Pune: Frustrated by persistent traffic congestion and stalled road projects, industrialists and residents of Chakan have decided to march from Chakan to the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) office in Akurdi on Oct 9. Organised by the Traffic Free Chakan Kruti Samiti, the protest will run from 9am to noon, culminating in a meeting…
Mumbai: Bombay high court quashed and set aside the BMC’s suspension of a Lower Parel restaurant’s health licence due to sewage water overflowing from within the adjacent bakery’s premises.Justice Manish Pitale on Tuesday said, “It is difficult to understand as to how the petitioner can be blamed for overflowing sewage water onto the public road,…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a PIL seeking to define sexual offences against transgender women and children also as rape under criminal law. A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela were sceptical if it could “interpret” the statute but sought the stand of the…
Pune: If this year’s prolonged monsoon and the endless overcast skies have made it feel like the sun has gone missing, there is data to back up the impression.In a new study by Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and India Meteorological Department (IMD), among others, scientists have found that…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) has imposed a penalty of Rs 12 lakh on BMC for operating an ECG machine using a sweeper at Pt Madan Mohan Malviya Shatabdi Hospital in Chembur, instead of a trained technician.The BMC team informed the commission that the technician post had been vacant for the past…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has launched a teacher recruitment drive to fill 5,346 positions in govt and NDMC schools after years of pending vacancies. Officials said this marks the beginning of a larger hiring spree that would be extended to other sectors such as health, transport and revenue. The vacancies are for trained graduate teachers…
Pune: After a bright, sunny start to Wednesday, parts of the city witnessed sudden thundershowers in the evening, which India Meteorological Department (IMD) described as convective rains — showers triggered by intense surface heating. According to IMD’s evening observations, Lohegaon recorded 20mm of rainfall, followed by Shivajinagar (12.2mm), Magarpatta (12mm) and Chinchwad (3.5mm). High relative…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of Rs 51.7 lakh to a man for the death of his wife in a road accident in 2014.The fatal accident on Aug 19, 2014, was caused by the combined rash and negligent acts of the drivers of three separate vehicles — two trucks…
New Delhi: Pulling up the Delhi govt for running schools from tin sheds, Delhi High Court has asked the govt to stop “glorifying” how children are studying in these clasrooms. The court asked the govt to prepare a plan to modernise such schools.“You can’t glorify how students are attending classes under tin sheds. If good…
Pune: District collector and magistrate Jitendra Dudi has issued orders banning movement of heavy vehicles during peak hours on the Katraj Bypass Road from Oct 15 to ease congestion and ensure smooth traffic flow. The restriction remains in force until further orders.Heavy vehicles will not be allowed from Katraj to Kiwale between 8am and 11am,…
