Pune: Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is gearing up to transform the Mumbai-Pune Expressway into a 10-lane superhighway by 2030 to ease congestion and meet future traffic demands.“This is an upgrade from our earlier plan of an eight-lane expressway. The 10-lane proposal will cost an additional Rs1,420 crore, taking the total construction cost to…
Palghar: Police have seized drugs valued at Rs 53 lakh in two separate raids in Maharashtra’s Palghar and Thane districts and arrested two persons in this connection, officials said on Tuesday.Acting on a tip, the police conducted a raid on a man’s house in Vasai area of Palghar on October 18 and recovered 1.088 kg…
New Delhi: Firecracker emissions may have contributed between 30% and 40% to the city’s pollution on Diwali, with calm conditions primarily worsening the impact and delaying recovery, say experts. According to Gufran Beig, founder of System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) and chair professor at National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS),…
Pune: State cooperation minister Babasaheb Patil on Tuesday said the long-pending draft rules under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act will be cleared after Diwali. This will pave the way for the implementation of key reforms stalled for over six months.The draft rules, published in April, are crucial for enforcing the 2019 amendments to the Act….
Mumbai: Firecrackers might have led to two cars catching fire in a Ghatkopar East housing complex Monday night, said residents. The incident took place a little after 11pm in Neelyog Vedanta Housing Society on Andheri-Ghatkopar Link Road. Bradly Pereira, owner of one of the cars, said, “I was about to go to bed when I…
New Delhi: A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by four men after abuses were exchanged while bursting crackers in northwest Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy on Monday night.Police received information regarding the incident at 12.22am on Tuesday. A team reached the spot and found a man lying in the street with a stab wound on…
Pune: Across the city, streets gleam with Diwali decorations, transforming the city into the star of countless reels, stories, and posts on various social media platforms. From the bustling lanes of Laxmi Road to the vibrant areas of Camp and Magarpatta, the streets are packed with citizens filming reels and photoshoots amidst the festive crowds.Even…
Mumbai: The Goregaon police arrested four individuals for allegedly beating a 26-year-old man to death. The incident occurred on Oct 19 at the construction site of the Raj Patharon building in Subhash Nagar, Teen Dongri, Goregaon (West). The accused, who are labourers, reportedly assaulted the victim on suspicion of theft.According to police, the deceased was…
New Delhi: When the air quality station at RK Puram reached peak PM2.5 levels of 1,476 micrograms per cubic metre around midnight, its real-time hourly data went missing from Delhi Pollution Control Committee’s website for five hours. The data was available again from 6am, showing a downward trend at 1,187ug/m3, followed by 1,064ug/m3 at 7am….
Pune: The Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI) in the city has urged students not to fall for misleading ads or freebies offered by private coaching institutes when choosing one for their pre-entrance exam training. The circular issued last week by TRTI commissioner Deepa Mudhol Munde warned that coaching institutes offering enticements like tablet devices,…
