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Contractor, three workers booked after man dies in open Sakinaka manhole

India, July 4 -- A day after 55-year-old Aslam Shaikh was swept into an unguarded, 30-foot-deep open manhole and died in Sakinaka, the Sakinaka police on Friday registered an FIR against a civic contr... Read More


4,446 manholes still lack safety nets, Congress MLC demands debate after Shaikh's death

India, July 4 -- The death of 55-year-old Aslam Isak Shaikh, who fell into an unguarded manhole during heavy rain on Thursday, echoed in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on Friday, with Congress ML... Read More


BMC orders city-wide audit of trees amid concretisation work

India, July 4 -- After two people died, one of them a child, when trees collapsed on them in the last three days, the civic administration has ordered a week-long audit of trees across Mumbai to ident... Read More


Uttarakhand CM Dhami distributes appointment letters to 187 candidates

India, July 4 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday distributed appointment letters to 187 candidates selected through the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC) and the a... Read More


Baba Siddique murder: Widow seeks directions to crime branch to secure Anmol Bishnoi's custody

India, July 4 -- Shehzeen Ziauddin Siddique, the widow of slain Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former minister Baba Siddique, on Friday moved a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Cr... Read More


Centre unhappy about lacunae in Maharashtra school education system

India, July 4 -- The union ministry of education on Thursday raised serious concerns about the condition of Maharashtra's school education system while approving the annual work plan and budget (AWP&B... Read More


14 years and rRs.r16,000 crore later, 6-hr Mumbai-Goa drive still a mirage

India, July 4 -- Fourteen years after work began on the Rs.16,000-crore Mumbai-Goa National Highway, commuters are still grappling with dangerous roads, diversions, potholes and waterlogging across th... Read More


Chandigarh: CBI court allows Kalyani Singh certified copy of electronic evidence in Sippy Sidhu murder trial

Chandigarh, July 4 -- A Special CBI court in Chandigarh has allowed accused Kalyani Singh's application seeking a certified copy of the electronic data relied upon by the prosecution in the trial rela... Read More


Retirement during inflation explained: How retirees can protect their savings

India, July 4 -- Retirees are in a limbo. Rising inflation in the US, owing to the gloom and doom around oil markets and the skepticism around the A.I. bubble, has made retiring early a hassle. "You ... Read More


Gujarat revises land compensation policy for power transmission projects: Govt

Ahmedabad, July 4 -- Gujarat government on Friday announced a new compensation policy for farmers whose land is used for electricity transmission towers and power lines, replacing the existing jantri ... Read More