Новости за 21.10.2015

Authority Claims Cops Turned Blind Eye To Problem

The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) wants residents to help them decide the fate of 127 places of worship it has identified from across 65 wards with irregularities in their constructions

Goa University vice-chancellor Satish Shetye’s term is set to come to an end later this month after just three years in office only because he has attained the age of 65 years and as per the existing statute he has to step down from office.

Defence minister, Manohar Parrikar flew down to Goa on Wednesday and began holding a flurry of meetings with BJP workers as the ruling party is making a determined bid to win the October 25 municipal elections. Eleven municipal councils are set to go to polls which, in political circles, is seen as a fairly reliable measure for the assembly election that is less than one-and-half-years away

The Colva police on Wednesday arrested a person accused of raping a five-year old girl at Colva. Police sources informed that the accused is known to the survivor

Mapusa development frontthe BJP-supported panel comprising 20 candidates for the municipal elections released its ‘vision document’ for the Mapusa municipal election in the presence of Aldona MLA and Goa housing board chairman Glenn Ticlo

Hitting out at the BJP on several fronts, independent MLA Vijai Sardesai has questioned the government if abandoning the work of the district hospital and modern bus terminus is part of its deliberate agenda to neglect Salcete in general and Margao in particular

A political alliance loyal to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has scooped all 60 list seats up for grabs in the first round of a parliamentary election in which opposition parties were all but absent, official results showed on Wednesday.

day after train services on the Harbour line were disrupted due to rooftop travel on Monday, the Central Railway on Tuesday began a driver to crack down on rooftop travellers.

An Indian Air Force helicopter made a “precautionary” landing at a ground in Bandra-Kurla Complex around 2.30pm on Wednesday.

A delegation led by senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on Wednesday met state election chief J S Saharia, claiming that BJP had violated the poll code of conduct ahead of the Kalyan-Dombivli civic elections.

Dengue may finally be showing some signs of receding, the civic body said on Wednesday. As per its records, there has been an 11% drop in cases of suspected dengue fever over the last one week.

Over a fortnight after it rapped the Thane police for acting as “recovery agents”, the Bombay high court on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction at the explanation given by the police officers.

Two of the three resident doctors from JJ Hospital, who were arrested for allegedly manhandling policemen in a drunk state, said on Wednesday that they were falsely implicated in the case. The doctors said the charges were levelled “out of spite” after they refused to pay a bribe.

Protesting against the assault on two youths, Danish Sheikh and Asif Sheikh, allegedly by the Bandra police a few days ago, a group of activists has asked people to speak up before the country is turned into a “banana republic”.

The arrest of three persons in an online banking fraud case could unravel the series of cyber attack cases

Civic commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal achieved a growth in tax collections up till the second quarter of 2016-17 and has expressed confidence of achieving the set annual target Rs 1.688 crore in tax collections for this fiscal

Deep breaths and easy yogic asanas will be the order of the day in the upcoming edition of ‘Yoga by the Bay’ at Marine Drive. In a bid to get more senior citizens to participate, holistic health guru Mickey Mehta has specially devised a ‘Yo Workout’, which entails simplified yoga that can be easily practised by the elderly.

A letter from municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta has prodded the state government to re-look its decision staying the BMC’s parking policy

A 32-year-old man from Dombivli was arrested by the Thane Nagar police for plotting an assault on his brother-in-law