Pune: Residents’ associations across the city are planning to write to police stations in their areas to ensure DJ speakers and laser lights are not allowed during Ganapati festival and other celebrations.Audiologist Kalyani Mandke has filed an executive petition in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) stating that Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and Pune Police failed…
MUMBAI: A three-year-old boy was found murdered in the lavatory of a long-distance train at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) early on Saturday, sparking shockwaves. Police said the child, Akash alias Aarav Shah, had gone missing from his home in Surat on Aug 21. Subsequently, his parents lodged a complaint of kidnapping against the boy’s 26-year-old…
New Delhi: PWD minister Parvesh Verma has directed immediate measures to modernise tolling across the city, recover outstanding revenue, and eliminate illegal encroachments during a UT-Level coordination committee meeting. This meeting was held to address issues between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).Chairing the meeting with senior officials…
Pune: The draft Maharashtra Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Act 2025, circulated internally in the state’s education department, proposes several strict norms for private pre-schools. These include fees and admission criteria as prescribed by the govt, compulsory formation of parents-teachers’ associations, and qualification of teachers as per NCTE guidelines. A penalty of up to…
Mumbai: Bombay high court has restrained the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) and BMC from entertaining complaints and interference from BJP MLA Parag Alavani and a rival developer in a slum rehabilitation scheme in Vile Parle (E), reports Rosy Sequeira.“It would indeed reflect a most sorry state of affairs when any statutory authority abdicates its statutory…
New Delhi: A court on Saturday convicted a man of kidnapping and murdering a two-year-old girl in 2014. Ravinder, an alleged serial killer, is already undergoing life imprisonment for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl in 2015.The court of additional sessions judge Amit Sehrawat noted that it was established that the girl’s body was recovered…
Pune: Heritage walks this Ganesh festival are drawing residents and tourists alike to explore the city’s deep-rooted connection with the deity.From tracing the origins of the revered Manache Ganapati to uncovering stories of freedom fighters and reformers who shaped Pune’s Ganeshotsav, these guided walks weave together history, culture and tradition.“I moved to Pune earlier this…
Mumbai: Two trends are unfolding in the city today, and the gap between them is as wide as the Mithi river in full spate.On the one hand, the BMC is spending a lot of money on reducing the impact of flooding, from river rejuvenation and floodwater pumps to hazard mapping and private weather services. The…
New Delhi: A large crowd of animal lovers gathered outside the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Centre in Rohini’s Sector 27 on Saturday. They wanted their questions about the condition of dogs held at the centre answered. The uproar came a day after Supreme Court directed that dogs picked up to be sterilised, inoculated and dewormed…
Pune: In what doctors described as a rare case, three-and-a-half year old twin sisters, who were diagnosed with high-risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), underwent simultaneous stem cell transplants at Sahyadri Hospital in Pune.The procedure was made possible after stem cells from a single unrelated donor, identified through DATRI Stem Cell Registry, were used. Doctors said…
