Новости за 12.10.2015

Chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that the garbage treatment plant (GTP) at the Calangute-Saligao plateau would be readyby February, three months ahead of schedule.

The survey undertaken by Ahmedabad Government Dental College and others found that nearly 50% of the 2,560 boys surveyed had started chewing betel nut at 13 and had tasted some form of pan masala.

On the occasion of World Breast Cancer Day on Monday, Indus Health Plus released an abnormality report which revealed that Ahmedabad has reported a slight increase in the number of breast cancer cases from 6.5% in 2014 to 7.15% this year.

Residents of Saraniyavas in Lambha area were happy a few months ago when civic authorities constructed toilets for individual homes under ‘Nirmal Gujarat Swachalaya Yojna’ here.

Bangladesh has zeroed in on Kadi near Ahmedabad for the project which involves an initial investment of Rs 240-300 crore.

A public interest litigation (PIL) has demanded directions from Gujarat high court to the national as well as state election commissions to implement certain electoral reforms.

Sources in the NHAI said that they had started the process to acquire land in 2011 but it ran into rough weather with the local farmers and people opposing the move.

The third year orthopedic resident, Dr Kiran Prajapati, was admitted on October 7 and his reports tested positive for dengue on October 10. With this, the death toll due to dengue mounted to five in the city since July 1 this year.

According to city police officials, as of Monday, 80 organizers have sought permission for ticketed venues in and around the city

The district administration has launched a drive to crackdown on encroachments and illegal quarrying on state-owned land in nearly 16 villages abutting Parsik Hills here

The best way for a child to move ahead is to compete with himself. This was the maxim that emerged from the discussion between eminent panelists who shared their views at a conference, ‘Learning for Success in a New World’, organized by Bennett University here on Monday.

Two years after a proposal to widen and beautify Dahisar River was mooted, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday gave the Rs 150 crore project a fresh lease of life

After civic commission Sanjeev Jaiswal directed the erring Ganpati mandals to deposit the fine of Rs 1 lakh each to the Chief Minister (CM) relief fund, district collecter Ashwini Joshi has clarified that any action on these mandals has to be executed by the civic body

From a forgotten dingy corner of a civic school to a vegetable garden, the transformation took only four months and the hard work of nine autistic youngsters in the city

Starting Tuesday, the streets will be lit up every night and revellers will put their best foot forward during the nine nights of Navratri. Most devotees follow the colour code that is associated with the nine day festival

The high court on Monday directed the administration of all UP districts to ensure that roads are not blocked and normal life is not disrupted during Durga Puja celebrations and idol immersion.

The 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project at Gerukamukh in Arunachal Pradesh is once again in trouble as anti-dam groups in Assam have opposed the movement of trucks carrying construction material to the dam site

Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday wrote yet another letter to the Centre, this time with an unusual request. Having written more than 80 letters in the past three years on issues like the release of Central fund, or coal linkages for the state’s power plant, the chief minister on Monday dragged the Centre’s attention towards the menace of the Chinese ‘manjha’ (kite string).

The issue gained prominence with the suicide of Thane developer Suraj Parmar, who shot himself and left a lengthy suicide note detailing harassment by politicians and bureaucrats.

Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said he wanted a change in Bihar. “Main Bihar mein badlao chahta tha (I wanted a change in Bihar). The government which has been in power for years has done nothing for the development of the state,” he said at a meeting here on Monday.

The NDA is in total disarray in the state after sewing up a rainbow alliance in 2014 with PMK, DMDK, IJK, KMDK and New Justice Party.

A 55-year-old woman was run over by a tractor trolley on Monday morning. A resident of Fareednagar locality in Takrohi, Hameeda was heading back home from her son-in-law’s house in Amrahi on Monday morning and her son-in-law Faheem was riding the motorcycle.

The shoddy ‘renovation’ being undertaken at early Chola age temples where idols are made to go through reckless sand and water blasting, has worried Madras high court, which ordered the government to stop renovation work without proper supervision.

Public administration students of Lucknow University can now keep abreast with the latest happenings around the world. In a first, LU’s public administration department introduced free Wi-Fi facility for students on Monday. The facility, though, will be available only in the department’s library.

Sahitya Akademi has called an emergency meeting of its executive body on October 23 to discuss the issue of writers returning their awards over rising religious inviolence in the country. A few have even resigned from the literary body over the issue.