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Time of India
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Nashik civic body to use GSB material to temporarily fix potholes across city
Nashik: Continuous rainfall in May has worsened road conditions in parts of Nashik city. As tarring work is not possible owing to the downpour, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has opted for temporary repairs using Granular Sub-base (GSB) material. The civic body had initially planned to begin tarring of roads on May 15, but persistent rain led to delays. Areas significantly affected include Ambad, the Tarwala Nagar-Amrutdham route, various parts of Panchavati, Cidco division, Dindori, Makhamalabad, Peth Road, Jail Road, and Satpur. Nashik has experienced heavy rainfall for the past few weeks, severely impacting most city roads. Adding to the problem, some roads damaged during last year's monsoon are yet to be repaired. The NMC, during a survey conducted earlier this year in Feb, had identified 10,000 potholes in various parts of the city. Municipal commissioner Manisha Khatri also gave a deadline of March-end to complete the repair works of all the potholes. The public works department (PWD), however, could repair only 70% of the potholes. Moreover, the roads that were dug by the Maharashtra Natural Gas Ltd (MNGL) and other organisations for piped natural gas installations have deteriorated the road conditions of most of the city roads as they are yet to be repaired. The NMC has already issued work orders of around Rs90 crore to the agencies concerned for repairs and resurfacing of some roads. It also includes Rs52 crore for repair of roads dug by the MNGL and other agencies. The remaining amount will be spent on repairing roads across all six divisions. An NMC official, while talking to TOI, said, "The plan was to start road repair works from May 15, but rain played spoilsport. Now, as it is still raining, it is not possible to carry out tar works. Hence, instructions have been given to officials concerned to repair the road potholes temporarily using the GSB material," a senior NMC official said. "Instructions have been given to the PWD officials to submit the reports related to road repair works after every alternate day. Our objective is to repair the roads at least temporarily so that the city residents would not face inconvenience due to the bad condition of some of the city roads," the official added.
Time of India
19-05-2025
- Time of India
Coimbatore folk lose Rs24 crore to cyber fraudsters till May 15
Coimbatore: Awareness campaigns by police to sensitize the public about cybercrimes do not seem to have yielded desirable results, with an increasing number of city residents falling prey to cyber fraudsters every other day. As per the data available with the city cybercrime police, city folk have lost Rs23.91 crore to online scamsters from January 2025 to May 15. A Saravana Sundar, city police commissioner, said the people who wanted to invest their money in online trading were being lured by cyber fraudsters, who send them links through Telegram, Instagram, Facebook or WhatsApp, asking them to download fake online trading apps. "People should not trust such apps and strangers who approach them with promises of huge profits in online trading." He said the people should not invest in any third-party online trading mobile applications. "Educated people are falling into the traps laid by online fraudsters. They should be very cautious." Another police officer said P Ramesh, 46, a dentist from Coimbatore, had lost Rs52 lakh to cyber fraudsters very recently. "He was looking for online share market details on a website and clicked a link. A stranger contacted him over phone and asked him to download a mobile application. The dentist downloaded the app and invested Rs52 lakh from March 17 to April 14. The digital wallet of the mobile application displayed Rs2 crore in his account. The dentist attempted to withdraw the amount, but in vain. He realized that he was cheated and lodged a complaint with us." P Arun, inspector, city cybercrime police station, said the cyber fraudsters were involved in FedEx scam last year. "They threatened people by posing as police officers and cheated crores of rupees from the city residents. The FedEx scam was drastically reduced following repeated awareness campaigns by the govt and police department. Now, the fake online trading app scam is trending in the city. City folk have lost Rs23.91 crore to cyber fraudsters from January to May 15 this year. Of this, around 80% of the amount was lost in the fake online trading app scam." The city police commissioner said they had been creating awareness among the people from all walks of life to prevent them from becoming victims of cybercrime cases.
Hans India
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Donation to Prime Minister's Fund is commendable: Collector
Anantapur: District Collector Dr Vinod Kumar V praised the noble act of donating to the Prime Minister's Fund. On Saturday evening, at the Anantapur Collectorate, PG Suresh, a website designer from Ramachandranagar in Anantapur city, along with his wife PG Rajeswari and daughters PG Sathya and Shravanthi, a chess player, donated cheques worth Rs52,000 to the Prime Minister's Fund and handed them over to the Collector. Speaking on the occasion, the Collector said that voluntarily contributing to the Prime Minister's Fund is a great gesture. PG Suresh stated that amidst the tense situation between India and Pakistan, his elder daughter PG Sathya, who works for the country, donated Rs25,000, and his younger daughter Shravanthi, a chess player, contributed another Rs25,000, bringing the total to Rs52,000. He added that their father PG Kondappa was a freedom fighter, and they are following in his footsteps by serving the nation through voluntary contributions.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Tax tribunal upholds Rs52cr as benami in Buldhana co-op society case
Nagpur: In a major boost to income tax department, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) at Delhi has upheld that as much as Rs52 crore lying in various accounts maintained in is .The case made headlines in 2021 when the income tax department raided the cooperative society and found funds in 870 accounts to be suspicious. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The accounts were frozen. Out of these, 300-odd account holders disowned the amount in the accounts to be theirs. The rest claimed ownership of the IT department, on the basis of its findings, declared funds in the accounts of even those who claimed ownership to be benami. This means the funds go straight to govt exchequer. The persons who claimed ownership of the amounts filed an appeal with the tribunal, which was dismissed a couple of days was found that all the newly opened bank accounts in the society were without Permanent Account Number (PAN). Cash was deposited within days of opening the accounts. The amount in each transaction was kept below Rs2 lakh. Majority of the deposit slips were not signed by account holders, and the denomination of the currency notes deposited with the society was also not mentioned. Moreover, the accounts had scanty details filled up by hand. Some of the accounts did not have the holders' photographs, reads the tribunal's Urban Cooperative Society has a major presence in the region and it is also known as a major lender against gold.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Time of India
Two Coimbatore men lose 86 lakh to cyber fraudsters
Coimbatore: The city cybercrime police have registered two separate cases against cyber fraudsters for cheating as many city residents to the tune of Rs86.28 lakh. In one of the incidents, P Ramesh, 46, a dentist from the city lost Rs52 lakh to online scamsters, who contacted him over phone asking him to download a mobile application after he clicked on a link on a website while he was searching for online share market details. "Ramesh downloaded the app and invested Rs52 lakh from March 17 to April 14. The digital wallet on the app displayed that he had earned Rs2 crore in return. When the dentist attempted to withdraw the amount, his effort went in vain. He realized that he was cheated by cyber fraudsters and approached us. We have registered a case based on his complaint," a police officer said. In another case, K R Venkatesh, 49, of DB Road at RS Puram was cheated of Rs34.28 lakh by cyber fraudsters. In his complaint, Venkatesh said he was working with a private firm as a technician. "While he was checking Facebook, he noticed a share market related advertisement on February 25 this year and clicked the link. Immediately, his mobile number was added to a WhatsApp group. A stranger contacted him over phone and sent him a link to download a mobile application. He downloaded the mobile app and invested Rs34.28 lakh. Ile the app displayed huge profits, he was unable to withdraw the same."Venkatesh realized that he was duped by online scamsters and lodged a complaint.
