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Chandigarh Municipality Enforces Waste Rules, Grants Reprieve to Four BWG Societies

October 5, 2023

Tightening the noose around defaulters for non-compliance of statutory provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 by some BWGs and at the same time appreciating the efforts of some other BWGs, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh served notice to defaulter GMSH-16, Chandigarh and also gave waiver of penalty to 4 BWG private...

Punjab Health Minister Urges Action on Sex Ratio, Combats Female Foeticide

October 5, 2023

In order to further improve the sex ratio in the state, Punjab Health, and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Balbir Singh on Wednesday directed the health officials to create a network of the ASHAs, Anganwari workers, Multi-Purpose Health Workers (M.P.H.W.), Community Health Officers etc so that they must keep track of...

Woman abducted from her house; remains untraced for 15 hours

October 5, 2023

Police are trying to trace a 30-year-old woman who was abducted from her house in Bhiwandi city in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said. Prima facie, seven persons, including four women, barged into the woman's house located on the Bhiwandi-Kalyan Road at around 5 pm and bundled her into a...

HC orders Maharashtra govt to prioritize wheelchair-friendly facilities in govt buildings

October 5, 2023

The Bombay High Court has given the Maharashtra government eight weeks to determine whether all government buildings are equipped with wheelchair-friendly toilets and washroom facilities for orthopaedically disabled employees and visitors. It has instructed the government to take immediate steps to upgrade these facilities as needed. Additionally, the High Court...

Elderly man gets three years jail for sexually abusing 4-year-old girl

October 5, 2023

A special court in Maharashtra’s Thane has sentenced an elderly man to three years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing a four-year-old girl. Judge D S Deshmukh, hearing cases filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, passed the order. The court also imposed a fine of...

9 cops suspended after drug case accused escapes from hospital

October 5, 2023

Nine police personnel have been suspended after a drug case accused escaped from a state-run hospital in Maharashtra’s Pune city, officials said. Lalit Patil, who was in jail for about a year, was found to have access to a mobile phone while in hospital, a police official said. He was...

Tanker driver beaten to death; 4 held as video recorded by him helps cops trace accused

October 5, 2023

A 40-year-old driver of a tanker was allegedly beaten to death with sticks and an iron rod by four persons on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra’s Palghar district after his vehicle brushed past their car, an official said on Wednesday. The incident occurred on October 1 morning, he said, adding...

Local train derails, no casualty; suburban train operations hit

October 5, 2023

A coach of an empty local train derailed at Mumbai Central station on Wednesday, disrupting the suburban train operations, a Western Railway official said. There was no report of injury to anyone, the official said. A wheel of the local train derailed at a crossing point while it was entering...

Civic body imposes Rs 3.2 cr fine on businessman for ‘defacing’ city with unauthorised ads

October 5, 2023

The civic body in Maharashtra’s Pune has imposed a fine of Rs 3.2 crore on a local businessman for ‘’defacing’’ the city by putting up boards carrying advertisements without its permission during the Dahi Handi festival celebrated last month, an official said. The notice was issued by the Pune Municipal...

MMRDA unveils ambitious development plans

October 5, 2023

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has unveiled an ambitious plan to bolster the socio-economic structure of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). This initiative includes the development of two critical Growth Centres and three Industrial Growth Centres, with an additional Growth Centre under its Special Planning Authority (SPA) in...

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