New Delhi: Environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Tuesday that conditions were not feasible for cloud seeding, so govt would wait for adequate moisture to complete the process. He had earlier said govt would explore cloud seeding as an option a day after Diwali to fix pollution levels.Addressing a press conference, the minister claimed…
Pune: Cybercrooks posing as executives from a cellphone company’s customer care centre siphoned off Rs1.45 lakh from the bank accounts of a woman (43) and her father-in-law on Oct 17.The woman lodged a complaint with the Airport police on Monday. An officer from the Airport police said on Oct 17, the woman received a call…
NEW DELHI: A speeding BMW overturned inside a tunnel on Mumbai’s Coastal Road near Tardeo on Tuesday night, slowing traffic temporarily, officials said. No injuries were reported in the incident, which took place on the southbound section of the road. A video of the accident quickly circulated on social media. Mumbai traffic police alerted commuters…
NEW DELHI: Conversations about women’s health and how it impacts their work life is rarely discussed in Indian offices, and around menopause, the silence seems deafening.Recently, the Karnataka cabinet greenlighted a day’s paid off each month as menstrual period leave for all women workers in the state. While not the same thing, the recognition of…
Pune: Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal, a social organisation, described BJP Rajya Sabha member Medha Kulkarni’s act of “purifying” the site in Shaniwarwada where namaz was offered as “unfortunate”, and stressed that Muslim women faced discrimination within the community also because they were not allowed to offer prayers in many mosques in the country.While several organisations and…
Mumbai: The Diwali-Chhath Puja rush is in full swing, with nearly one lakh passengers leaving Mumbai daily for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar by more than 50 trains across Central Railway and Western Railway. CR alone handles 46 trains, including 40 regular and six special services for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Since September 19, CR operated…
New Delhi: In response to worsening air quality, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has rolled out an aggressive action plan to combat pollution across Lutyens’ Delhi. The initiative includes procuring a set of new cleaning machines, deploying advanced cleaning equipment and expanding dust suppression systems. NDMC vice-chairman Kuljeet Singh Chahal said the civic body is…
Pune: The forest department captured three leopards from Pimparkhed village in Shirur taluka, within a week of a five-year-old girl being mauled to death in a leopard attack.Officials suspect the captured animals are likely from the same family, and one of them is believed to be responsible for the child’s death.This operation marks a rare…
MUMBAI: An Air India flight operating from Mumbai to Newark, AI191, made a precautionary air-return to its origin city earlier today due to a suspected technical issue. The aircraft landed safely back at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.Following the safe landing, the aircraft was taken out of service for necessary inspections, said an Air…
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Rekha Gupta has announced plans to develop 17 model Chhath ghats along the Yamuna and withdraw all cases registered against devotees for celebrating the festival on the riverbanks. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Gupta said the government wanted Chhath Puja in Delhi to be celebrated “with the same grandeur…
