PUNE: Diwali celebrations took a heartwarming turn this year as festive sweets, greeting cards, and goodwill messages from Maharashtra reached Indian soldiers deployed in the icy terrains of Siachen Base Camp. The initiative, titled ‘Maayechya Faralacha Ghaas’ (A Bite of Mother’s Love), was organized by Aadhar Social Trust as part of its 11th annual Diwali…
Mumbai: A delegation of opposition leaders from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and MNS, which met chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi on Tuesday, said the Election Commission of India (ECI) was not willing to listen to concerns raised about irregularities in voter lists. They said the CEC was intent on using the…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to complete the installation of an ingesta or dung drying plant at the city’s only slaughterhouse in Ghazipur by Dec. The facility was temporarily shut down in 2022 for failing to meet environmental norms and allowed to resume operations on the condition…
Pune: An 18-year-old youth died after his scooter was hit by a container truck at Dehugaon on the Pune-Mumbai highway on Sunday morning. The accident occurred when the victim, Daksh Solanki of Kamshet, was driving towards Pimpri. The Dehu Road police registered a case of accidental death against the container truck driver.An officer from the…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Cyber Police (East Division) have arrested two businessmen from Bhayandar for allegedly facilitating a large-scale online gaming fraud in which over Rs 2.5 crore was routed through a mule account operated in the name of Sai Avatar Enterprises with the BOI.The arrested businessmen were identified as Pritesh Salian (48), residing at Saibaba…
New Delhi: Phool Walon Ki Sair, a Mughal-era festival regarded as a symbol of Delhi’s composite culture and communal harmony, won’t be held this year. Representatives of Anjuman Sair-e-Gul Faroshan, which has been organising it at Aam Bagh, a park near Shamsi Talab in Mehrauli, claimed Delhi Development Authority did not give permission for the…
Pune: Hundreds of villagers from Junnar, Shirur, Ambegaon, and Khed tehsils in Pune district staged a rasta roko at Manchar bypass on Pune-Nashik highway on Monday and their protest continued until late with the demand for gun licences to shoot leopards after a series of fatal attacks in the region.Long traffic snarls were seen along…
Jain monk has begun an indefinite hunger strike in Mumbai, demanding the immediate reopening of the Dadar Kabutarkhana, a traditional pigeon feeding site MUMBAI: Jain monk Nileshchandra Vijay began an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan here on Monday, demanding the immediate reopening of the iconic Dadar Kabutarkhana, a traditional pigeon feeding site shut down…
New Delhi: The city’s air quality remained very poor for the third consecutive day on Monday, though stronger winds during the day provided some relief. The 24-hour average air quality index was 309 at 4pm, according to Central Pollution Control Board. A day earlier, AQI was 366 at the same time, showing marginal improvement.Forecasts, however,…
Pune: In a hit-and-run accident, a 35-year-old man and his son (4) were killed after their two-wheeler was hit by a container truck near Kurkumbh on Pune-Solapur highway about 74km from Pune on Sunday evening. The Pune Rural police have identified the father-and-son duo as Kandu Bansude and Rudra of Palasdev in Indapur taluka. The…
