Новости за 27.09.2015

I am a senior citizen and my son stays abroad. What if Bidhannagar municipality sends me a letter tomorrow telling me to pay Rs 50,000-60,000 or more as tax and arrears for eight years? What will I do? I don’t have that cash: Ashok Pradhan (69), a resident of AC block.

The JEE Apex Board (JAB) has proposed to increase the number of candidates appearing in the IIT-JEE (advanced) examination from 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh from 2016.

Two armed extortionists were lynched by a mob after the duo tried to kill a trader in a shootout at a busy market in Jagaddal on %Sunday morning.

Of the few things that chief minister Mamata Banerjee proudly showcases before the world and also generously takes as gifts with her for outsiders, Tulaipanji rice tops the chart.

Modi asked Khagaul to be pinpointed on Google Earth when he was given a glimpse of the unique tool.

2 Transmisson Corridors To Be Laid, Project Includes 9 States

In order to conserve coastal and marine biodiversity and improve livelihoods of coastal communities, Maharashtra government has established a Mangrove and Marine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation (MMBCF).

Networking major Cisco, which has signed a MoU with the state government on developing smart cities, is expected to prioritize a set of net-based solutions for Nagpur in the next couple of months.

Forty-three-year-old Sheikh Salim Sheikh Hamid, a resident of Godavari Nagar slum, Mankapur, Nagpur drowned in Police Line Takli lake at 8.40pm on Sunday during Ganesh immersions.

Wildlife outside the protected area in Bengal is under attack. After the poaching of a few fishing cats in Howrah, a gharial — a critically endangered species — was allegedly killed by villagers in North Dinajpur on Saturday. However, forest department officials said that they are yet to receive any information about its death.

NMC Takes Action Only Against Cafe

Goa got another tourist attraction with the launch of the luxury vessel M V Lexicon at the captain of ports jetty on Saturday evening. The three deck vessel is owned by SNS Marine Group and has been built locally at Vijay Marine Shipyards, director SNS Marine Group N K Basak said

One more world tourism day passed (September 27), and garbage management still remains the most critical challenge for the state of Goa. Colva beach is the latest in focus with authorities playing blame games on the responsibility of clearing accumulated garbage that lies in heaps in the nullah leading to the beach. Stray dogs also remain another issue, and there isn’t much time before the season gets full-fledged

A bandh in Karnataka, organized by various groups demanding the early implementation of the Kalasa-Bhandura project, received a poor response in Kankumbi and other neighbouring villages.

The first charter of the tourist season is scheduled to land in Goa on October 4 from Ukraine even as the charter flow to Goa is likely to drop further for the second consecutive year

Are city vacationers beginning to prefer saving up for future over travelling? A latest report by a major travel agency hints towards this, with ‘saving for future’ and ‘saving for current use’ ranking higher than holidays.

By ordering nearly 400 IAS officers to camp in the dusty villages in rural Uttar Pradesh for nearly eight weeks in different phases till panchayat elections are over in December, the state election commission has created a storm in the country’s largest bureaucracy.

Chemists & Druggists Federation of Uttar Pradesh (CDFUP) have threatened to join the all-India strike called by the All India Organisation of Chemist & Druggist on October 14.

The meeting to select the new lokayukta remained inconclusive on Sunday after the issue of the Lokayukta Amendment Bill, passed by the house in Monsoon session, came up for discussion. It was decided that the next meeting would be held after taking legal opinion about the bill pending for the approval of governor Ram Naik.

Spreading their wings, acid attack survivors of an Agra-run cafe are all set now to popularise their success story in Lucknow. Named the Sheroes Hangout, the café is being set up in Lucknow. This will be followed by Kanpur and Noida in UP and Udaipur in Rajasthan. What makes the café unique is that there are no fixed rates for the eatables and visitors are to pay whatever they wish to.

Lucknow and six other cities from the state have been selected for GPS installation in public transport vehicles. Centre’s decision will help make public transport safer for people. A CCTV will track passengers and there will be an emergency button in case of crisis. Public transport vehicles with 23 seats and less will have GPS and emergency buttons while bigger vehicles, like roadways and city buses, will also have CCTVs to make them safe for passengers, mainly women.

Rising prevalence of poly cystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) has emerged as ‘beauty concern’ for women in the city. A condition caused by hormonal imbalance, PCOS leads to development of facial hair, besides other symptoms. As a result, college going and working women are heading to skin clinics in the city to get rid of the problem.

With the threat of CBI interrogation in the multi-crore NRHM scam looming over her head, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has decided to pitch the issue before her party’s core dalit vote bank as a case of BJP's “dirty politics” ahead of Bihar and subsequent UP assembly elections.

Life in 30s would ascertain the quality of life in the 60s. Cardiac health awareness organisation stressed the importance of ‘lifestyle modification’ here on Sunday.