Times News NetworkBhopal: A verbal altercation broke out between a BJP district vice-president and a traffic inspector during a helmet-checking drive at Police Control Room Square in the city on Sunday. The argument, which lasted around two-and-a-half minutes, was captured on video and later went viral on social media.The dispute began after traffic police stopped…
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Chhattisgarh, have arrested former managing director of the Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Ltd (CSMCL), Arunpati Tripathi, in connection with the alleged ₹172-crore overtime payment scam involving illegal payments made through manpower agencies.Tripathi was arrested on July 17 in connection with an EOW-ACB case registered under provisions…
The special officers will monitor seasonal conditions, with a focus on rainfall, reservoir storage, groundwater levels, drinking water availability, the status of agriculture and horticulture crops, power supply and other key indicators Hyderabad: In anticipation of a possible El Niño impact, the Congress govt has appointed 10 senior IAS officers as special officers for Telangana’s…
Bhopal: A gang of conmen targeting motorists through distraction tactics appears to have resurfaced in Bhopal, with police investigating a series of similar thefts reported across the city over the past week. Cops believe the gang is using the same modus operandi that made headlines nearly nine years ago.The latest incident was reported near Gautam…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate Gorakhpur’s first six-lane flyover on the TP Nagar–Padleganj stretch on Thursday, marking a major milestone in the city’s urban infrastructure and traffic management efforts.Built at a cost of over Rs 429 crore, the 2.658-km-long flyover is among the chief minister’s flagship projects aimed at improving road connectivity and…
Varanasi: District magistrate Satyendra Kumar on Sunday carried out a surprise inspection of various under-construction projects underway on the DIET campus and other parts of districts and issued warning against delay in completion of work as well as compromise in quality of material.As news of the surprise inspection by Kumar spread, officials of department concerned…
Totos compete with buses, choke roads Kolkata: The West Bengal Transport Department has drawn up a plan to realign the operation of toto, or e-rickshaw, services across urban local bodies (ULBs), restricting them primarily to last-mile connectivity and keeping them off major roads and highways. The move is aimed at easing congestion and strengthening the…
Banabitan bio-diversity park in Salt Lake Kolkata: The daily entry fee of Rs 10 for morning walkers from 5 am to 7 am at Banabitan bio-diversity park in Salt Lake has been waived. The green projects wing under West Bengal Forest Development Corporation issued a public notice, announcing the waiver coming into effect from Sunday.“It…
Vijayawada: The Omicron RF.5 sub-variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in four Covid-19 samples collected from Kadapa district and sent for genome sequencing to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune. However, there is no scientific evidence to suggest that the strain is more severe than other Omicron lineages.According to the state’s medical and health…
The bridge is expected to ease congestion, eliminate dangerous wrong-side driving on the existing bridge and reduce accidents T’puram: Thousands of motorists using the NH 66 bypass in the capital could heave a sigh of relief within the next four months, with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) planning to open the long-awaited Thiruvallam service…