Why DU has tagged student poll results as ‘provisional’ NEW DELHI: Following this year’s Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections, the university’s official notification regarding the winners described the results as “provisional”. This designation comes after Delhi High Court (HC) introduced stricter guidelines for the conduct of student body elections. According to the note, “results…
Pune: Erratic rain, depleting groundwater and growing climate change events have been a rising stress factor for farmers across the country, including in the Pune region and its surrounding environs.Now, a quiet mission is underway to aid these cultivators, with a team of social workers helping them find a surprisingly simple solution to the perennial…
Vasai: A 32-year-old Nigerian was murdered on Saturday night in Pragati nagar, Nalasopara East, allegedly by his own countrymen who were also said to be his friends. The Tulinj cops have registered an offence under sections of murder (crime of murder by a mob) against the three accused. These accused are none other then the…
NEW DELHI: Stubble burning has started with 64 farm fires recorded in Delhi’s neighbouring states this season. Though the count remains low and won’t impact air quality just yet, past trends show that crop burning picks up sharply around Oct, after withdrawal of the monsoon from northwest India.Of the total cases recorded so far this…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday directed Maha Metro, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation (MSIDC) and other govt agencies to ensure better coordination while implementing projects, like elevated highways and Metro lines, so that no infra works overlap.He said, “I have told the authorities concerned to prepare…
Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing has submitted a chargesheet against builder Lalit Jain for tampering with property documents and cheating a Nagpur based businessman by making him invest Rs 12.50 crore in a redevelopment project in South Mumbai. Lalit Jain did not disclose that the property, Sanjana Building in Malabar Hill, was entangled in a…
New Delhi: “It’s taazi sabzi without chemicals. The taste is different, fresher, and takes less time to cook, uses less water to clean,” gushed Afroze Jamal in Nizamuddin Basti. “We used to buy everything from the market, but now nearly 20 houses on our lane grow their own.” In Nizamuddin and in other crowded urban…
Pune: The sight of two-wheelers, four-wheelers and even heavy vehicles roaming on city roads without registration number plates is common today.Amid rising cases of accidents, road rage, and general congestion, citizens and lawmakers alike pointed out that this no-plate habit could lead to crimes going untraced. Moreover, it also indicates a mentality of breaking rules…
NCP president and deputy CM Ajit Pawar is at the receiving end for skipping key events of newly appointed governor Acharya Devvrat. He had skipped major events during MVA’s tenure, too, on the grounds that he had engagements in his hometown, Baramati. For all govt functions, his name was printed on the invitation card along…
New Delhi: The Judicial Services Association of Delhi has moved a petition in the Supreme Court seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Delhi chief secretary and finance secretary for not implementing the SC-approved second national judicial pay commission’s (SNJP) recommendation for giving trial judges soft loans with nominal interest to buy cars.Interestingly, Delhi…
