Palghar: One worker died and four others were injured after a blast was reported in a factory in Palghar MIDC on Thursday evening. Two of the injured workers are critical, said police.Palghar superintendent of police Yatish Deshmukh said the blast took place at Limbani Salt Industries on Manor Road in Palghar when some chemical was…
New Delhi: Delhi Drugs Control Department has directed all manufacturers and marketers of pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices to revise MRPs in line with the new tax rates. Following the order issued on Sept 17, lifesaving medicines, cancer drugs and even glucometers will cost less once the GST rate cuts take effect on Sept 22.At…
Mumbai: City teacher Bhausaheb Ghadge and Ananda Anemwad from Palghar district were among the 109 recipients of the Savitribai Phule State Teacher Appreciation Awards this year. The awards celebrated primary and secondary school teachers who are driving innovation and digitalisation in classrooms.Ghadge, who teaches at a morning school in Vikhroli and a night school in…
Palghar: The villagers of Narnoli hamlet in Jawhar taluka, Palghar, were forced to carry home the body of a man who died in a hospital for 2km through rough terrain on a makeshift bamboo-and-cloth stretcher Sunday afternoon. Mahendra Jadhav (45), resident of Narnoli, died following an ailment Saturday night. Since it was night and the…
NEW DELHI: Yogesh Soni and his wife Shalini, both having locomotor disability and using motorised wheelchairs, along with many other persons with disabilities (PwDs), braved the heavy downpour for the launch of the ‘NAMO (National Accessibility Movement) Sugamya Delhi Yatra’ flagged off from Kartavya Path on Wednesday.With accessible public spaces continuing to be a huge…
Pune: The city police have detained a 17-year-old boy on the charge of sexually abusing a 13-year-old student at an open ground near the child’s school in Baner around 4.30pm on Sept 11.The matter came to light when the younger boy’s father noticed that his son was not feeling well and decided to check his…
Mumbai: The economic offences wing (EOW) of the police has summoned three senior executives of IndusInd Bank, including managing director and CEO Sumant Kathpalia, in connection with a complaint of accounting irregularities worth around Rs 1,960 crore.The EOW banking unit registered a preliminary inquiry in the case. An official said the three executives had been…
New Delhi: As part of a two-week road safety awareness drive, Delhi Traffic Police trained 2,136 drivers to promote responsible and safer driving. The campaign engaged students, cyclists, public transport staff, and commuters on traffic rule compliance and disciplined road usage.Among those trained, 1,157 were from DTC (54%), followed by 436 auto-rickshaws, 108 cluster bus,…
Pune: Astronomers using India’s upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) made a rare discovery in the ancient star cluster Messier 80 (NGC 6093). A team led by graduate student Jyotirmoy Das from National Centre for Radio Astrophysics – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA–TIFR) found the first pulsar in this cluster, named PSR J1617–2258A. This…
Bhiwandi: A 50-year-old man and his three-year-old daughter were killed while his wife was left critically injured on Thursday after the bike on which they were travelling collided with a container truck in Thane’s Bhiwandi taluka.The tragedy occurred when Saheem Khot and his wife Subi were taking their ailing daughter, Mariyam, to a doctor’s clinic…
