New Delhi: The West Bengal government has been quick to cash in on Kolkata Knight Riders' maiden IPL triumph organising a grand felicitation ceremony at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday. However, Kolkata Police, in their bid to enhance the image of 'Brand Kolkata', has conceived an innovative 'Road Safety' advertisement campaign. They have connected William Blake's famous poem "The Tyger" with KKR's IPL victory. Kolkata Traffic Police have put out...
04:40 PM, May 29, 2012
CHENNAI: An initiative by the city police to enhance security and prevent crimes against senior citizens who live alone has received an enthusiastic response. Following a spurt in crimes targeting the elderly, City Police Commissioner J K Tripathy hammered out a special plan. Senior citizens who are 'home alone' were requested to register with the police so that the cops could enhance security measures. In the last four months, 850...
08:10 AM, May 28, 2012
Mumbai: Even as aviation authorities are making a bid to revive the Juhu aerodrome, certain officials, it appears, are taxiing in the opposite direction. MiD DAY is in possession of documents that indicate an unholy nexus between some Airports Authority of India (AAI) bigwigs and the builders lobby, endeavouring to shut down one of the runways at the aerodrome for furtherance of building projects. The records suggest the officials attempted...
01:27 PM, May 15, 2012
London: The British Safety Council on Monday announced the suspension of its 2012 International Safety Award recently conferred on mining major Vedanta Aluminium Limited's Lanjigarh refinery in Odisha. A press release from the BSC said information had been brought to its attention concerning a fatality at the site in April 2012. It said investigation was necessary to determine whether the stringent eligibility conditions for making such awards had been complied...
10:46 PM, May 14, 2012
Beijing: US cafe giant Starbucks' Chinese subsidiary has admitted that it used a bug-based red dye in a few food products in their cafes in China, days after announcing plans to stop using the insect extract following an online campaign. The world's largest coffee-shop chain had said earlier this week that it plans to stop using an extract made of dried insects to colour some Frappuccinos and pastries and the...
10:20 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: In the midst of the run-up to the French presidential elections, France has been in dialogue with India to clarify issues relating to the nuclear liability law, and is waiting for New Delhi to establish the legal framework before signing commercial contracts for setting up atomic reactors. Last month, French nuclear experts had come to India and held talks with Indian experts to clarify issues relating to the...
02:58 AM, Apr 06, 2012
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMR) has selected a Spanish consultancy firm, Eptisa Servicios de Ingenieria, through international competitive bidding as consultant on safety matters. Based on the combined technical and financial score, Eptisa Ingenieria with its quote of Rs 1.30 crore has been preferred to Bureau Veritas, a French consultancy firm, which quoted Rs 1.48 crore. The selection was made by the HMR Tender Committee for Major Works...
08:41 AM, Apr 02, 2012
NEW DELHI: Going by the number of cases of crimes against women, Andhra Pradesh has emerged as the most unsafe place among the four South Indian states, according to data collated by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Andhra Pradesh fared the worst on incidents of rape and sexual offences on all aspects including number of cases reported and number of persons arrested, charge-sheeted and convicted. In fact, the state...
12:35 PM, Mar 29, 2012
CHENNAI: A massive steel structure that was being welded to a portion of the new airport terminal, collapsed suddenly after the support cables snapped and crashed to the ground on Tuesday. No passengers were close enough to be harmed, when the incident occurred, a little after 1 pm. The massive clang that was heard, apparently alarmed passers by and passengers, as it was just opposite the domestic airport terminal. This...
08:11 AM, Mar 28, 2012
CHENNAI: Being a pedestrian is perhaps the biggest curse in Chennai, if one were to go by the figures released by the Chennai City Traffic Police pertaining to road accident deaths. Pedestrians in the city account for 38 per cent of the total number of road accident deaths recorded in the city in 2011. In other words, the total number of pedestrians who died in 2011 in the city stands...
08:48 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Seoul: Investment from South Korea is a "priority" for India, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday, adding that the government was taking "proactive" steps improve the business climate and move forward with the Posco mega steel plant project in Orissa. "Investment from Korea is a priority for India. We will take proactive steps to address investor grievances and improve the business climate in the country. Many states of...
09:54 AM, Mar 26, 2012
TIRUMALA: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), of late, is in news for all wrong reasons, thanks to the laxity of it security and vigilance staff.What started with indiscipline among security guards worsened soon into more serious incidents.Apart from thefts from hundi, there were attacks on devotees at the queue complex, rape of a teenager by a Vigilance staffer and murder of an employee at the TTD headquarters, to list a...
08:26 AM, Mar 26, 2012
Seoul: Seeking to enhance space cooperation, India on Sunday offered to launch South Korean satellites. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made the offer during the wide ranging bilateral talks he had with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in Seoul. "India has also offered to launch Korean satellites on Indian space launch vehicles," Singh told reporters after the talks at Lee's Presidential residence - The Blue House. A joint statement issued after...
03:19 PM, Mar 25, 2012
Mumbai: Wearing a helmet is just not enough for two-wheeler riders these days as danger lurks in arcane ways on the city's highways. In a bizarre incident on Western Express Highway on Thursday, a 27-year-old biker was killed after an overhead metal wire snapped, slitting his throat. The deceased, Israr Ahmed Khan, who worked at an electric works shop owned by his brother, was returning home around 5 pm from...
02:21 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Chennai: Voicing her opposition to certain sub-clauses of the draft Dam Safety Bill 2010, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has sought the Prime Minister's intervention as a standing committee had not addressed her government's apprehensions. Locked in a dispute with Kerala on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Tamil Nadu is against the neighbouring state's stand on building a new reservoir to replace the existing 116-year-old structure. Kerala wants to dismantle it...
09:01 AM, Mar 18, 2012
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