Pix by Mandar Deshpande Bhoom (Dharashiv): For Amol Dhage, a 34-year-old dairy farmer from Chinchpur village in Bhoom tehsil, the wait for the truck carrying bags of silage was endless.Every few minutes, he looked toward the road, hoping that the much-needed cattle fodder would arrive. His dairy farm, once a source of steady income, is…
Mumbai: For years, For years, Meena Nizamuddin Shaikh, 42, of Reay Road’s Jai Bhim Nagar would lie awake at night worrying how she would manage to find enough water the next day for cooking, washing clothes, cleaning the house, or giving her children a bath. The daily struggle for a bucket of water often meant…
NEW DELHI: Over the past decade, 332 people had to remain in Delhi prisons even after completing their sentences because they were unable to pay the fine imposed on them. Of these people, 304 were men. Convicts who cannot pay the fine are required to serve additional imprisonment as directed by magistrates.A majority of these…
PUNE: Showing a sense of social responsibility, former corporator Harshali Dinesh Mathwad has cancelled her annual Navratri cultural programme and extended support to farmers affected by the recent floods in the state. Mathwad has contributed to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund and handed over essential kits for the affected families at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s…
There are perhaps only two things older than Bandra Medical Store in its immediate vicinity: an ancient peepal tree outside the shop’s glass door and the one-storey, tile-roofed building called Alves Baug, whose ground floor the store has occupied for nearly 80 years. But this Hill Road, Bandra (West)-located medical shop is famous not just…
New Delhi: A 26-year-old man was arrested in connection with a sextortion scam targeting social media users, police said on Sunday. The scam came to light on June 5 when a resident of Narela received a Facebook Messenger video call from an unknown female, which was immediately disconnected. “Soon after, he received a call from…
Raja Subramani’s mornings are incomplete without fresh air and wind in his hair as he rides his bicycle around Vimannagar, Lohegaon and nearby areas. The sight of slowly dying trees – disfigured with advertisements on their trunks and concrete at the roots – is the only gloomy aspect to an otherwise ideal start to his…
In a city racing against the clock, the idea of a public timekeeper feels wonderfully anachronistic. The convenience of carrying time on our screens makes us forget the towering sentinels that once set the city’s pulse. While the majestic Rajabai clock tower often commands the spotlight, it serves as a potent reminder that smaller, equally…
New Delhi: Four-year-old Aadya woke up early on Sunday, laced up and stood eagerly in front of India Gate, ready to run. “I’m very excited to be here today,” she said, smiling in a crowd of thousands of children, accompanied by their parents, for the Kids Marathon. The 1-km run is not a marathon, but…
Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday criticised the Maharashtra govt for directing sugar mills to contribute to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, terming the order “shocking” and “unjustified.““It is shocking that instead of supporting those who have suffered losses, the govt has decided to collect large sums from sugar producers for the CM’s…
