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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
SP distances itself from protest, says preventive action not taken
Kanpur: Local functionaries of the Samajwadi Party said that they have no links with the organisation which indulged in violence during the protest in support of two 'katha vachaks' who were assaulted in Dandarpur village on June 21. SP district president Pradeep Shakya and state secretary Gopal Yadav said, "Our party has nothing to do with the unrest in the village. The Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to use the incident for political advantage." "There was no preventive action despite intelligence input about the planned siege of Bakewar police station," he said. The SP also released a photograph of Gagan Yadav, labelling him as "a BJP worker". BJP's regional vice-president Shiv Mahesh Dubey, accompanied by supporters, visited Dandarpur village to meet Brahmin community members and Jai Prakash, who had filed the FIR, and promised that justice would be meted to them. He said that the incident involving 'katha vachaks' who reached the venue hiding their caste identities was a "plot of the SP". "The incident is the handiwork of the Samajwadi Party workers. The govt and police should take firm action," he said.
Time of India
21-06-2025
- Time of India
Woman killed, hubby injured as Mercedes hits 2-wheeler
Navi Mumbai: A Mercedes Benz allegedly driven by an 19-year-old woman rammed into the rear end of a scooty ahead of it on the Sion-Panvel highway near Kharghar on Wednesday night, killing a woman who was sitting pillion on the two-wheeler. Her husband riding the scooty sustained bruises to both his legs, right hand and face as the scooty skid on the road due to the collision. The deceased woman has been identified as Rekha Yadav (50). She and her injured husband Gopal Yadav (54) lived in New Panvel. Acting on a complaint by Gopal Yadav, Kharghar police have booked Tithi Vinayak Singh, an engineering student, who lives in New Panvel, under relevant sections of BNS for rash driving on public way, causing death by negligence and endangering human life or personal safety of other. However, as per the provision of the law, the accused Singh was not arrested but served with a notice under BNSS directing her to co-operate in police investigation, informed Kharghar police. The mishap occurred around 8.45 pm when the accused Tithi Singh was returning home on her Mercedes after visiting her friend in Belapur.— George Mendonca
Time of India
05-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Banquet hall in green belt of Varuna river razed
1 2 Varanasi: Acting tough against illegal constructions, the Varanasi Development Authority (VDA) on Monday demolished a banquet hall and restaurant constructed in the green belt of the Varuna in Sikraul ward. The joint team of VDA officials and police raided the area and bulldozed the banquet and restaurant built on a steel structure with a tin shed on the bank of the Varuna. VDA vice-chairman Pulkit Garg said that a demolition order was issued on Oct 10, 2024, against the construction of the banquet hall and restaurant by one Gopal Yadav on approximately 1,000 square metres of green belt near the Varuna as per the relevant Section-27 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act-1973. The construction was done despite the provision of a green belt within 50 metre from the Varuna bank, where construction is prohibited, as stated in the Varanasi Master Plan 2031. Later, an appeal and a writ petition were filed in the Allahabad High Court against the order, but due to lack of clear evidence regarding the construction, it was dismissed. In compliance with the demolition order, VDA officials said, the construction was demolished. While assessing the progress in works assigned to VDA officials in each zone for the month of April, VDA secretary Ved Prakash Mishra ordered withholding of May salary of zone-five junior engineer Ashok Yadav and all field staff until all pending files of regularisation of maps are disposed of. Expressing dissatisfaction over the revenue collection being below the target, a clarification was sought from zone three zonal officer Saurabh Dev Prajapati, junior engineer Ravindra Prakash and Raju Kumar. During the review meeting, the secretary gave clear instructions to address the negative feedback being given in public grievances received on the IGRS portal, take action against illegal plotting, unauthorized petrol, diesel and CNG filling stations and review the top-10 defaulters in building layouts (wards). A total of 16 regularisation maps were approved during the period, with a total of Rs 3.11 crores collected as regularisation fees by zones three, four and five.
