Mumbai: Observing that an obstructive approach can be counterproductive to redevelopment, Bombay high court ordered minority members of four dilapidated buildings in Vasai West to vacate their flats for demolition. It granted 11 members 15 days time due to the Ganpati festival. “These members need to cooperate in the demolition of these buildings by vacating…
New Delhi: Breaking a four-year gap, Awadhesh Kumar Jha, principal of SKV Rohini Sector 17 and a Sanskrit teacher by training, will be the only recipient from Delhi of the National Teacher Award 2025. He is among 45 teachers chosen from over one crore schoolteachers across the country. The award will be presented by the…
Pune: NCP (SP) workers as well as local residents staged an agitation at the PMC office on Tuesday against erratic supply of water in Wadgaonsheri.They demanded that the authorities take urgent steps to improve the supply as frequent interruptions and water closures were hampering daily schedules of citizens.NCP (SP) MLA Bapu Pathare also joined the…
Mumbai: Adani Properties’ winning bid to commercially develop a 24-acre Bandra Reclamation land parcel received a boost Tuesday when Bombay HC dismissed two PILs filed against the proposed development, pointing to “conscious relaxation granted” to keep the land outside CRZ, reports Swati Deshpande.The PILs by activist Zoru Bhathena & Bandra Reclamation Area Volunteers Organisation sought…
New Delhi: Police have arrested a labourer for allegedly stealing cash from a Najafgarh godown after CCTV footage of the crime showed that the resident dogs of the compound had not attacked him during the burglary, a detail that made investigators suspect that the person was known to the canines. When Mumtaz, the suspect from…
Pune: Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) cut the electricity supply to Dharmaveer Sambhaji Maharaj Primary School, a municipal school on Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Road, last week for non-payment of dues amounting to around Rs2.5 lakh. The power utility firm took action three months after issuing a notice to the Pune Municipal Corporation…
Mumbai: Minister of state for home Pankaj Bhoyar has been appointed as new guardian minister of Bhandara district in place of incumbent Sanjay Savkare.Textile minister Savkare has been relieved of Bhandara’s charge and appointed co-guardian minister of Buldhana district, said an order issued on Monday by the general administration department’s deputy secretary Dilip Deshpande. In…
New Delhi: A ruckus broke out during a press conference at the Constitution Club on Tuesday. The event, organised to release a report on the People’s Tribunal on Assam: Evictions, Detentions, and the Right to Belong, was disrupted when two groups — one from Hindu Sena and another from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh — stormed in…
Pune: At least 60 two-wheelers parked in a showroom and service centre on Bund Garden Road were gutted late on Monday night after a fire broke out on the premises. No one was injured in the incident, the fire brigade said.The centre is located on the ground floor of the three-storeyed building.Fire station officer Vijay…
Mumbai: The state on Tuesday approved four amendments and inclusion of two new sections in the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950. The new amendments made provisions for stricter punishment for violations of the Act.“The Maharashtra Public Trusts Act was made to regulate public, religious, and charitable trusts in the state and control their management. It…
