Two Uber drivers and an AIIMS technician were among 10 people held for assaulting and robbing passengers in Noida and Greater Noida on the pretext of offering them a ride, police said on Friday. The 10 accused are part of the three gangs involved in over 100 such cases in […]
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Noida overtakes Ghaziabad as most polluted city in the country
Thick smog continued to engulf two NCR cities – Noida and Ghaziabad – on Saturday with pollution levels in the ‘severe’ category. The Air Quality Index (AQI)in Noida was recorded at 451 and at 449 in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram area in the morning, reports news agency ANI. On Friday, Noida’s AQI […]
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Mumbai records its highest 24-hour November rainfall in 10 years; showers expected again on Saturday
Unseasonal rain on Friday saw Mumbai record its highest 24-hour November rainfall in a decade, in a span of just three hours. This is already the wettest November since 2010. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecast showers along the western coast following twin cyclones – Kyarr and Maha – […]
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Two cyclones form in Arabian Sea; Mumbai, Konkan coast may get rains on weekend
The simultaneous formation of two cyclones in the Arabian Sea is a never-before-seen weather event, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said. The weather bureau was referring to Cyclone Kyarr, which recently brushed past the west coast and recurved towards Oman, and cyclone Maha, which developed over the past 24 […]
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UP to have 18 cyber police stations, forensic labs
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered setting up of cyber police stations and forensic labs in all the 18 police ranges of the state. Reviewing the functioning of home department on Thursday night, Adityanath also directed staff required for these cyber police stations and forensic labs be appointed quickly. He […]
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Suspicious bag spotted at Delhi airport, security increased
A suspicious bag was found at the international terminal of the Delhi airport in the early hours of Friday, triggering panic among passengers. The Delhi Police said a call was received around 1 am, following which the bag was found at the arrival gate number two of Terminal-3. “The bag […]
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Gurugram-Faridabad generates 1/4th of Haryana’s solid waste: HSPCB
At 1,236 tonnes per day (TPD), Gurugram and Faridabad together produce the largest quantity of solid waste in the state, according to the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB). This is twice as much as the Ambala-Karnal cluster, which generates about 605 TPD, and almost thrice as much as the […]
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Rising seas to wipe out much of Mumbai by 2050, warns study
By 2050, large portions of the city’s suburbs and South Mumbai may be underwater if emissions are not kept in check, said an international study by American scientific research organisation, Climate Central. The study was published on Tuesday in the journal, Nature Communications. Stretches in central Mumbai, coastal areas along […]
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Plans fall flat, no solution visible in Delhi’s deadly haze
Air pollution in the national capital region (NCR) worsened on Wednesday, repeating a trend that exposes how efforts put in place in recent years — Supreme Court orders, new laws, penalties, and even cleaner fuel — have failed to stop the recurrence of an annual crisis that plunges the region […]
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Centre notifies norms regularising unauthorised colonies
The Centre on Wednesday notified regulations — the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Regulations, 2019 — for regularising unauthorised colonies. This comes after the Union cabinet, on October 23, approved ownership rights over their properties to four million people living across […]
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Kerala Maoist encounter toll rises to four
With the recovery of one more body from the forests on Tuesday, the toll in Kerala police-Maoist encounter in Agali in Palakkad district rose to four, police said. Three Maoists were killed in the encounter on Monday. The body of Manivasakam, a leader of the Kabani ‘dalam’ of Naxalites, was […]
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National Gallery is no place for heroes
Its ceiling is damaged, the dampness destroying the walls and paintings. There is dust everywhere. The National Gallery, set up in the memory of Indian freedom fighters in the basement of the TS Central State Library Sector 17, is certainly unfit for heroes. If an urgent overhauling is not carried out […]
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The choke is on Delhi: Pollution turns severe
A thick, smoky haze smothered the national capital on Tuesday as air pollution breached “severe” levels for the first time this season, a sharp deterioration caused by a double whammy of toxic fumes left over from illegal Diwali fireworks and a big spike in farm fires in neighbouring states. Two […]
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Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Graciousness in motion
As expected, the Bachchan Diwali bash on Sunday night featured the exemplary hospitality and graciousness that Bollywood’s first family has come to be identified with. Festooned with the mammoth artistic output of traditional Warli artisans, Jalsa had a fairy-tale euphoria from the word go – from the excellent security arrangements […]
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Gurugram resident loses Rs 65,000 from savings account
An unidentified person was booked by the cybercrime police on Friday night for allegedly duping a city-based executive of a private company of ₹65,000. The case was registered after the cybercrime cell submitted its investigation report against the suspect. According to the police, 32-year-old Ashish Nautiyal, a resident of Chakkarpur, […]