New Delhi: Delhi govt will soon launch a series of programmes to promote tourism in the city that will include weekly nature walks, wildlife awareness events and purple buses for visits to popular sites.Tourism minister Kapil Mishra, speaking at Global Wildlife Fair-2025, said there was a need to establish Delhi as an eco-tourism hub in…
Pune: Maharashtra cooperation minister and senior NCP neta Babasaheb Patil has courted controversy with his remark at a public rally that farmers of the state are “addicted to seeking farm loan waiver” and also with his admission that politicians give assurances only to win elections.Opposition and farmers’ activists have criticised Patil’s remarks, which they described…
Kalyan: Thane police have invoked Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against 17 members of an interstate drug trafficking gang that had been operating for nearly two years, marking the first such case under the stringent law in the district.The state govt had in July allowed police to apply MCOCA in drugs cases. Officials…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has directed the power distribution companies to conduct a feasibility study on replacing overhead electric wires with safer underground cables in prominent shopping and commercial areas. Govt has allotted Rs 100 crore in the 2025-26 budget for the project, which aims to reduce accident risks and enhance the visual appeal of…
Pune: The PMC’s efforts to keep roads clean for the forthcoming international cycling event drew flak from residents, as they claimed that the civic body was ignoring the chronic garbage-piling spots. “It is an irony that Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) wants to show clean roads to visitors for an event but has left Puneites in…
Navi Mumbai: Two days after the inauguration of Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), the first pile-up due to a collision between three vehicles occurred on the Ulwe-Panvel service road leading to the airport on Friday evening. The three vehicles involved in the pile-up were two cars and a mini truck. Due to the impact of…
New Delhi: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut to travel to International Space Station (ISS), had an interactive virtual session with students and teachers from schools affiliated with CISCE on Thursday. Speaking live from Goa as part of the CISCE Inspire Series, Shukla addressed over 50,000 students and 1,000 teachers across India and abroad.Shukla…
Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday busted a gold smuggling racket at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and arrested 11 persons — six Sri Lankan nationals, two Bangladeshis, and three airport staffers. Officials recovered 10-12kg of gold valued at approximately Rs 15 crore from them.Those arrested have been identified as Santosh Vinod…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal on Friday clubbed and heard three matters concerning illegal sand mining activities along the Yamuna floodplain between Delhi and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, including a case based on NGT taking suo motu cognisance of a TOI report.It directed the chief secretary of Delhi to ensure the nomination of officials for…
Mumbai: The BMC has been directed to prepare a ward-wise action plan listing all reserved open spaces. In a circular issued on Friday, the state urban development dept (UDD) said it has set up a Special Urban Planning Review Committee headed by the BMC Commissioner that will decide on the development of a reserved open…
