MUMBAI: The upcoming courtroom drama ‘HAQ’, starring Emraan Hashmi and Yami Gautam, faces legal challenges as Siddiqua Begum, daughter of Shah Bano, has served a legal notice to the filmmakers weeks before its scheduled November 7 release, alleging unauthorized depiction of her mother’s life story without consent from legal heirs.The legal notice has been sent…
NEW DELH: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta praised the Indian women’s cricket team for winning the Women’s ODI World Cup, defeating South Africa by 52 runs.She said that the victory is for “every girl with a bat or a book who now sees her own boundless potential mirrored in this shining triumph.” BCCI Honours Indian…
MUMBAI: A bhendi (Indian Tulip) tree crashed down early Sunday morning at Carmichael Road, damaging around two parked cars and blocking traffic for over 1 hour. Fire brigade officials rushed to clear the fallen tree, which sprawled across the road between the Japanese Consulate and the Landmark building.When contacted, BMC’s D ward officials said that…
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has informed National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has formally taken possession of a 250 sqm plot in south Delhi’s Rangpuri from Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to construct a sewage treatment plant (STP) with a capacity of 6 million gallons per day. This project aims to solve long-standing sewage…
Kalyan: A new chain-snatching pattern has triggered fear among residents of Kalyan (East), after a gang using a four-wheeler targeted two elderly women during their morning walks and fled with their gold ornaments. Unlike the usual bike-borne chain-snatchers, this gang used a car to commit the crime and escape, leaving citizens shocked and concerned about…
NEW DELHI: The air quality in the national capital deteriorated further on Monday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) near Anand Vihar and surrounding areas touching 371, categorised as ‘Very Poor’ by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).Visitors and residents expressed concern over the worsening smog. Shane, a foreign national visiting India, said, “It’s pretty…
Mumbai: Nearly a decade after its inception, the Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Mumbai, is finally a step closer toward establishing its permanent campus in Pahadi, Goregaon Village, near Versova metro station. The university, which has been operating out of a rented govt building in Powai since 2015, will soon see the launch of its…
New Delhi: With the winter setting in and foggy nights and dawns likely to reduce visibility, Public Works Department (PWD) has launched a maintenance drive to ensure streetlights remain fully functional across east and south Delhi. The Department manages over 90,000 streetlights along the city’s 1,400 km arterial network. Lights in major east Delhi corridors,…
Pune: Discarding a carton after enjoying a refreshing beverage is rarely followed by the epiphany that it could be repurposed to fuel education for the next generation.But that is exactly what a city-based enterprise is trying to do. So far, the effort has led to recycling of close to 1 tonne of various cartons to…
Mumbai: In wake of the repeated complaints by motorists on the poor road condition of roads on flyovers at Aarey, Vakola and Vikhroli, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry and local MP Piyush Goyal in a meeting held with civic officials on Sunday directed the civic body to take up resurfacing roads on the flyovers…
