Новости за 16.08.2015

On a day when Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav launched the high speed wireless Wi-Fi internet service in Hazratganj market, he said it was one of the ways to empower the state with speed. Wi-Fi will give high-speed data connectivity to around 1,700 people at a time in Hazratganj.

Chance to hook to free internet service through Wi-Fi network turned Ganjing Carnival into a nucleus of energy here on Sunday. Though a bit delayed and marred by teething troubles, the experience gave memorable moments to many.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 60,000 each on two dairy owners based in Ahmednagar and Pune districts for serving sub-standard milk to patrons.

Heavy showers for an hour on Sunday afternoon brought relief from humid conditions but left almost one-third of the city waterlogged.

Frequent power failures at Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi during a recent book release left BJP heavyweight and transport minister Nitin Gadkari embarrassed.

The crime branch of the Pune police on Saturday nabbed a gang of five men in Kharadi who had robbed copper wires worth Rs 75 lakh from a company in Ranjangaon MIDC, about 50km from the city, on August 12.

With the first-year junior college (FYJC, standard XI) admissions becoming a sensitive issue for parents, students’ organizations and schools, the deputy director of education has decided to install close circuit television (CCTV) cameras to monitor the premises.

A day after the Independence Day celebrations, a revolt-like stir by the constabulary in Uttarakhand has left the Congress government shaken even as intelligence officials in Uttar Pradesh sounded an alert to higher authorities in this regard in the adjoining areas of the state.

For the dengue-causing Aedes aegypti mosquito, which has a very short flight and feeds on multiple hosts, high-rise buildings in the city with hundreds of flats offer a haven, say experts.

A complete urban renewal of cities is financially and practically not easy. Instead, developing ‘greenfield cities’ around metros, can make the Smart Cities Mission more workable, said former Union minister and chief minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan.

The higher secondary certificate (HSC, class XII) supplementary examination conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will begin from September 29 and the oral and practical examinations will start from September 14. The examination will end on October 21.

Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur has asked DGP Jagmohan Yadav to act against senior police officers who take lakhs of rupees as bribe for transfer and posting of officers.

A husband cannot seek divorce by claiming his wife's willful refusal to consummate the marriage unless a specific case is made out that his attempts to consummate marriage were spurned by the wife, a family court in Pune has ruled.

As it gears up to table a supplementary budget in the assembly on Monday, UP government has sanctioned funds for setting up a new sugar mill in Azamgarh, the parliamentary constituency of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Senior IAS officer Shailesh Krishna suffered a brain stroke here on Sunday morning. He was rushed to Trauma Center by his family members around 10am.

A shrill alarm goes off in the police control room every time a video camera captures a violation or any suspicious activity on the roads in the city.

The elevator accident at Trauma Center on Wednesday gave rise to a blame game here on Sunday. Otis Elevator Company India (OECI) which maintains all elevators in King George's Medical University (KGMU) including the ones in Trauma Center held that nothing was wrong with the facility, while KGMU officers said it was maintenance issue that caused the accident.

Former chairperson of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and filmmaker Saeed Akhtar Mirza on Sunday said Gajendra Chauhan is just a “foot soldier” and that the authorities have done what they wanted to.

The owners of over 5,000 autorickshaws will be fined by the regional transport office (RTO) and the traffic police for failing to recalibrate meters till August 14.

For selection of party candidates for 2017 assembly elections, All India Congress Committee has decided to send paratroopers from Delhi to UP to do the needful. Speaking to ToI, UP Congress Committee chief Nirmal Khatri said AICC had shortlisted 20 observers for this most politically sensitive and powerful state to collect feedback from ground zero and report it to the party high command.

A weekend trip to Pavana dam took a tragic turn when a 25-year-old employee of an IT company drowned in the dam waters on Saturday afternoon.

Finding a branded smartphone on an online classified at dirt-cheap rate may tempt you to buy it, but guard against fraudsters who may use the opportunity to pass on a duplicate phone to you.

Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre and said it had “cheated” people of the country making false promises. “This (Modi) government has been formed on false slogans and promises and people have been cheated,” Yadav said, addressing his party workers after hoisting flag at party headquarters in Lucknow on Independence Day.