New Delhi: The children of Baljeet Nagar in Karol Bagh have to do a daily drill to reach the nearest main road. They have to scale a wall first. The wall, built by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), circles a primary school that is nearing completion. The new structure has cut off direct road access…
Pune: Maharashtra suffers an annual agricultural loss ranging from Rs 10,000 crore to Rs 40,000 crore because of human-wildlife conflict involving herbivores, with the Konkan region emerging as the most affected, researchers from the Centre for Sustainable Development at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) have revealed in a study.While incidents involving tigers…
Mumbai: Fisherfolk have threatened to stage a protest on Saturday against Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s (MPCB) plan for a public hearing on Oct 6 over the proposed Murbe port project in Palghar district, alleging that the draft environmental impact assessment (EIA) report “is riddled with falsehoods, omissions and violations of law”.“Despite 20 clear violations of…
New Delhi: As part of its preparations for a large-scale plantation drive, DDA plans to hire an agency to procure and plant seasonal saplings, including winter-flowering varieties like petunia, salvia, dahlia, antirrhinum (dwarf), alyssum and cineraria (dwarf).The drive will also include restoration of the green belt between NH-24 and CWG flats, redevelopment of the green…
Pune: PMC will now carry out inspections of all public parking places it runs, after citizens raised complaints about the misuse of one such lot at Balgandharva Rang Mandir. A group of residents claimed that this facility at the auditorium, located on the busy Jangli Maharaj (JM) Road, is being used by private hotels in…
Navi Mumbai: The Panvel-Indapur section of the Mumbai-Goa highway stretch has been marred with another controversy over non-payment of dues towards the extra land and houses acquired for the widening work. The 36 persons in Panvel and Mangaon talukas claimed more land and houses were acquired for without payment by the National Highway Authority of…
New Delhi: Rain and strong winds came to Delhi’s rescue after Dussehra, averting a pollution spike from the burning of effigies. The showers cleared the air, pushing the city’s AQI into the ‘satisfactory’ category at 88 on Friday, compared to 123 in the ‘moderate’ category a day earlier.The improvement in air quality also broke the…
Pune/Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Members of the OBC community have expressed strong disapproval of the remarks made by Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange, accusing him of politicising the reservation issue rather than focusing on the genuine concerns of the Maratha community.During the Dasara celebrations at Narayangad in Beed district, Jarange launched a scathing attack on prominent OBC…
Thane: Amid the opposition questioning the promotion of tainted Thane deputy municipal commissioner Shankar Patole, who was arrested earlier this week for allegedly accepting a bribe, BJP minister Ganesh Naik on Friday said corruption is now widespread in civic bodies in the district.“Corruption in the district bureaucracy has risen over the last five years. While…
New Delhi: Nearly a month after she was attacked with a stationery cutter blade and left with over 40 stitches, a 16-year-old class XII student from Rohini remains bedridden and too terrified to return to school. Her attackers, her father alleges, still roam freely, often seen outside the school gates and near their home, making…
