MUMBAI: The normally reticent Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) has now complained to union minister of Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari, about the pathetic condition of National Highway (NH48) between Dahisar and Talasari.In a letter to the ministry, the BPP said this highway is the only road connectivity to the pilgrimage site of Udvada in…
Delhi Town Hall (Image Credit: TOI) CHANDNI CHOWK: MCD Hires Consultant To Chart Plan For ConservationNEW DELHI: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has hired a private sector consultant for a structural study of the Town Hall in Chandni Chowk for a fresh conservation and restoration effort. The consultant has three months to study the structure,…
Pune: NCP (SP) state general secretary Rohit Pawar on Monday accused state revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule of favouring an engineering firm and revising its penalty of over Rs90 crore for illegal sand mining to only Rs17 lakh. The grandnephew of Sharad Pawar also claimed that the same firm had donated large amounts to BJP through…
Pune: The SEC is awaiting a reply from ECI on its request to conduct the proposed special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra after the local body polls, likely to be held post Diwali. In late July, the state election commissioner wrote to ECI citing staff shortage and pressure on election machinery due…
ED raids 10 locations in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh in Rs 273 crore bank fraud case NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted searches at ten locations across Delhi and Madhya Pradesh in connection with an alleged Rs 273 crore bank fraud case, officials said. The agency carried out searches at nine locations in…
Pune: Primary school teachers in Maharashtra are anxious after Supreme Court made the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory for all teachers to clear within two years or risk losing their jobs. The worry stems from the state recording low pass percentages in the exam—just 3.38% in the 2024 exam, where only 11,168 of over 3.5…
Another gas leak creates panic in Palghar’s Boisar MIDC PALGHAR: Another gas leakage in the Boisar MIDC on Monday evening created panic amongst the people, though there were no fatalities. On August 21, a gas leakage in Medley Pharma located on plot F-13 in Boisar MIDC, had killed four of its employees, cognizance of which…
IndiGo suspends Kathmandu flights amid airport closure NEW DELHI: IndiGo on Tuesday issued a travel advisory stating that all flights to and from Kathmandu have been suspended due to the closure of the airport amid the prevailing situation in the Nepalese capital. In its official statement, the airline said, “If your travel is impacted, you…
PUNE: A 32-year-old pregnant woman and her 17-year-old niece died after they were stuck between two minitrucks carrying loudspeakers at a Ganapati immersion procession at Sadgurunagar in Bhosari around 11pm on Saturday. The driver of a minitruck lost control while he was trying to join the procession and hit another truck. “Pratibha Ambatwar and her…
Mumbai: Over two months after declaring a 129-year-old commercial building in Fort dilapidated and serving a notice for demolition, BMC has appointed a contractor for the work. The five-storey building, Vikas Premises, also houses iconic Parsi eatery Jimmy Boy.BMC had in June tagged it under the ‘C1′ dangerous category, requiring immediate demolition, after cracks were…
