Новости за 01.12.2015

The commissioner of North Delhi Municipal Corporation proposed to revise the property tax rate for different categories in the 2016-17 budget presented on Tuesday.

"I am handicapped, I am gay but that doesn't stop me from living my life the way I want," says 41-year-old artist Balbir Krishan, briefing onlookers about his painting in Arpana Art Gallery, Khel Gaon Marg.

For him it was just a means of livelihood and he had never thought that collecting e-waste from households would have its rewards.

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly molested and beaten up by a group of youths when she protested against one of them making objectionable gestures at her.

At the 38th edition of the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Awards on Tuesday, four people were feted for embracing the values of the free, inclusive and non-violent society that Mahatma Gandhi espoused.

A youth has been arrested for murdering an eight-year-old boy who had tried to protect his 17-year-old sister from getting raped in northwest Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar last month. Police said that the accused, Rajkumar, stayed in a neighbouring room and had been harassing the girl for a long time.

A day after the state government’s deadline ended to implement measures to reduce school bag weight, little has changed. Taking note that the bag weight may not reduce overnight, the education department said it will begin checks but take action only after rounds of sensitization.

Shiv Sena MLA from Kannad in Aurangabad Harshawardhan Jadhav resigned from the assembly on Monday evening. Jadhav’s resignation was yet to be accepted by Speaker Haribhau Bagde on Tuesday.

The CR on Tuesday informed the Bombay high court that it had set up emergency medical rooms (EMR) at three railway stations and would do so at nine others by March. The railway’s status report was placed before the HC, which is hearing a PIL filed by activist Samir Zaveri seeking medical aid to rail accident victims within the “golden hour” and setting up of EMR at stations.

The Bombay HC has cleared the decks for Mhada to undertake a mega redevelopment project work in south Mumbai. A division bench of Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice Burgess Colabawaalla dismissed a petition filed by a developer who had staked a claim to redevelop the property at Lamington Road based on an ea-rlier plan that would allow Mhada to enter into a joint venture with builders.

Even as torrential rain battered Chennai, those among local residents who were fortunate to have had dry homes made it a point to invite others into their residences and their hearts.

The Geographical Indication (GI) registry in the city has provided the GI tag to black clay pottery of Nizamabad in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. The pottery is unique for its dark lustrous body with engraved silver patterns.

If the city traffic police and corporation are to be believed, all encroachments and hawkers have been removed from NSC Bose Road.

Calling the bluff of a discharged soldier, the Chennai bench of the armed forces tribunal has quashed his petition for reinstatement in services.