Pune: Day temperature rose significantly above normal levels across several parts of the state on Saturday after a brief rain respite, with the sun finally peeping out longer than most of the last few days. An IMD forecast indicated light to moderate rainfall for Pune city from Sept 24.IMD’s Saturday bulletin stated that maximum temperature…
Navi Mumbai: A city activist who fights against illegal constructions, Rajeev Mishra, suggested 11 points to the chief minister, law minister, and urban development minister to frame a policy and control the menace while mentioning the Bombay High Court’s (HC) direction. The HC order mentions, “Considering the avalanche of proceedings reaching the Court on such…
The teenager, seeking revenge against the boy’s mother for a previous disciplinary action, lured the child to a secluded area, threw him off a cliff, and bludgeoned him with a rock (Representative AI image) NEW DELHI: A four-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being kidnapped, thrown off a 30-ft cliff and bludgeoned with…
Pune: Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal on Saturday ruled out a statewide alliance of MVA partners for the upcoming local body polls and claimed that the party’s symbol could not reach many places during Lok Sabha and assembly polls after it joined the alliance.Sapkal participated in a “Meet the Press” — an interactive session organised…
Thane: Investigators arrested one more person identified as Atif Shakil Gore (42) in the Rs 1.7 crore Mephedrone (MD) powder drug bust case of July this year. Gore was identified as one of the traffickers linked to pharmacist Mohanlal Joshi, who was caught in July with 1.2 kg of mephedrone (MD) powder. Joshi, a resident…
New Delhi: Delhi’s toxic air may be doing more than choking lungs — it could also be damaging brains. With fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) levels in the capital often several times higher than the World Health Organization’s safe limits, experts warn that the city’s rapidly ageing population is at particular risk of worsening dementia and…
Pune: PMC has started preparations for the smooth conduct of civic polls, likely to be held at the end of the year or early next year, following completion of hearing on ward delimitation.The civic administration has approached the divisional commissioner’s office with a demand for appointment of 17 returning officers and 17 assistant returning officers….
Thane: The ongoing traffic chaos on Ghodbunder Highway has escalated into a political flashpoint, with opposition parties seizing the opportunity to launch a direct attack on the Shiv Sena just before the civic elections. The Sena, led by Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, dominated the region over the last several years and won 2017’s Thane civic…
New Delhi: To contain crime in parts of what’s called Delhi’s ‘Paatal Lok’, Delhi Police launched Operation Aaghaat and raided over three dozen locations in different parts of the city on Friday night, targeting the financial network of gangs active there.The targets were members of the notorious Hashim Baba, Irfan Chhenu, Naseem Chaudhary and Nasir….
PUNE: The prehistoric geoglyphs of the Konkan coast — presented for World Heritage Sites nomination — could date back as far as 24,000 years and be among the oldest known rock art traditions in the world, Maharashtra’s Directorate of Archaeology and Museums told TOI on Saturday.Earlier estimates placed the age of many Konkan geoglyphs at…
