New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB) submitted an affidavit to NGT regarding contamination of groundwater through rainwater harvesting pits. The board proposed several suggestions, including not allowing the installation of harvesting systems in stormwater drains. In preparing fresh guidelines for setting up rainwater harvesting structures (RWH) in Delhi, DJB stated that a joint committee expert…
Pune: The medical superintendent of Pune Regional Mental Hospital, in a letter to chief executive officer (CEO) of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Aarogya Abhiyan (MJPJAY), has sought special provisions for psychiatric patients who do not have identity card or ration card.“Most of our patients are cut off from the family, and so the family does…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal has directed the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) to frame terms of reference for a proposed expert committee to study the alarming rise in ground-level ozone concentration in Delhi.The matter was taken up suo motu by the tribunal based on a TOI report titled “Oh-zone! Why this…
Pune: India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday upgraded its yellow alert to orange for Konkan and the ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra till Thursday, while rain-related incidents claimed eight lives in the state in the past 24 hours. Met officials said the weather warning was upgraded after the low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to examine next week a PIL challenging a notification issued by the lieutenant governor. This notification designates all police stations in the capital as venues for the deposition of police officers through videoconferencing.The matter was mentioned before the bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyay and justice…
Pune: A waiter of a restaurant-cum-bar was arrested on the charge of stabbing his employer to death over a salary dispute on the premises of the establishment near Peacock Bay, close to Khadakwasla, around 8.30pm on Tuesday.The Uttamnagar police identified the waiter as Umesh Dilip Giri (38) of Katraj. The deceased employer was Santosh Sundar…
New Delhi: The high court on Wednesday sought Delhi University‘s response to a plea challenging its notification mandating Rs 1 lakh security bond as a pre-condition for contesting the student union elections. Justice Mini Pushkarna granted time to the DU counsel to seek instructions on the petition. The notification mandates poll candidates to execute a…
Pune: The Pune city police have urged the fixed deposit (FD) holders and short-term loan (STL) investors in the D S Kulkarni (DSK) group firms to validate their names in a fresh list being prepared by them as part of an ongoing validation and verification process.“The exercise, which will be carried out between Sept 8…
New Delhi: Following an Enforcement Directorate raid at the residence of the health minister in the previous AAP govt, Saurabh Bharadwaj, the party on Tuesday said it was an attempt to distract people from the row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree and claimed that the case was “false”. It added that Bharadwaj, the AAP…
Pune: State govt’s facility that allows people to register property at any sub-registrar office within the same district, without visiting the office with jurisdiction over the property’s location, crossed the 60,000-mark since its roll-out on May 1, officials said on Tuesday. The next step, inter-district registration, however, is unlikely before next year. “There are technical…
