New Delhi: Fatal accidents and road deaths resulting from the mishaps across key traffic zones have dropped by nearly 15% in the first five months of 2025 as compared to last year, Delhi traffic police records have shown.Till the first half of May, the city has witnessed 88 fewer fatal accidents and 80 fewer deaths…
Pune: Teachers are unhappy over the Directorate of Secondary Education’s advisory to schools on Thursday to guide students in filling up the forms after technical glitches adversely impacted the online centralised admission process for the first year of junior college (FYJC). Teachers feel the state administration is trying to cover up its inadequacy in running…
Mumbai: Property experts estimate a free sale component of roughly 140 million sq ft to be unlocked by the Dharavi redevelopment plan, yielding revenues of Rs 1.2-1.7 lakh crore for the joint venture between the state govt and the Adani group.Said Anuj Puri, chairman, Anarock Group, “At a rough estimate, the Dharavi redevelopment project presents…
New Delhi: Delhi recorded its wettest May since 1901 as the city logged 185.9mm of rainfall, including two spells of heavy showers.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted an above-normal monsoon for the Delhi-Haryana-Chandigarh sub-division. An analysis of past data shows that the capital usually records two to three heavy rainy days during the monsoon,…
Pune: A Pimpri Chinchwad police crime branch team on Friday nabbed Nilesh Chavan, a business associate of Shashank Hagawane and co-accused in the Vaishnavi Hagawane dowry death case, from Maharajganj district in Uttar Pradesh close to the India-Nepal border.“Nilesh Chavan was trying to run away to Nepal, but police arrested him before he could cross…
Mumbai/Pune: A day after special IGP (prisons) Jalindar Supekar was stripped of his additional charge as deputy IG (prisons) of Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Nagpur divisions in the wake of claims that he had tried to shield the in-laws of alleged Pune dowry harassment-suicide victim Vaishnavi Hagawane , the daughter-in-law of expelled NCP functionary Rajendra…
New Delhi: Over 1,300 students from various Delhi universities were awarded scholarships under a special disbursement programme organised by the Delhi govt at Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW), Kashmere Gate, on Friday. The flagship initiative, led by the Directorate of Higher Education, aims to provide financial assistance to economically disadvantaged yet meritorious…
Pune: PMRDA has allocated Rs 5.5 crore for removing encroachments on nullahs and addressing flood-prone spots across its 6,000 sqkm area, senior officials told TOI.While pre-monsoon cleaning typically begins before the rains, delay in the tendering process affected the cleanup work. “The funds were allocated, and the work will proceed even during the monsoon,” said…
Mumbai: The Dharavi Redevelopment Project is set to resonate in the forthcoming BMC elections, with residents of Kurla and Mulund firm on opposing the relocation of Dharavi residents to their neighbourhood.Kiran Pailwan, founder of a group named Lokchalwal which is opposing the relocation from Dharavi to Kurla Dairy land, said they are now preparing to…
Want to hang out with family and friends, but the sweltering heat is stopping you? Step out when the sun goes down and head to one of Delhi’s many lakes, where the vibes are cool, the skies turn gold, and there’s a lot to do – or not – as you unwind amid nature. From…
