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, […]
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Eight ULFA(I) militants surrender in Assam
As many as eight rebels of the banned ULFA(I) surrendered in Tinsukia district of Assam after joint operations by the Assam Police, the paramilitary forces and the Indian Army, officials said on Saturday. “Eight cadres of the ULFA(I) have surrendered. While two of them surrendered on Thursday, six surrendered on […]
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Rescuers racing against time to save toddler from borewell in Tamil Nadu
Rescuers are racing against time to save a two-year-old boy who fell into a 600 feet abandoned borewell near Trichy in Tamil Nadu on Friday but hopes began to recede Sunday morning after a tunnel drilling exercise ran into rocky terrain at 20 ft, slowing down operations, official said. A boring machine […]
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IIT-Kanpur to celebrate 60 years of existence on November 2
IIT-Kanpur, one of the first Indian institutes of technology, will celebrate the completion of 60 years of its founding on November 2. Union minister of human resource development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will be the guest of honour at the special event to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the institute. Fourteen […]
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Over 250 vehicles with casteist and aggressive words challaned in Noida and Greater Noida
Over 250 vehicles, including two wheelers, having casteist or “aggressive” remarks or tampered number plates were penalised in Noida and Greater Noida on Friday, police said. The action was taken across Gautam Buddh Nagar as part of the district police’s ongoing ‘Operation Clean’ to ensure hassle-free traffic and check crime, […]
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‘Would be delighted to call on Mamata Banerjee on Bhai Dooj’: Bengal guv Dhankhar
After weeks of face-offs between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government and Governor Jadgeep Dhankhar, chief minister Mamata Banerjee has invited him to the Kali Puja at her residence and also on Bhai Dooj, known as Bhai Phonta in Bengali. While no Trinamool Congress leader spoke on record and the governor’s […]
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Tiwari murder case: Lawyer held for driving killers to Nepal border
A Delhi-based lawyer was arrested here on Friday after he was cross-questioned with two alleged killers of Hindu outfit leader Kamlesh Tiwar, said senior state police officials who are privy to the investigation. The lawyer, Mohammed Naved Raza Siddiqui, allegedly provided logistical support to the alleged killers after the crime, […]