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New Delhi, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major relief for motorists, the government has reduced toll rates by up to 50 per cent on certain sections of National Highways that include structures like tunnels, bridges, flyovers, and elevated roads. The move is aimed at lowering travel costs and making road journeys more affordable for the public. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has amended the National Highways Fee Rules, 2008, and notified a new formula for calculating toll charges. ...Read More >
Mumbai: Hooliganism under the guise of Marathi pride will not be tolerated in the state, CM Fadnavis warned on Friday. He said police had registered an FIR and taken action in the Mira Road incident where a businessman was beaten up by MNS workers for not knowing Marathi.Speaking to the media, Fadnavis said beating up someone over language was wrong. "We are Marathi and are proud of the language. Insisting that a person speak in Marathi is not wrong, but beating up a businessman because he does ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Incessant rainfall for over two days, which caused severe waterlogging, threw life out of gear in several parts of the capital city on Friday. Residents of several areas were left stranded in their homes as rainwater mixed with wastewater from nearby clogged drains gushed in. The most affected localities were Badagada, Laxmi Sagar, Nandan Vihar and Bomikhal, where clogged drains caused the rainwater to overflow and enter houses. Several people had to vacate their homes in anticipati ...Read More >
Noida, Jul 4 (PTI) Police arrested three accused on Friday night for allegedly 'digitally arresting' a elderly woman advocate living in the Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh and defrauding her of more than Rs 3.29 crore, an official said. According to an official of the Cyber Crime Police Station, Hemantika Vahi, in her complaint filed on Tuesday, alleged that on June 10, she received a phone call where the caller informed that that four bank accounts had been opened using her Aadha ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: After announcing the Annual Toll Pass for private cars on NHs, the road transport ministry has notified a new rule to reduce the toll rate up to 50% for structures such as bridge, tunnel, flyover or elevated sections. This will bring relief to commercial and heavy vehicles, particularly on tolled sections that have more such structures.TOI on June 27 had first reported the govt decision to rationalise the toll.Till now the toll charge for structures on NHs and Expressways under Centra ...Read More >
New Delhi [India] July 4 (ANI): Two accused have been arrested in connection with an eve-teasing incident reported on June 30 at PS Nand Nagri. The accused, identified as Afnan (19) and Sameer (22), according to the police. The complaint, filed by a 15-year-old girl, alleged that on March 4, while walking near SK Garg Clothing Shop on Shani Bazaar Road, she and her friend were followed by four individuals--two on a motorcycle and two on a scooty. When confronted, the accused abused her, and o ...Read More >
Nagpur: The Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) has almost completed the Rs 132.49 crore phase 1 of the Tajbagh renovation and beautification project and is now awaiting Rs 95.87 crore to start phase 2 of the project. Under the first phase, NMRDA strengthened and beautified the main dargah, constructed a shopping complex, a choti dargah, shops, and other structures, including marble flooring. According to NMRDA sources, Phase 1 of the project received Rs 132.49 crore adminis ...Read More >
Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for projects in Jharkhand. These projects are worth Rs 6,350 crore. The event will showcase 11 National Highway projects. These projects include an elevated corridor in Ranchi. Gadkari will also inaugurate a four-lane highway in Garhwa. Chief Minister Hemant Soren will not attend due to his father's illness.Union minister Nitin Gadkari will on Thursday inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 6,350 crore in Jharkhand, ...Read More >
Ranchi: The long awaited Ratu road flyover was inaugurated by Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday. The 4.18 km long, four-lane project has been built at a cost of Rs 560 crore. Once opened for traffic movement, the flyover will boost the city traffic by doing away with the perennial traffic congestion at Ratu road. Besides inaugurating the flyover, Gadkari also laid the foundation stone for two new flyover projects at the OTC ground in the evening. Various MPs ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 3: In a shocking incident, a woman and her teenage son were found dead in their house in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar, police said on Thursday. The deceased were identified as 42-year-old Ruchika Sewani and her 14-year-old son Krish Sewani, a Class 10 student, police said in a statement. Ruchika used to run a garment shop at Lajpat Nagar market along with her husband, Kuldeep Sewani. As his call to Ruchika and Krish went unanswered and the house door was locked from inside with blood st ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: With the kharif season underway and farmers facing an acute shortage of urea, agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has written to the Centre, urging immediate intervention to ensure timely and sufficient supply of the critical fertiliser. In letters addressed to Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers JP Nadda, Tummala highlighted the alarming gap between the state's demand and actual supply. The minister said the Centre had allocated five lakh metric tonnes of urea to Tela ...Read More >
