Новости за 08.12.2015

The absence of terrace access from inside the house, and their inability to find the keys to the front door, locked from inside locked the lives of Lt Colonel G Venkatesan, 72, and his wife V Geetha, 60, inside their Defence Colony house on December 2 as the waters from the swollen Adyar gushed in.

Be it delivery of relief kits, transporting affected people to hospitals, or providing food or free recharges, startups are doing their bit to help the city's denizens weather the devastating floods.

The swollen Cooum river has literally dealt a death blow to the dealers of used cars and scrap in Pudupet, the business hub in the city.

A few utensils, a kitchen on the road and rubble by the river - that is all that remained of Seenu's Nolambur home that was washed by the Cooum.

Police have intensified patrolling in flood-affected areas after rising incidents of burglary were reported from homes deserted by people.

As power and mobile networks get back to normalcy after last week's deluge, mobile apps have turned out to be the biggest facilitators of monetary transactions that help the flood-hit in the city. From making bill payments to online contributions for relief work, a range of mobile apps are available.

As power and mobile networks get back to normalcy after last week's deluge, mobile apps have turned out to be the biggest facilitators of monetary transactions that help the flood-hit in the city. From making bill payments to online contributions for relief work, a range of mobile apps are available.

In chilly desert winds, take a deep breath before tackling the pressing security concerns of the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to lead yoga sessions to kickstart the day for top cops from across India at the national Director General and Inspector Generals of Police conference to be held from December 18-20 in the tent city of Dhordo in Kutch.

After offloading its last cargo at Kandla port, a 7,000-tonne Japanese vessel anchored a couple of months ago at Asia’s largest ship-breaking yard, Alang, for being dismantled.

The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations, has dubbed media reports on the presence of the terrorist organization ISIS in India as baseless and misleading.

The Ambaji Devsthan trust has abandoned a special facility extended to VIPs during their visit to the temple premises.

Already reeling under an alarming water crisis, the Telangana government’s hope of getting more water from river Krishna was dashed on Tuesday when the Centre refused to review the existing allocation to states.

From January 1, every pillion rider passing through Lucknow Cantonment will be required to wear a helmet. Those flouting the rule will be denied entry into the Cantonment area and will have to take a longer route towards their destination.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday effected the changes in schedule of flights from Lucknow airport. The changes have been introduced in the wake of foggy weather that has been disrupting air operations for the past few days.

Deepening the mystery in the double murder case, the autopsy examination held in Lucknow indicates that the two torsos and four legs recovered from Ghaila village were of women aged between 30 and 40. Earlier at Sitapur, with the help of X-ray, doctors in the neighbouring district had concluded that the age of the two skulls was 19 and 23. These conflicting results have led to the speculation that the body parts could be of more than two women.

Hours after being caught in a major traffic jam on the Delhi-Gurgaon stretch for nearly two hours, road transport minister, Nitin Gadkari, has directed National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to prepare a work plan to make the entire stretch from Mother Teresa Crescent up to the starting point of Gurgaon expressway signal-free.

Poor attendance led 10 students from department of business administration to be debarred from appearing in the ongoing semester examinations. Of these, seven students are in first semester and three in third.

Weddings are bringing the capital to a halt, literally. With over 50,000 wedding planned in December, Delhi has its streets jammed and thoroughfares gridlocked. And police officials expect the matter to get worst in the next few days with heavy traffic hitting the areas around south, west and outer Delhi. Now, they have given a list of suggestions to wedding planners and drivers to reduce the traffic mess.

The Delhi government has sent notices to two thermal power plants—Badarpur and Rajghat—to shut operations within a week to control pollution levels.

At a time when electric cars and e-rickshaws are being considered as the solution for Delhi’s growing pollution woes, the lack of charging spots and clarity on electricity tariffs is yet to be resolved. So far, regulatory body Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission is yet to come out with a comprehensive policy on power tariffs for e-vehicles which would figure in minds of consumers who wish to opt for these eco-friendly measures.

Will the UP government call the winter session this year? The question gains significance the dates of the session are yet to be announced even after the first week of December. The session is normally held in December itself.

In yet another indication of brazen power theft in UP, some of the smaller towns in the state have recorded revenue recovery rate of barely Rs 0.40 per unit as against the required average Rs 4.5 per unit, suggesting that only one-tenth of the consumers paid their electricity bills.

Ignoring a city court’s stay order on proposed beef and pork festivals slated for December 10, students at Osmania University on Tuesday consumed ‘beef’ biryani and kebabs and pledged to go ahead with their plans of holding the event.