Новости за 17.08.2015

A bomb exploded on Monday outside a religious shrine in a bustling hub of the Thai capital, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 120 others in an attack authorities said targeted foreigners.

At least 15 people were killed today when a mini-bus plunged off a bridge, landed on rail tracks and collided with a train in eastern South Africa, an official said.

A couple from Bihar was arrested on Monday for allegedly kidnapping a 10-month-old baby from their neighbours in Dundahera.

A 17-year-old girl from Jharkhand’s primitive Paharia tribe was rescued by police and NGO members from Gurgaon’s Sushant Lok, where she had been “placed” as a domestic help in a house.

Families of dengue patients in the city, especially those with rare blood groups, are having to pay large sums to procure platelets from privately run blood banks, which are allegedly charging a heavy “processing fee”.

Police were left red-faced after a domestic help accused them of administering “third degree torture” on her while interrogating her about a theft in the house of one of her employers. They had to issue an apology after the culprit turned out to be someone else.

The district administration has written to the state women and child development department requesting them to start a web portal where employers can submit their annual reports on cases of harassment in the workplace, in compliance with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

The Sikanderpur flyover, part of the DLF-HUDA 16-lane expressway project, is set to be lit up soon. DLF has started installing poles for LED lighting fixtures on the 740m stretch between Sikanderpur and Cyber City.

If traffic problems triggered by roads weren’t bad enough, the police aren’t making things any easier by experimenting with diversions .

City Seethes As Key Roads Crumble, Commuting Becomes A Nightmare

A residents’ group has criticized the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) for allegedly harassing residents of Udaigiri Society in Sector 34 over a dog-bite incident on Saturday.

The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) area may soon get an integrated film city.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed pollution control boards and other state agencies of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to respond to a petition by residents of Kaushambi, asking for a ban on buses and autos from entering residential township, unless they are run on clean fuel.

The power situation has considerably deteriorated in the city over the past week, with Trans-Hindon areas being the worst-hit.

A former Delhi Police constable, who was allegedly involved in over 20 criminal cases and had been absconding for the past seven years, was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh’s special task force from Ghaziabad on Sunday night, after a brief encounter.

Dirty water and muck on the road during rains can cause bacterial infections. To keep your feet clean and infection-free, city salons are using sugar for thorough scrubbing and cleansing

A Bangladeshi writer has won Britain's oldest literary award with his debut novel.

Former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi (SuMo) on Monday lashed out at CM Nitish Kumar for claiming that power scenario in the state has improved in the last three years.

High blood sugar has been found to be sweeping through Britain.