Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has launched a unique initiative to recycle ‘nirmalya’ (flower offerings) collected during Ganpati visarjan by converting it into incense and dhoop sticks. The civic body collected over 256 tonnes of nirmalya during the ten days of the Ganesh festival, of which 500kg of flowers were found useful for incense…
Palghar: Police have rescued three women forced into prostitution from a hotel and arrested the 39-year-old manager in Palghar district, officials said on Sunday. Local crime branch police and immoral human trafficking prevention cell conducted a raid at the hotel in Boisar area on Sept 18. The manager was booked under BNS and Immoral Traffic…
The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.New Delhi experienced clear skies and comfortable temperatures on September 22, 2025, with daytime highs reaching 37.3°C and evening lows of 28.8°C. The city’s air quality index remained moderate at 110,…
Pune: Investigations into the theft of a motorcycle from the Mhalunge MIDC area on Sept 12 led the Pimpri Chinchwad police to arrest a four-member gang of robbers operating in Ahilyanagar and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar districts and solved two robbery cases. The police also recovered a country-made pistol, three cartridges, a car, and a motorcycle, all…
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (File Photo) By- BB NayakNAVI MUMBAI: Political posters are increasingly cluttering the city’s landscape, undermining the cleanliness initiatives of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) ahead of the upcoming civic polls. Despite court orders prohibiting defacement of public spaces, authorities failed to enforce these regulations against violators. After the Ganeshotsav, the…
Threads of time: Jamdani weaves its story in Delhi NEW DELHI: There’s a cinematic delight in handling a translucent sari, smiled film director Muzaffar Ali. He would know, having draped his heroine, Rekha, in a Bangladeshi jamdani sari in his awardwinning Umrao Jaan. Ali recalled that delight at the exhibition ‘Celebrating Jamdani: A Living Heritage…
Pune: The long-pending work of the Keshavnagar to Kharadi bridge is set to resume as the civic administration plans to finish the remaining work in the next four months.This crucial bridge will reduce the burden on the existing Mundhwa bridge, which connects Kharadi bypass road to Mundhwa-Keshavnagar, and also provide relief to regular travellers from…
NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday has asked the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Mumbai Police to submit an Action Taken Report regarding a complaint against Netflix’s web series Ba***ds of Bollywood. The complaint concerns a scene in which actor Ranbir Kapoor is shown using a banned e-cigarette without…
NEW DELHI: Eyebrows were raised after Delhi’s popular Luv Kush Ramleela Committee cast model-actress Poonam Pandey as ‘Mandodari’, Ravana’s wife, prompting BJP and VHP to demand her replacement.After the controversy went viral on social media, it has now entered the political arena. Delhi BJP media cell head Praveen Shankar Kapoor, who also serves as senior…
PUNE: The Lohegaon airport authorities detained a 63-year-old builder, who is also a politician from Solapur, at the Lohegaon airport for possessing a revolver and five live cartridges around 10.30pm on Friday. The screening officer of a private company, Sujit Kagane (34) of Lohegaon, lodged a complaint with the airport police. Police said that Kagane…
