New Delhi: Inspecting a 47km stretch of Outer Ring Road and Ring Road on Saturday, Public Works Department minister Parvesh Verma directed officials to address problems ranging from traffic congestion and encroachments to broken roads, open drains, waterlogging and poor sanitation.Calling it the Govt on Wheels campaign, Verma took a team of principal secretaries and…
Pune: A survey of 200 postgraduate students at Savitribai Phule Pune University(SPPU), who did not get hostel accommodation in 2024-25 and 2025-26 academic years, found that most of them came from socially and economically backward sections, with food and lodging being their biggest concern.Abhishek Shelkar, a first-year political science student who collected data using an…
Mumbai: Doctors in the city are reporting a sizeable increase in the number of lower respiratory infections among children, with many needing hospitalisation.“Most of these cases are due to the highly contagious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV),” said paediatric pulmonologist Dr Indu Khosla. SRCC Children’s Hospital in Haji Ali had nine children in the paediatric intensive…
New Delhi: Delhi govt’s forest and wildlife department has submitted an affidavit to the National Green Tribunal, assuring it that it would issue the final notification for bringing approximately 3,287 hectares, or nearly 53%, of the Southern Ridge under Section 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927. within the next two months.This notification, pending since…
Pune: Supporting opposition parties’ allegations of vote theft, MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday said that when Rahul Gandhi from the opposition and Anurag Thakur from the govt raised doubts over voters’ lists, the Election Commission of India should have investigated the issue, but preferred to suppress it. “ECI feels that if they investigate the…
Mumbai: Konkan division information commissioner Shekhar Channe has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the Vashi-based Jhunjhunwala College for its failure to provide information to the applicant under the RTI Act.Asrar Ahmed Siddiqui, on Jan 1, 2017, sought information under RTI on the structural audit of Motilal Jhunjhunwala College, Navi Mumbai. Siddiqui submitted another…
New Delhi: Inspired by a Bollywood movie, a man and his associate, a woman, allegedly duped aspiring actors by posing as TV and OTT producers. They have been arrested.According to police, a complaint was received through the National Cyber Reporting Platform (NCRP) portal, where a victim’s mother alleged that her daughter, who was pursuing a…
Pune: Though Maharashtra continues to reel under the devastation caused by last week’s deluge, fresh warnings of heavy rainfall have been issued for isolated parts of the state from Aug 25.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has placed several districts in the Konkan region and the ghats of Madhya Maharashtra on a yellow alert, citing development…
Mumbai: Motorists have alleged that substandard pothole repair work is being carried out by the BMC- appointed contractor on the flyover adjacent to National Park at Borivli, on the Western Express Highway. The WatchDog foundation has complained that the contractor appointed for repairing potholes is carrying out cursory work, which has resulted in the road…
New Delhi: In his first crime review meeting after taking charge, Delhi Police commissioner Satish Golcha on Saturday issued a strong message to the force’s top brass, directing them to bring crime under control at all costs. The commissioner stressed the importance of improving public-police interaction and instructed officers to ensure that police personnel treat…