Mumbai: The union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has given its final nod for a 4.7-kilometre twin tunnel under the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) as part of the Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR). "SGNP being a protected forest in the city, the approval is a major milestone and the final one," Abhijit Bangar, additional municipal commissioner (projects), told Hindustan Times. The final approval was granted by the forest ministry on Tuesday. Earlier, in January 20 ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A probationary sub-inspector (SI) suffered a leg fracture when a DCM van collided with an ambulance at an accident scene. The incident occurred while the police officer was transporting a road accident victim's body to the morgue in the ambulance. Other cops managed to move to safety just in time.At around 3am on Tuesday, PSI S Venkatesham and a team of Balanagar police officers went to the Balanagar flyover after being alerted about a road accident. At the accident spot, they found t ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Those using NICE (Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises) road, Electronics City flyover and Attibele road have to pay more from July 1. However, there will be no change in the toll fee for motorcyclists using the Electronics City flyover. They will continue to pay Rs 25 for a single trip and Rs 40 for multiple trips. For cars, the fee has been increased by Rs 5. As per the revision, Rs 65 has been fixed for cars, jeeps and vans for a single trip on the Electronics City elevated ...Read More >
MADURAI: Likening the custodial murder of Ajith Kumar in Tiruppuvanam to an 'organised crime by police where the state kills its own citizens,' Madras high court lambasted the Tamil Nadu police and said the action against the perpetrators should be more stringent than in normal murder cases.A division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice A D Maria Clete pointed to 44 external injuries on the person of Ajith Kumar and said no part of the body was spared by the delinquent cops. "Even an or ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: An unidentified man died and a sub-inspector sustained injuries in two consecutive accidents on the Balanagar flyover in the early hours of Monday. According to Balanagar inspector T. Narasimha Raju, the first accident occurred around 3.06 am when a pedestrian attempting to cross the road near the flyover ramp was fatally hit by a car. Locals caught the driver and alerted the police by dialling 100. Sub-inspector Venkatesham, who was on night duty, reached the spot with a patrol team ...Read More >
Ranchi: City is gearing up for the inauguration of the 4.18 km, four-lane Ratu Road flyover on Thursday by Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari. The minister will also address a gathering at the OTC ground in Piska More on the same day.Earlier, the flyover was scheduled for inauguration on June 19.As a final touch-up to the construction continued on Tuesday, city residents expressed satisfaction over the timely completion of the project. Once it is opened to the public, the f ...Read More >
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Ravindra Chavan is all set to become the next Maharashtra BJP chief as he filed his nomination for the post of party's state president on Monday. Mr. Chavan presented the nomination forms to Union Minister Kiran Rijiju, who has been appointed as a central observer for the elections by the BJP. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and outgoing party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule were present on this occasion. With no other nomination being filed for the post, M ...Read More >
Kolkata: Kolkata experienced severe commute challenges on Monday as heavy rainfall since morning led to waterlogging of key arterial roads in central and north Kolkata. This was compounded by two disruptions in the city's lifeline -- the metro -- during Monday's rush hours. The first metro disruption was caused by water seepage into the tunnels, forcing the authorities to suspend services in the Maidan-Girish Park section for nearly two hours from 9.05am. Again, between 11.20am and 12.28pm, no t ...Read More >
