Pune: Several key roads in Pune Cantonment, including the Pune-Solapur stretch, Coyaji, Kahun and Empress Garden roads, have deteriorated severely since June due to rainfall.Commuters are facing severe inconvenience after roads, riddled with deep potholes, have become a source of daily frustration for residents and office-goers. Citizens have repeatedly raised these issues and blamed the…
MUMBAI: MLA Rais Shaikh attended the free ration distribution held by Mahim Samaritan Haji Mudassar Patel celebrating 1500th birthday of Prophet Muhammad on Friday.Also called Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi celebrations, the Prophet’s birthday celebrations saw several charitable and philanthropic works by World Memon Organisation (WMO). Ttlhe event saw dozens of deserving parents of Saif Tayyabji Girls High School…
NEW DELHI: Twenty-two-year-old Maya stands in the doorway of her jhuggi in Majnu Ka Tila area, her face showing signs of exhaustion. The place where her children once played now lies submerged, with the family forced to take shelter in a makeshift relief camp set up in a nearby school. But her one-year-old son and…
Pune: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Lonavala Municipal Council to demolish all illegal constructions and earth-filling carried out by activist Prakash Porwal on the Indrayani river and recover Rs30 lakh from him towards restoration. In its order dated Aug 21, uploaded on the tribunal’s website on Sept 3, NGT stated that Porwal…
Mumbai: State revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday said that the halal township will not be allowed in Karjat. “No township or scheme will be allowed in the name of halal. Even the boards promoting such schemes will be thrown out,” said Bawankule.A controversy erupted after an advertisement for a proposed township in Neral in…
The drag performance by Lush Monsoon was the highlight of the evening As drag performer Lush Monsoon took the stage, the song I Am What I Am filled the room at the British High Commissioner’s residence. Sporting colours of Pride, activists and diplomats gathered to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the decriminalisation of Section 377…
Pune: Changes in GST rates for milk products came as a relief not only for consumers but also for dairy farmers, who said that the reduction and exemption of taxes on these products would boost consumption. It will also help in promoting products like paneer, packaged milk treated at ultra high temperature, and sweets, ahead…
MUMBAI: In one of the biggest drug seizures in the country this year, the Anti-Narcotics Cell and Crime Branch of the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar police have busted a massive cartel operating through a chemical manufacturing factory in Telangana, seizing mephedrone (MD) worth an estimated Rs 12,000 crore.Mephedrone, also called “meow meow,” “meph,” “m-cat,” and “miaow,” is…
New Delhi: Delhi Police’s cyber cell has busted a multi-crore stock market scam, arresting two key suspects who were providing mule accounts to scammers. Authorities claimed to have disrupted two major money-laundering channels involved in pan-India stock market frauds and uncovered the “account provider networks” that enable large-scale cyber fraud. The syndicate cheated victims of…
Pune: Buffer zones of national parks often become hotspots for wildlife sightings during monsoon safaris, offering a unique and thrilling experience for nature enthusiasts. Unlike core zones, which may be closed during rains, buffer areas remain accessible and teem with activity as animals venture closer to the edges in search of food and shelter. “We…
