New Delhi: Despite heavy rainfall on four days in 2025 so far, Delhi is yet to witness a single good air day — an air quality index in the range of 0 to 50. The city recorded the last good air day almost two years ago on Sept 10, 2023, with an AQI of 45.Since…
Pune: The civic body has decided to increase surveillance at the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park after the genome of malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) was detected in one of 16 dead spotted deer samples. The deaths occurred between July 7 and 12 this year.This case, claimed to be the first in the country involving wildlife, has…
Mumbai: The city’s eastern waterfront may soon host corporate, business, trade and IT parks, besides state-of-the-art warehouses and godowns. Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA) plans to lease out 28 plots totalling over 217 acres near the sea on the east coast of Mumbai and Raigad district, for a period of 30 years for commercial and industrial…
New Delhi/Noida: Harsha, a street dog left to die on a road in Shalimar Bagh with her stomach slashed, was rushed to an NGO-run care home for stray animals in Noida two weeks ago. Harsha is on her way to recovery in the ICU there. However, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s order on…
Pune: Infantry soldier Tariq Aziz (30) is set to return to active duty after undergoing a bilateral lung transplant — the first-ever by a serving soldier in the Indian Armed Forces. Doctors said Tariq was last year diagnosed with Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (PLCH), a rare interstitial lung disease with fewer than 300 documented cases…
Mumbai: Nearly a month after the scuffle between supporters of NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad and BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar in the Vidhav Bhavan during the monsoon session of the state legislature, NCP (SP) appointed an accused in the case, Nitin Deshmukh, as its official spokesperson.Deshmukh, president of the NCP (SP) youth wing for Mumbai,…
New Delhi: Taking note of the rising number of stray dogs within its premises, Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a fresh directive mandating that all leftover food be disposed of exclusively in covered dustbins.“Under no circumstances should food be discarded in open areas or uncovered containers. This measure is crucial to prevent animals from being…
Pune: India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued a heavy rainfall alert for Konkan and Ghat regions of Madhya Maharashtra from Aug 15-18, anticipating a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal that is likely to boost monsoon activity across western India. Pune city is likely to receive light to moderate rainfall from Aug 15.IMD…
Mumbai: Observing that, however noble the intention, one cannot address a public servant in such a manner or threaten him with harm to life or reputation, a special court for MPs and MLAs on Tuesday convicted and sentenced former MLA and former state minister Bacchu alias Omprakash Babarao Kadu to three months’ simple imprisonment for…
New Delhi: Two nine-year-old girls were allegedly gang-raped late last week by two men, a contractor and a caretaker, near an under-construction swimming pool on a private property in outer Delhi’s Narela. Both men have been arrested.Police said the girls, who are neighbours, were lured to an area near the pool on some pretexts. Anil…
