbai yet to be traced: CM - Times of India
MUMBAI: During the last five years more than 26,000 girls and women went missing from Mumbai alone, out of which around 2,200 are yet to be traced, revealed the state government data. Nearly 300 of those missing are below 18 years.The data on missing people was revealed in a reply by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to a question posed by Congress MLA Amit Deshmukh .
Mumbai dumps 2,100mn litres of human waste in sea daily - Times of India ►
MUMBAI: Where does Mumbai's waste go after you flush it down the toilet?In a wooded patch close to the Bandra sea link toll booth, municipal engineers and maintenance staff monitor a constant gush of light brown water as a dull stench permeates the air.Sub-engineer Abhijit Desai and his team at the waste water sewage treatment plant at Bandra Reclamation are among a group of silent workers at seven locations across the city, handling Mumbai's human and kitchen waste.Managing this daily...
46 ‘Romeos’ nabbed during police drive - Times of India
GURGAON: The district police’s “Romeo-Free’ drive made a comeback on Friday night. Cops nabbed 46 people for harassing women during a three-hour long drive on MG Road.The accused were arrested for making lewd remarks, using sexually explicit language and making indecent proposals to passing women.The drive was conducted from 10pm to 1am on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.
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