Singarayakonda student tragedy, highlighting the need for a fair investigation, school management's right to due process, and justice based on evidence rather than allegations.
Ujjain Municipal Corporation asks IIT Indore to help with relocating temple idol
Nearly four years after the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) attached a Dalibagh property belonging to the wife of Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari under the Gangsters Act, the family regained possession of the property on Wednesday only to find its main access rou
The Bareilly Municipal Corporation has identified 146 alleged encroachments, including houses, shops, hospitals and religious structures, along a nearly 1.5-km stretch of road as it begins work under the third phase of the Chief Minister Grid (CM-Grid) scheme
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has cancelled an order stopping the operations of a liquor vend in Jammu s Gandhi Nagar where residents alleged that intoxicated persons and rising criminal activity made it difficult for women to move freely in the
Two days after it diverted the local development fund of Baner area for seeking enquiry into the irregularities in spending of development funds by BJP legislator and state minister Chandrakant Patil in the area, the ruling BJP has targeted another NCP corpora
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation s (NMC) administration has found itself in an awkward spot after only two stanzas of Vande Mataram were sung before Thursday s general body meeting, with Mayor Neeta Thakre seeking an inquiry and action against those responsibl
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) house witnessed heated exchanges among corporators on Friday after BJP s Priti Satam raised an objection against BMC public relations officer (PRO) Tanaji Kamble, alleging that he threatened an editor agains
In a big blow to the opposition in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), senior Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator and former Mayor Vishakha Raut is likely to lose her seat after the caste verification committee in Palghar invalidated her Other Backward Caste
The Bombay High Court on Thursday restrained the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from taking any further steps to alter the reservation of the Neville D Souza football ground at Bandra Reclamation from a playground to an exhibition centre. Miffed with
Travel time between Mumbai s Madh Island and Versova is set to be drastically reduced to just 10 minutes, with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) planning a Rs 2,395-crore cable-stayed flyover connecting the two areas. If everything goes as per plans
Does your Mumbai flat not have an Occupation Certificate (OC)? Here s what homeowners should know The Mumbai civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), is set to implement an amnesty scheme to help eligible housing societies obtain long-pending Occu
Mumbai, The Bombay High Court on Thursday expressed its displeasure with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation over its decision to approve a proposal to change the reservation of a football ground in Bandra to an exhibition centre. The HC was particularly mi
Streets along a 2-km stretch in Sector 99A have remained without functioning streetlights for nearly two months, with residents raising safety concerns and alleging that repeated complaints to the Municipal Corporation of Manesar (MCM) have yielded no action
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation s (BMC) general body on Tuesday night cleared the proposal to change the reservation of the iconic Neville D Souza football ground in Bandra to a convention and exhibition centre. The BMC cleared the proposal amid objecti
Mumbaikars may soon have to spend more on paying taxes the civic body has proposed a sewage tax for those not paying property taxes, and a hike in water tax by 6-7 per cent. From next year, over 50,000 homes in Mumbai are likely to be imposed a sewage charge a
In an unprecedented move following the controversial May 30 demolition drive at Surat s Nasir Nagar, the Gujarat government Tuesday proposed providing government housing at its own expense to 29 families whose homes were completely razed, and restoring 35 part
Two lakh trees have been mapped, geo-tagged and entered into a digital database across several parameters in Ludhiana, marking the first-ever tree census conducted for a Punjab city. The census assumes significance as the industrial city continues to grapple w
Residents across the city have flagged the growing mountains of garbage at secondary collection points (SCPs), alleging severe delays in waste lifting that have turned neighbourhoods into breeding grounds for unhygienic conditions. Of the city s 14 SCPs, 12 ar
Residents and locals in Sector 67 are calling for the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) to take action against people illegally dumping plastic and food waste in the green belt in Ramgarh, alleging that the issue has persisted for nearly a year. The site
However, just a day ago, it was the Rajasthan state president of his own party who found himself at the centre of a row after a movie version of the national song was played at a party programme on Independence Day in Jaipur. Accompanied by several party leade
Residents of Gurugram have raised concerns over the growing number of stray cattle on city roads, alleging that animals pose a risk to pedestrians and commuters. More than 7,000 stray cattle are currently on the streets of Gurugram, according to the Municipal
Pet owners in Lucknow will now have to factor an annual municipal licence fee into the cost of keeping their dogs and cats. The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has fixed the annual fee at 200 for Indian-breed dogs, 1,000 for foreign-breed dogs and 500 for
A protest by Rajasthan sanitation workers over long overdue appointments saw a high-profile supporter on Wednesday a minister in the state government. Sanjay Sharma, the Forest Minister in Rajasthan s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, arrived at
Gujarat Municipal Commissioner M Nagarajan has been transferred out of Surat, more than two months after controversial demolitions in the city s Nasirnagar area left several people homeless. The Gujarat government issued the transfer orders late Tuesday, posti
The Pune civic body has set a December-end deadline to complete the railway overbridge, known as Sadhu Vaswani bridge, with the civic chief declaring to visit the site every month to inspect progress. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has undertaken reconst
Water cannons met Congress workers as protests against the Jaipur Municipal Corporation ended in a scuffle with police on Monday. The protest was part of the Congress s Hisaab Mango Rally , with Congress workers marching towards the municipal corporation headq
This week, a sudden burst of education announcements raises eyebrows, a minister walks out when the conversation turns to money, and the Bombay High Court once again finds that some civic problems become visible only when they reach a judge's doorstep. Season
New Delhi, The National Green Tribunal has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to file a fresh disclosure specifying the exact quantity of waste accumulated at the Singhola dump site here, noting that the civic body's previous submissions remained sile
In a move aimed at strengthening the city s water supply infrastructure, Chandigarh mayor Saurabh Joshi on Saturday inaugurated a 63.7 lakh project for replacing the existing water pipeline in Cheap House, Sector 24-C. The project involves replacing the ageing
