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Nagpur: The long-delayed Old Bhandara Road widening project remains stalled in litigation, with more than 200 affected properties under court-ordered stay, preventing the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) from completing land acquisition and demolition.The project envisages widening the existing 3-km stretch from 6 metres to 18 metres up to Bagdadi Chowk and 30 metres beyond. NMC has already demolished hundreds of structures and acquired land for most of the affected properties.A senior Town Planning Department official told TOI that pending litigation has prevented the civic body from taking possession of the remaining properties.The legal challenge comprises 12 Public Interest Litigations (PILs)…

Jamshedpur: East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Rajiv Ranjan on Friday constituted a three-member inquiry committee, headed by additional district magistrate (law & order) Mukesh Machua, to investigate cerebral malaria deaths in Potka block.The committee was tasked with identifying any health personnel or officials found guilty of negligence or dereliction of duty in providing medical care and submitting a comprehensive report within three days. “Based on the findings, appropriate action will be initiated,” said the DC.The committee was also instructed to submit recommendations for improving the availability and timely delivery of healthcare services to prevent such incidents.A committee member said the team…

Residents accused the civic body of failing to prevent a repeat of street inundation Surat: Barely 10 days after floods crippled Surat, a spell of moderate rain on Friday once again left several roads waterlogged, exposing the city’s fragile drainage infrastructure and triggering fresh criticism of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC).Residents took to social media to share videos of flooded roads and accused the civic body of failing to prevent a repeat of street inundation despite measures initiated after last week’s floods.Waterlogging was reported not only in traditionally low-lying areas but also in prominent localities such as Vesu, New City…

Gorakhpur: Defying financial constraints and growing family responsibilities, 23-year-old Vishal Tiwari of Mirzapur Pachpedwa Colony in Gorakhnath area cleared the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), scoring 605 out of 720 marks in his fourth attempt.The son of an autorickshaw driver, Vishal’s journey was marked by perseverance, setbacks and determination.After completing Class XII with biology from Saraswati Vidya Mandir in 2022, he began preparing for NEET with the dream of becoming a doctor.However, limited financial resources forced him to study on his own for the first two years without coaching. Despite repeated efforts, he could not secure the required score.During this period,…

Kolkata: The ED on Friday filed its second supplementary charge sheet against Sona Pappu in the land grab and money laundering case it is probing, accusing him of embezzling around Rs 38 crore.In the nearly 100-page charge sheet, the agency has listed around 200 witnesses. Apart from Pappu, former DCP Shantanu Sinha Biswas and businessman Joy S Kamdar have also been arrested by the ED on similar charges. Separate charge sheets have already been filed against Sinha Biswas and Kamdar.The ED has accused Sona Pappu of grabbing land from senior citizens, intimidating owners into selling property at throwaway prices, carrying…

Srinagar, Jul 17: Kashmir continued to remain in the grip of an intense heatwave on Friday with Srinagar recording a maximum temperature of 35 degrees Celsius, nearly five degrees above normal and the third highest day-time temperatures in July.On June 30, Srinagar recorded 35.2 degrees Celsius just a day after the district logged 35.3 degrees Celsius in day temperatures. As per the official data, the temperature is also the third-highest July maximum recorded in Srinagar since 2016, behind 37.4°C on July 6, 2025, and 36.2°C on July 29, 2024. Several other stations also recorded temperatures significantly above normal. Kupwara equalled Srinagar at 35 degrees Celsius, while Qazigund recorded 33.2…

For as long as he has been a film-maker, there is one story Honey Trehan has wanted to tell above all.Growing up in the Indian state of Punjab, Trehan saw firsthand the devastation wrought by police who carried out tens of thousands of killings and illegal cremations in the 1990s, as they cracked down on a separatist insurgency. To those in Punjab, the period remains one of the darkest in India’s modern history. Jaswant Singh Khalra, the activist who exposed the crimes and was murdered in the process, is a national hero.By 2022, Trehan’s movie about Khalra and the crimes…

Mayor Ritu Tawade visited the sports facility Richa PintoMumbai: Mayor Ritu Tawde on Friday took a swipe at the UBT Shiv Sena while renewing her efforts to bring lions to the Byculla zoo, declaring, “If they brought penguins, we will bring lions.”The Byculla gardens and zoo currently has 25 birds.Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray backed the proposal to bring penguins to Mumbai zoo, which is the only zoo in the country to have these flightless birds. Eight Humboldt penguins — three male and five female — were brought into Mumbai’s Jijabai Bhosale Udyaan and zoo in Byculla on July 26, 2016.…

New Delhi: City saw the highest minimum temperature in four years, even as the weather department had issued a yellow alert for hot and humid conditions.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the heat index was 50.4 degree Celsius with actual temperature 38.4 degree Celsius at 2.30pm.On Friday, the minimum temperature was recorded at 31 degree Celsius. This was the highest minimum temperature since July 1, 2021 when the temperature settled at 31.7 degree Celsius.Rain remained elusive for the seventh day at base station, with Met expecting light to very light rain showers Saturday and Sunday, accompanied with gusty winds.…

Blackspot at Pottery Town — Before Cleanup Bengaluru: Bengaluru North City Corporation (BNCC) is close to achieving its target of clearing 100 garbage blackspots in 45 days, with 86 of the identified locations already reclaimed as of Friday.The initiative, named UB 100 (Uttara Bengaluru 100), was launched on June 15 to eliminate chronic garbage dumping spots across north Bengaluru through deep cleaning, beautification, and measures to prevent fresh dumping. Officials said the campaign could serve as a model for other civic bodies. “We aren’t just removing garbage but also identifying the reasons why waste is being dumped at a particular…