New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday asked private schools in Delhi, which got land at concessional rates, not to take any coercive action against students who failed to pay the fees, which according to parents were illegally increased by 100% in violation of mandatory prior permission from Delhi govt’s department of education (DoE).A bench of…
Pune: A 40-member team from Indore — officially India’s cleanest city — will assist the district administration in executing a large-scale cleanliness and waste management plan ahead of next year’s mega cycling event Pune Grand Tour 2026. District collector Jitendra Dudi said the Indore team, instrumental in helping their city retain the top rank in…
Palghar: Twelve Class 8 boys of a private residential school for tribals in Palghar district’s Talasari were thrashed with sticks earlier this week by a former student for allegedly not cleaning the hostel’s toilets well. The 21-year-old alleged assaulter, a student of a nearby Industrial Training Institute who was allowed to stay on campus as…
Perverts in public places (Representative Image) A TOI reporter recounts a sickening encounter while on her way to work this week that made her realise how fragile a woman’s sense of safety can be in a place where such incidents are far from uncommon How does a city you have been born and grown up…
Pune: A 34-year-old beautician was run over by a ready-mix concrete (RMC) truck in Pandavnagar on the Hinjewadi-Maan Road around 11.30am on Friday. Police identified the victim as Bharati Mishra, a resident of Thergaon, who worked at a salon and also provided beauty services at clients’ homes.“The truck was being driven within the 8am-to-noon restricted…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) ordered a compensation of Rs 1.2 crore to the family of a businessman who lost his life in a tragic crash on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway in Aug 2020. The claimants included the widow, the deceased’s aged parents, and his three minor children.According to the case details, the victim…
NEW DELHI: After a gap of five years, the Supreme Court is likely to allow green crackers to be burst during Diwali, Gurupurab and Christmas. Though particulate matter emissions by green crackers are 20-30% less compared to conventional ones, experts argue that these are still harmful. They also warn that enforcing the use of only…
Pune: Several private operators, including firms managing major amusement parks, have expressed interest in running the upcoming glass skywalk between Lonavla’s Lion’s Point and Tiger’s Point, senior district officials told TOI on Friday. The Rs909-crore Lion and Tiger Point Tourism Development Project, spearheaded by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA), features Maharashtra’s longest glass…
Mumbai: Bombay HC on Friday said schools must provide detailed information on their safety measures for students on a website created by govt. It observed after the state govt told the court that the portal for schools to upload such data is functioning.“Everything that is done has to be updated every month [on the portal]….
New Delhi: “All 80 ventilators at LNJP Hospital are fully functional, and 18 more have been kept in reserve for emergencies,” health minister Pankaj Kumar Singh said on Friday after inspecting the state-run hospital. His visit followed media reports alleging that nearly one-third of the ventilators across Delhi govt hospitals were out of order.Calling the…
