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In Mumbai, a new move to link height of buildings with road width

Edit Indian Express 18 Apr 2016
Activists and town planners have long been complaining about “pencil-thin skyscrapers” that dot the city’s skyline ... The city’s latest draft development control regulations link construction of a skyscraper to the width of the adjoining road — so, narrower the road, lesser the vertical limit for buildings in the vicinity and vice versa ... Town Planning scheme shall be considered adequate....

Ecuador digs for survivors after quake kills 246

Edit The Times of India 18 Apr 2016
Rescuers in Ecuador burrowed through rubble where towns once stood Sunday in an increasingly desperate attempt to find survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 246 people and allowed scores of inmates to escape prison ... Some 100 inmates in a prison in the western town of Portoviejo escaped when the quake shook their facility, Justice Minister Ledy Zuniga tweeted ... Some 200 aftershocks of lesser intensity have followed the quake....

Johnny Depp's wife, Amber Heard, pleads guilty over bringing dogs to Australia

Edit The Guardian 18 Apr 2016
Actor pleads guilty to providing a false immigration document to immigration officials and has two other charges dismissed. @jrojourno. Related ... Heard has pleaded guilty to the separate and lesser charge of providing a false passenger card to customs on arrival on the Gold Coast in a private jet in April last year ... Dead Men Tell No Tales ... Related ... Twitter. With Australian Associated Press. ....

Lecturers wonder govt hasn’t met their demand for 20 years

Edit The Times of India 18 Apr 2016
Bengaluru. PU lecturers boycotting evaluation of II PU exam answerscripts demanding implementation of the Kumar Nayak Committee's recommendation on salaries are wondering why the government has not addressed their grievance. "We have had six meetings with the primary and secondary education minister and one with the CM this year ... In Karnataka, PU lecturers' salary is at least 30% lesser than that in neighbouring states," he said....

Open Book & Board of Review (Town of Chilton, WI)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Apr 2016
Town of Chilton, WI) Selected Notices ... Town of Chilton ... OPEN BOOK- The 2017 Assessment roll will be open for inspection at the Town of Chilton Hall, N4695 CTY BB on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 from11.00 AM - 1.00 PM. Any property owner that has questions about their assessment should come and discuss these concerns with the Town's Assessor and try to resolve all assessment questions ... Town of Chilton Clerk, Doug Koffarnus....

Locals suffer as Manmad borewells dry up after 20 years

Edit The Times of India 18 Apr 2016
The borewells dug by the residents of Manmad over two decades ago have gone dry, causing more concern for the town that is already reeling under acute water scarcity ... The town recently received 23 million cubic feet (mcft) of water from the rotation of Palkhed canal ... It is for the first time since the 1990s that the borewells dug up by the people have now gone dry," a senior official in the town council said....

Mobilet internet restored, restriction lifted for few hrs in Kashmir

Edit Deccan Herald 18 Apr 2016
Mobile internet services were restored in Kashmir today and authorities lifted restrictions for three hours on movement of people in Handwara and Kupwara towns, which had been rocked by violent protests that left five persons dead since last Tuesday ... towns in the days to follow....

Sugar stocks gain up to 82%, D-St says long-awaited turnaround here

Edit The Times of India 18 Apr 2016
NEW DELHI. When the market was crumbling under the pressure of external headwinds early this calendar, sugar stocks were busy scripting a massive turnaround ... Many have discounted this rally as a one-off traders' rally and that things will turn for the worst for these stocks soon ... Even in the Indian context, you are probably looking at lesser production numbers," said Mayuresh Joshi, Fund Manager, Angel Broking ... ....

Hidco plans safety audit for New Town highrises

Edit The Times of India 18 Apr 2016
Taking lessons from the Vivekananda Road flyover collapse, the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) has decided to engage Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee (CBRI) to conduct a structural study of highrises in New Town and prepare a safety audit ... Among other things, review of important projects coming up in New Town was discussed....

Gripped by drought, Ethiopia drills for water

Edit The Times of India 18 Apr 2016
But in the town of Wukro, surrounded by the rocky, arid mountains of the northern Tigray region, the government is investing in longer-term efforts to ensure a supply of fresh water that will go far beyond the immediate needs of aid ... For Wukro, a town of around 43,000 people, new wells have been dug 18 kilometres away to tap into major groundwater supplies....

Mumbaikars enjoy a night under the stars, into the wild

Edit Indian Express 18 Apr 2016
Offering an opportunity at nature education for Mumbaikars fed up with the urban monotony, the Sanjay Gandhi National Park Saturday hosted a camping event called ‘Night under the Stars’. The event entailed star gazing and an early morning forest trail on Sunday ... Share This Article. Related Article ... “The sky above Mumbai is the best for star gazing from November to May, when there is lesser humidity,” said Satish, an expert stargazer ... ....

Uruguay storms kill seven, displace 3,600

Edit The Times of India 18 Apr 2016
Countless buildings were destroyed in Dolores, an AFP reporter in the town saw ... The hardest-hit town was Rosario, 130 kilometers (90 miles) west of the capital Montevideo....

Mobile internet services restored in Kashmir valley

Edit The Times of India 18 Apr 2016
Internet services from various service providers were suspended since Wednesday after rumours of the girl having molested by an army jawan spread across the valley, leading to violence in Kashmir's Handwara town ... She said that she had entered a public toilet in the town on Tuesday to answer the call of nature....
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