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Opposition demands probe by retd IAS official in Rs1,000 crore mobile tower scam

Edit DNA India 09 Apr 2016
The Opposition has decided to demand an inquiry by a retired IAS official in to the alleged Rs1,000 crore mobile tower scam ... In this case, however, 1,160 BMC-owned properties were given to a private firm to install 4G mobile towers, which was completely unlawful," the NCP MLC added ... Interestingly, the firm itself has been allowed to use its towers at commercial rates, earning lakhs....

Low-lying cables to be raised at Hero Honda Chowk

Edit The Times of India 09 Apr 2016
NHAI asked had Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam limited (HVPNL) had earlier decided to increase the height of the towers ... Officials sources claimed, intially the plan is to construct the tower on a temporary basis ... The third tower will provide the much needed height to the cables and we can go ahead with the construction work at our scheduled pace," said Ashok Sharma, project director at NHAI. ....

Heard the one about the wooden skyscraper? Sounds like a tall story, but it could happen…

Edit The Independent 09 Apr 2016
The London skyline is becoming increasingly dominated by tall towers made of steel and glass ... a giant skyscraper made of wood ... The tower would create 1,000 new residences ... Read more ....

Pieces of Chihuly statue in Greenville park reported stolen

Edit The Charlotte Observer 09 Apr 2016
The theft was reported Wednesday, but it's unknown exactly when the pieces vanished from the 12-foot tower, police said ... Named "Rose Crystal Tower," the Chihuly sculpture was unveiled in October to honor the late Harriet Wyche, who was instrumental in ......

Officers cleared in death of man

Edit The Providence Journal 09 Apr 2016
PROVIDENCE, R.I. —Three Providence police officers are cleared of wrongdoing in the death of a Carroll Tower resident who was in custody after assaulting a fire chief last September.In a letter to Police Chief Hugh T. Clements Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General Roger R. Demers wrote there was no evidence of criminal conduct in the death of 63-year-old Richard Cosentino. [...]> ... ....

$3.295 million in Inner Mission

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 09 Apr 2016
Basking in one of San Francisco’s most active neighborhoods, this fully modernized home in the Inner Mission features more than 1,000 square feet of Ipe decking and floor-to-ceiling windows. Sliding doors open to the home’s landscaped yard and brick patio, while the roof deck hosts 360-degree views of the city and landmarks like Sutro Tower ... ....

Builder's laneway home dream bogged down in bureaucracy

Edit CBC 09 Apr 2016
A would-be laneway home builder says delays and demands by Vancouver city staff have driven his costs so high, his square foot cost now rivals that of Vancouver's new luxury Trump Tower ... ....

The luckiest kids around: Inside the sold-out LEGO KidsFest

Edit Penn Live 09 Apr 2016
  ... LEGO KidsFest has come to Harrisburg and it's a LEGO lover's dream come true ... It has competitions for building towers and relay races ... >.  . ....

NY medical examiner who oversaw office on 9/11 dies at 79

Edit Springfield News-Sun 09 Apr 2016
11 victims has died. Charles Hirsch was 79 ... 11, 2001, and was hit by falling debris as the first tower collapsed ... Hirsch retired in 2013. ....

220-unit housing complex approved to replace Tower Car Wash

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 09 Apr 2016
The property is home to Tower Car Wash, which is frequently jammed with police cruisers getting washed and Uber drivers filling up their gas tanks ... Residents to the south at 1640 S. Van Ness Ave ... ....

Homeless teen faces murder charge in Texas student's killing

Edit The Associated Press 09 Apr 2016
Meechaiel Criner wasn't believed to be a university student and hadn't been living in Austin long ... The slaying shook a campus of about 50,000 students ... The university said that Weiser's was the first on-campus homicide since former Marine Charles Whitman climbed to the top of UT's bell tower on Aug ... Authorities later determined Whitman also killed his wife and mother in the hours before he went to the tower ... ....

America's Got Problems

Edit Huffington Post 09 Apr 2016
Welcome to Headline Hangover - our weekly take on some of the ridiculous local, national and global news stories. Here's a look back some of the headlines that caught my attention for the week of April 3, 2016.. Politics. Ted Cruz won the Wisconsin Primary over Donald Trump on Tuesday ... (images via afflictor.com and douglasschneider.com). #NoFilter. Entertainment ... Wouldn't mind Negan storming Trump Tower right about now... "Holidays" ... ....

Bernie Sanders returns to his childhood home in Brooklyn

Edit The Independent 09 Apr 2016
Bernie Sanders returned to his home borough of Brooklyn on Friday to campaign ahead of New York's April 19 primary. The 74-year-old Vermont senator spoke to a diverse crowd outside the prewar, rent-controlled apartment building he grew up in with his family ... “He supports a lot of important issues ... “He’s very racist ... But he’s also a business man, he shouldn’t be running for president, he should be running back to Trump towers.”....
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