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Seven labourers were killed and four others, including three Nepalese men, were injured when a mound of soil collapsed on them at a construction site here, police said on Tuesday, adding that the project in-charge and site in-charge have been arrested. The district administration set up an inquiry committee to investigate the matter. The family of one of the deceased has alleged that the labourers were not provided with adequate safety measures at the construction site. The incident occurred on Monday evening at the Signature Global Society in Gurugram's Sidhrawali area, they added. A Gurugram police spokesperson said that an FIR in connection with the incident has been registered under BNS sections 105 (deals with punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others). According to SHO of Bilaspur police station in Gurugram, Inspector Sunil Kumar, two arrests have been made in connection with the incident. "We have .
At least five private schools in Gurugram received bomb threat emails on Tuesday, but nothing suspicious was found during thorough checks carried out by authorities, officials said. Upon receiving information about threat mails, police rushed to the school premises. "The school premises were sanitised after detailed checks. Nothing suspicious was found," a Gurugram police spokesperson said over the phone, adding that further investigations are underway. Notably, several schools in Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh, have received similar bomb threat emails in recent months. However, all threats turned out to be hoaxes.
Realty firm Signature Global has formed an equal joint venture with RMZ Group to develop a mixed-use project in Gurugram, with the Bengaluru-based firm investing Rs 1,283 crore. In a regulatory filing, Signature Global said it has formed a joint venture with RMZ to develop a mixed-use project, comprising office buildings, hotels, and retail spaces on the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) in Gurugram. Under the agreement, Signature Global and RMZ will form a 50:50 joint venture. RMZ has committed an investment of Rs 1,283 crore to acquire a 50 per cent equity stake in the project, the filing said. As part of the transaction, Gurugram Commercity Ltd (GCL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Signature Global, and Millennia Realtors, an RMZ entity, have entered into a Securities Subscription and Purchase Agreement (SSPA). Under the SSPA, RMZ will acquire a 50 per cent equity stake in GCL through a combination of share purchase and share subscription, for an aggregate consideration of up to Rs
At least six private schools in Gurugram received bomb threats through emails on Wednesday morning, said police. The school management, police department, and district administration are on alert after receiving the email threatening to bomb the schools, they added. According to the police, a search operation has been launched in all six schools, and students were also being evacuated from the school premises. Police teams and bomb squads are on the campuses along with sniffer dogs. Six private schools in Gurugram that have received threats are Kunsakpalan School in DLF Phase-1, Lancers School in Sector-53, Heritage Experiential Learning School in Sector-64, Shiv Nadar School DLF Phase-1, Shri Ram Aravali School and Pathway World School near Badshahpur, said the police. According to the school management, they received the threat via email on Wednesday morning at around 7:10 am, after which they informed the police control room. They got to know about the threat just as children we
Realty firm ASF Group has raised Rs 1,250 crore from Alpha Alternatives to fund its ongoing prime office campus in Gurugram and reduce debt. In a statement on Thursday, the company said it has already received Rs 450 crore in funding from Alpha Alternatives and would get the remaining within the next six months. ASF Group's arm, ASF Insignia SEZ Pvt Ltd, is developing a 50-acre integrated commercial IT office campus at Vatsal Valley, Gurugram. ASF Insignia SEZ and its affiliates have secured a commitment of equity and quasi-equity investment of about Rs 1,250 crore from Mumbai-headquartered Alpha Alternatives. Anil Saraf of ASF Group said, "The investment from Alpha Alternatives reinforces the long-term fundamentals of ASF Insignia campus and our strategy of building an institutionally driven office ecosystem". The focus is on balance sheet strength, asset quality and creating a campus that continues to meet the evolving needs of large enterprises and global capability centres, on