Новости за 09.12.2015

Cases of intolerance, including dowry demands and bride-burning, are still being reported in India, adman and theatre veteran Alyque Padamsee said here on Tuesday."Women in the country are being treated like cattle.

Better placed than Delhi still, preventive steps are a must in the city to skirt the national capital's odd-even vehicle use way to contain air pollution.

Motorists are jittery over the recent confusion on parking spots in the Pune Cantonment area, showcasing the space crunch vis-a-vis the high number of vehicles in the city.

Monetary dispute between three friends turned deadly after two of them allegedly strangulated the third one and burnt his body at a sugarcane farm in Nhavi Sandas village, around 35km from here, on November 27.

Amid rescue and relief efforts aimed at people affected by the floods, help and medical supplies are also coming in to save the city's animal population.

A ban on stag entries, bouncers manning doors and thorough car checks before entering New Year parties are old hat.Cut to 2015, when only special car stickers and tamper-proof security tags will get you into the venue.

Dust, potholes, gravel chips and traffic snarls accompany motorists on the 100 Feet Road these days. With several of the interior roads still unusable, commuters are flocking to the arterial road that leads to the city's western parts, only to be left in distress.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited rain-affected villages in Cuddalore and Puducherry on Tuesday and said that he wanted the central and state governments to be more aggressive in their flood relief operations.

Driving in the city, especially at night, continues to be a nightmare as most streetlights and traffic signals on both main and interior roads are not functional. On several stretches, shops close by

At a time when thousands of residents of slums located along the city's major water bodies, including the Adyar and Cooum rivers and the Buckingham Canal, remain in temporary camps, over 11,000 ready-to-occupy houses meant for them on the outskirts have been lying vacant for more than a year.

Police on Monday rescued veteran film director J Mahendran from his Pallikaranai home after a WhatsApp message from his son, who is based overseas. The 76-year-old maker of such Tamil classics as 'Mullum Mallarum', 'Johnny' and 'Uthiri Pookal' was stuck inside his flooded house at Narayanapuram in Pallikaranai for two days, police said.