Новости за 04.10.2015

Miracles do happen. A family of seven, including two infants, miraculously escaped with minor scratches after the car they were travelling in did at least a couple of somersaults before crashing into the road divider and turning turtle on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway around 11am on Sunday.

The ongoing transporters strike has made a substantial impact on vegetable prices. In a comparative analysis between current prices and cost of vegetables a few weeks back, TOI found a rise of around 20%.

People with hearing impairment face more discrimination as compared to those with other disabilities, stated findings of a survey conducted by students of St Xavier’s College, Fort

For travel writers, a typical Lakhnavi platter had to be a meat-eater's delight. The myth shattered when they were greeted with Avadhi karela, paneer begum pasand and rogani roti at a ‘family dinner’ organised as part of the Travel Writer's Conclave - a joint effort of UP Tourism Department to promote the Heritage Arc destination trio of Agra, Lucknow and Varanasi.

Vigilance Cell in Chandigarh has requested Lucknow University vice-chancellor to lodge FIR against two retired LU faculty members, one of whom is also former director of a national law school and 13 university employees in a fake marksheet case related to 1996-98 session. The case is related to Ashok Kumar, who produced a law degree issued by LU, to register himself in Chandigarh for legal practice.

Three persons died of high grade fever in different city hospitals while one succumbed to dengue in the city here on Sunday. At least 15 cases of high grade fever and two of dengue were reported in Lucknow.

The second edition of the Lucknow Heritage Walk— Kaiserbagh and Lucknow on Cycle (LOC), organised by UP Tourism along with The Times of India and NBT with support from NGO Itihas, saw nearly 50 school students assembling at the historic Chhattar Manzil to delve into the city’s glorious past.

A man was found murdered near Akbari Gate in Chowk on Sunday morning. The deceased, whose identity was yet to be established, had a fight with some persons in Mahmoodnagar locality of Chowk on Saturday night. The group allegedly attacked him with sharp edged weapon. The victim, said to be in mid-30s, collapsed on the ground bleeding profusely. His body was found in a bylane next morning.

A gang of miscreants struck at a wedding reception late on Saturday in Hazratganj. The thieves gained entry to the wedding of Jal Nigam officer Mohammad Hasan’s daughter around 9.30pm and made away with a bag containing jewellery items worth several lakhs.

Two groups running accessories shop in Lalbagh market clashed with each other on Sunday afternoon. Glass panes of one shop were smashed and groups charged at each other wielding iron bars, tools and sticks.

Unmanageable crowding of platforms was witnessed at Charbagh Railway Station as SSC examines headed back home at the end of the day. Every bogey of trains leaving the platforms were thronged by young men who wanted a place or berth on the train.

Where does one draw the line? When does it become possible to be so repelled by something that one is able to condemn it unequivocally, without qualification or sly justification, avoiding the usual, ‘but what about such-and-such done by the other side in the past’, and refraining from keeping a cunning and calculative silence. Or is it that there is now no such line that we can take for granted, and that everything will necessarily become subject to a process of competitive desensitization?

MUMBAI: The city Congress has organized a bullock cart rally at Azad Maidan on Monday afternoon to protest against the state government’s decision to impose a fuel surcharge. Former Maharashtra chief minister and state Congress president Ashok Chavan, city Congress president Sanjay Nirupam and others will lead the rally.

The brand ambassador of the state’s tiger conservation programme, actor Amitabh Bachchan, will launch two Safari buses at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park on Tuesday.

Glasgow resident Morag Liddell was in Mumbai for a conference when she heard about the Yoga by the Bay initiative. So, she traipsed to Marine Drive from her Santa Cruz hotel at 7am on Sunday morning. “Everyone was very welcoming,” said the 57-year-old. “I wasn’t even carrying a yoga mat but everyone was so encouraging that I joined in.”

Following the recent case where the chairman of a Mumbai-based private firm was booked in a Rs 231-crore cheating case, a senior CBI officer has suggested that bankers make use of voice analysis technology to identify such fraudsters and prevent such offences.

MUMBAI: Consumer fora are meant to redress the grievances of the consumers.

The Congress on Sunday accused chief minister Devendra Fadnavis of violating the model code of conduct by announcing a Rs 6,500 crore package for “development” of Kalyan and Dombivli. Elections to the Kalyan-Dombivli civic body will be held on November 1

Teachers from 10 universities across the state will hold a protest on Monday to demand constitution of the UGC’s Seventh Pay review committee.

Alaam and Sons is one of the 500-odd shops that trade in second-hand auto parts on the crowded lane, forming what is termed the end-of-life vehicle (ELV) industry. Located in Delhi in Jama Masjid, Mayapuri and Gokulpuri, the ELV units have been doing a stellar job of recycling auto parts after stripping vehicles bound for the landfills.

A fire broke out in a godown in Reay Road late on Sunday

A city court on Sunday sent AAP MLA and former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti to Tihar Jail for a day in connection with an alleged domestic violence and attempt to murder case lodged by his wife.

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti finally landed behind bars on Sunday after playing hide-and-seek with law enforcement agencies for over 18 months.

A 50-year-old woman was arrested by a joint team of Delhi Police, West Bengal Police and an NGO and four girls rescued from a house in GB Road of central Delhi on Sunday afternoon.

Police said he has been changing his statements regarding his motive behind sneaking into the station with a pistol.