Panaji: With the increase in black spots on national highways, major district roads, and state highways, Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has decided to establish manned waste deposit centres at prime locations to collect segregated waste and keep the state clean.GWMC also decided to deploy quick response teams (QRT) to remove the black spots. A senior official said that if mixed waste is brought to the manned centre, it will not be collected. "Only segregated waste will be collected at m ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai: The father of a three-day-old girl who was found abandoned in a blue basket outside Navi Mumbai's Panvel wad traced and detained on Sunday, the police said. According to them, the infant's parents were not financially stable enough to raise her. Due to this, the couple decided to give up the baby to an orphanage that could look after her, reported PTI. However, the Navi Mumbai police's crime branch traced the infant's father, Aman Iqbal Kondkar, a resident of Thane's Bhiwandi, withi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: With law enforcement agencies in many cases found to be violating the law by illegally intercepting the mobile phones of Opposition leaders and a wide section of society, the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre has proposed to amend the law and issue guidelines for intercepting phones, sources said on Sunday. According to the proposed guidelines, state governments and its investigation agencies will be limited to intercept mobile phones in their respective states, a senior police of ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy took a resolute stance on the ongoing Kancha Gachibowli land dispute, asserting that the Telangana government would legally reclaim the entire 400-acre land parcel. Without naming the location directly, he stated, "Certain individuals are creating obstacles, but the government will pursue the issue legally and reclaim the land." Speaking at the inauguration of the 1.2 km six-lane PJR Flyover in Kondapur, the CM announced plans to transform the reclaime ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Citing the advantages of staying hydrated and also the effects of dehydration on students' academic performance, the School Education Department has introduced a 'water bell' system during school hours to remind the children to drink water amid rising heat. The students would get a few minutes break during the forenoon and afternoon sessions to drink water. In the detailed guideline issued in this regard, School Education director S Kannappan said dehydration can significantly impact ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Continuing his tirade against Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday wondered what he (Kishan Reddy) had achieved for Hyderabad and what was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's contribution for the city's development. A day ahead of Union Minister Amit Shah's visit to Hyderabad on Sunday, the Chief Minister said that the state government would urge Shah to give his nod for Metro expansion and support RRR (Regional Ring Road) and Musi Riverfront projects. ...Read More >
. No arrest has been made so far in the incident, the police said. (Representational) New Delhi: A 19-year-old man was brutally stabbed to death in the Rani Garden area in Shahdara district, police said on Saturday. The victim has been identified as Yash. According to police, in their preliminary investigation, two suspects have been identified, Amaan and Rehan, in connection with the murder. "A murder has taken place in the Geeta Colony area. The deceased's name is Yash, who is around 19 y ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday extended the term of the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ravi Agrawal by one year, an official notification said.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the re-appointment of Agrawal, an IRS officer of the 1988 batch, as CBDT chairman for one year from July 1 this year to June 30, 2026, on contract basis.Agrawal took over as the CBDT chairman from Nitin Gupta in June 2024 after Gupta's extended tenure ended. Agrawal has been a ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 20-year-old youth was fatally stabbed in a road rage incident in east Delhi's Geeta Colony on Friday night. The scuffle began when his scooter grazed another two-wheeler and the three men astride allegedly assaulted and stabbed the victim.The deceased, Yash, was the only son of his parents. Police have apprehended the three accused. The cops said that while Mohammed Aman and Lucky were both in their early twenties, the third accused's age was being verified.There was tension in the ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being si ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Stating that the hurdles related to the Kancha Gachibowli land placed by the Opposition were temporary, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy asserted that the state government within the judicial framework would fight a legal battle to reclaim the site and use it to generate employment opportunities. Addressing a meeting after inaugurating the P. Janardhan Reddy (PJR) flyover between Kondapur and Gachibowli here on Saturday, Revanth Reddy said, "Despite attempts by a few individuals to cr ...Read More >
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