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Aug 17, 2024 10:58 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: VB nabs ASI accepting ₹10,000 bribe
- State Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Saturday arrested an ASI, posted at Guruharsahai police station in Ferozepur district, while accepting a bribe of ₹10,000.
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Aug 17, 2024 10:52 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Gurugram Sector 45 residents complain to MCG about bad internal roads
- Similar complaints have also arisen from Sectors 55 and 56, where the situation has worsened due to heavy rains, leading to increased waterlogging. Moreover, the sewage systems in these areas have become blocked due to poor waste management, which has further aggravated the waterlogging problem
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Aug 17, 2024 10:52 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Gurugram residents protest against damaged stretch on Rampura-Pataudi road
- Residents claim that this road divides sector 81-82 and is six kilometres in length and it is heavily damaged in front of the Park View Ananda Society
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Aug 17, 2024 10:52 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: 2 more smugglers detained under PIT-NDPS Act, sent to Assam jail
- Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday detained two drug smugglers Akshay Chhabra and Jaspal Singh, alias Goldy, under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act and sent them to Dibrugarh Jail in Assam.
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Aug 17, 2024 10:52 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Noida: DLF Mall of India evacuated after hoax bomb threat
- Police confirmed that searches were conducted at the mall following the bomb threat, but no suspicious objects were found
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Aug 17, 2024 10:51 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Ensure strict compliance with MCC for assembly polls: Ggm admin
- The DC directed staff to remove all promotional material placed on government properties within 24 hours of the Model Code of Conduct coming into force
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Aug 17, 2024 10:51 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Haryana assembly elections: EVM checks completed for 1,504 polling booths
- Following the DC’s instructions, technically proficient engineers have completed the checking of EVMs for all 1,504 polling stations. A total of 3,029 ballot units were inspected, out of which 3,008 were found to be in working condition, while 21 were rejected due to technical issues
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Aug 17, 2024 10:51 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Cyber fraudster held in Gurugram Sector 52 for duping people on Facebook
- The suspect was identified as Satish Suthar, a resident of Sutharo Ki Dhani Ausiya, Jodhpur in Rajasthan, said Priyanshu Diwan, assistant commissioner of police, Cyber Crime. A mobile phone and two SIM cards were recovered from his possession, police said
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Aug 17, 2024 10:49 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Ambedkar varsity V-C meets faculty amid protests to resolve issues
- A committee of Dr BR Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD) officials will prepare a report on the basis of the issues discussed with the AUDFA
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Aug 17, 2024 10:47 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Light rain in Delhi as mercury rises slightly
- According to IMD forecasts, the maximum is expected to stay around 36°C for the next couple of days, and the minimum around 27°C
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Aug 17, 2024 10:46 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: OPD, elective services hit in Delhi as doctors at private hospitals join stir
- Similar scenes were visible across government hospitals where professionals have been protesting the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata
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Aug 17, 2024 10:46 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Develop an app where citizens can report illegal parking: LG
- As a pilot project, gardeners in NDMC areas will be the first who will be authorised to take pictures of any illegally parked vehicles and upload it on the app for penal action
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Aug 17, 2024 10:46 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Atishi targets chief secy over sewage overflow issue
- The minister said that she has received numerous complaints from various parts of the Capital regarding sewer overflow in the recent past
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Aug 17, 2024 10:46 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Develop an app where citizens can report illegal parking: LG
- As a pilot project, gardeners in NDMC areas will be the first who will be authorised to take pictures of any illegally parked vehicles and upload it on the app for penal action
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Aug 17, 2024 10:39 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Two-wheeler catches fire on Jagraon bridge in Ludhiana
- A two-wheeler caught fire while in motion on Saturday at Jagraon bridge, causing panic among nearby commuters. The incident involved 21-year-old Gobindpreet Singh, a resident of Model Town.
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Aug 17, 2024 10:36 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: Kasabad boys lift baseball trophy
- Government Senior Secondary School, Kasabad defeated Dashmesh Sen Sec School by 7-5, in the final match under boys’ category, on Saturday, at the ongoing 15th Junior District Baseball Championship, which is being held at Government Girls Senior Secondary Smart School, Gill.
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Aug 17, 2024 10:32 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: 22,000 tree saplings planted under Tree ATM 3.0 campaign
- Municipal corporation (MC) Ludhiana and CityNeeds announced the culmination of Tree ATM 3.0 campaign after planting 22,000 tree saplings at 63 locations across the city.
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Aug 17, 2024 10:24 PM IST
India News Live Updates: ‘The first order of business for assembly…’: Omar Abdullah on J&K assembly polls
- Jammu and Kashmir will vote on September 18, 25, and October 1. The counting will be held on October 4.
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Aug 17, 2024 10:20 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: New Durga Colony residents rue ‘poor living conditions’
- Residents of New Durga Colony in Dhandari Kalan have lamented the abysmal state of their living conditions.
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Aug 17, 2024 10:15 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: OPD services disrupted at Himachal hospital as docs join Kolkata rape-murder protests
- The healthcare professionals suspended both OPD services and elective surgeries and also carried out protest marches, demanding justice
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Aug 17, 2024 10:13 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: Man posing as army officer dupes local of ₹1.3 lakh
- A man personating an army officer allegedly duped a Rajguru Nagar resident of ₹1.29 lakh, officials said on Saturday.
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Aug 17, 2024 10:12 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Elon Musk’s X shuts down Brazil operations citing arrest ‘threat’ from top judge
- Despite closing its physical operations in Brazil, X confirmed that its service would remain accessible to Brazilian users.
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Aug 17, 2024 10:11 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Fake arms licence scam: J&K HC raps Centre, gives ‘final’ two-week window to respond
- HC expressed displeasure to the Centre for not filing reply despite lapse of four months since the court’s last order
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Aug 17, 2024 10:09 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Kolkata horror: Private hospitals close OPDs, doctors take to streets in Ludhiana
- After a day-long strike by the government doctors on Friday, the private hospitals followed suit and suspended out-patient departments (OPDs) on Saturday.
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Aug 17, 2024 10:09 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Congress readies for uphill battle in J&K with Tariq Hameed Karra in the saddle
- Hours after the Election Commission announced dates for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress nominated former MP Tariq Hameed Karra as the party’s new local unit president
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