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Commenting that PWD minister Sudin Dhavalikar delayed the task of providing drinking water to the vendors of the South Goa Planning and Development Authority (SGPDA) markets in Margao, SGPDA chairperson Mauvin Godinho stated that he had to approach chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar, who cleared the files and issued a warning to the PWD which was not co-operating with the beautification of the SGPDA market in Margao.

Giving the usual goodies basket and silver coins a miss, corporate gifting this festive season has shifted focus to a more personalised experience.

A BBA student of a private university in Sohna was booked on Friday for allegedly trying to run his car over four students of his university.

An illegal compound wall being built by a resort at Calangute was demolished by Calangute MLA Michael Lobo on Saturday afternoon after it was brought to his notice by local residents. The resort owner has also illegally filled up a lowlying paddy field adjacent to his resort near the Calangute church, Lobo said.

Bismarque Dias Stunned Goan Politicians With His Kindness Campaign

The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration has launched a monthlong voters' enrolment drive.DM N P Singh said the campaign was launched on November 2.

Saturday saw two events — packed screenings of the documentary for children from municipal schools at a theatre in South Mumbai and Gala for Malala, an event comprising music, drama, poetry and speeches at Mumbai University’s Convocation Hall in Fort. Toasting the Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai’s indomitable courage, the events proved that Malala is not alone in her battle against the tyrannical Taliban and anyone else who opposes girls’ education.

The members of a city-based NGO will light 5,100 earthen lamps at the Hapur Chungi crossing on Monday to mark a cracker-free Diwali.

Traffic moved at a snail's pace at the Kalindi Kunj stretch connecting Noida to Delhi for several hours on Saturday as the MCD contractor started levying environment compensation charge (ECC), which took effect at midnight on Friday, on heavy vehicles.

You have been hearing statements of BJP-Shiv Sena government ministers on how they have reduced the power tariff. Brace for a shocker. It is going to shoot up in the bills of October, November and December this year.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad presented a picture of contrast on Saturday, a day before the results of the high-voltage assembly elections were to be out.

Inspired by its twin, Greater Noida went into a 'green' overdrive on Saturday, with stakeholders from every walk of life coming out and planting nearly 60,000 saplings in the city.

In what may not go down well with animal lovers, the Noida Authority has warned a resident of the city's upscale Sector 15A that it will cancel the lease deed of the plot if the allottee does not stop lodging and feeding of stray dogs within 15 days.

Senior officials of the district administration and the Noida Authority met on Saturday to find a way to end the growing unrest among villagers who are protesting against the state government's decision to scrap panchayat elections in Gautam Budh Nagar altogether.

Two men were killed on Saturday after their car got crushed between two trucks at Raj Nagar Extension crossing.

Five people were arrested on Friday for allegedly duping job seekers after promising them good placements.

With Diwali approaching, the RWA federation met SSP Kiran S on Saturday over people coming up to residents asking for donations for the festival.

Idol-makers in Lucknow have competition growing right in their backyard. Lakhnavi idols are vying for stall space with embellished idols from Kolkata. As a result, while idol-makers and businessmen who sell idols from Kolkata's Kumartoli are doing brisk business, the ones from Lucknow are struggling to sell their work.

Anshu's right eye has lost its sight and the left barely had any light left. In an acid attack last year, her face had been disfigured. But on Saturday, as the 17-year-old waited for her turn to dress up, her courage was already evenly lit up on her face.

Derailment of three coaches of Amritsar-Tatanagar Jalianwala Bagh express between Moradabad and Katghar stations on Moradabad-Shahjahanpur section on Friday night affected rail movement on the section. Though movement of trains on the section was restored on Saturday, trains that originated on Friday and were scheduled to pass via the affected section were diverted, cancelled or partially cancelled. Lucknow Mail and Chandigarh-Lucknow express were among the trains affected.

With the delay in admissions for several post-graduate courses and a shortened term this year, several Mumbai University exams have been scheduled after Diwali. City colleges are wary of conducting the exams after Diwali vacation as teachers will have to juggle with regular classes, conduct exams and paper evaluation. Some colleges have around 400 students taking the exam which may lead to non-availability of classrooms for regular lectures.

Next month, the Marine Drive promenade turns 100. A stout lamp post, near the Pransukhlal Mafatlal Hindu Swimming Bath Trust, announces the upcoming anniversary in stone. “Kennedy Sea-Face commenced 18th December, 1915,” it reads. “Completed 1920.”Though reclamation of the entire stretch was still decades away, this anniversary marks the creation of a “permanent and powerful” wall – 20ft above beach level – extending 4,750ft from Chowpatty to Marine Lines. It replaced a flimsy cribwork, which was... Читать дальше...

A 14-year-old girl from a village in Kasara sustained injuries after being attacked by a leopard which had strayed near her house on Friday night. This is the second such attack in less than a month in the area.

Moving towards a transparent system, APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University is set to go in for digital evaluation. The answer sheets will be scanned and examiners will evaluate them on computer, instead of putting pen to paper. The online process will be carried out in a phased manner, beginning with postgraduate courses. Finance Committee members who met on Saturday gave in-principle agreement to the digital evaluation process. The move will benefit 4 lakh students studying in over 700 colleges across UP.

What if social networking sites like Facebook introduce a ‘Dislike’ button? Or, how does a farmer, despite his adverse situation, present a calm picture in front of his daughter? Are there really people who think of menstruation cycle as unnatural?Mass communication students of Lucknow University drew attention of common people to a range of social issues including harassment, female foeticide through short films that were exhibited in a film festival on Saturday on the campus.