NEW DELHI: Delhi-NCR woke up to heavy rainfall on Monday morning as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast light to moderate showers accompanied by thunderstorms over the next two days.In a press statement released on July 6, IMD Delhi said, “Generally cloudy skies. Light to moderate rain with thunderstorm/lightning likely in the next 48 hours.”The…
Pune’s police commissioner refuted claims of deteriorating law and order after a woman’s rape complaint was found to be false and misleading PUNE: Police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said on Sunday that a fake narrative about the city’s “collapsing law and order” situation was being built based on an “entirely false and misleading complaint of a…
Mumbai: Mumbai Customs officials at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport foiled three separate cases of smuggling attempts on Saturday, seizing narcotic substances, exotic wildlife, and gold worth over Rs 11 crore. Four persons were arrested across the cases, which were booked under various provisions of the NDPS Act, Wildlife Protection Act, and Customs Act.In the…
New Delhi: Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has imposed an environmental compensation of Rs 5 lakh on a factory operating illegally in Sadar Bazar, Delhi Cantonment. The unit was found to be running without the mandatory Consent to Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO), DPCC informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT).The matter came to…
Pune: Travel operators are witnessing a surge in bus bookings owing to the flexibility and reliability of transport, the convenience of access to hill stations, and cost-effectiveness. The hesitation to book flights after the recent crash has also fuelled demand for bus travel.Devenshi Saluja, a resident of Baner, planned a last-minute bus trip to Goa…
Mumbai: A new elevated road is being proposed to connect Senapati Bapat Marg — leading towards Phoenix Mills and Kamla Mills — with the Haji Ali end of Lala Lajpatrai Road, where the coastal road has designated entry and exit points. If it goes as planned, people travelling from the crowded areas of Parel, Dadar,…
New Delhi: The drenching rain that Delhi has waited for stayed away another day, while humidity caused the “feel-like” temperature to soar to 46.8 degrees Celsius at 4pm.A few areas recorded very light rain on Sunday. Najafgarh got moderate showers of 19mm. Delhi’s air quality remained ‘satisfactory’ for the eleventh straight day.A partially clouded sky…
Pune: Police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said on Sunday that a fake narrative about the city’s “collapsing law and order” situation was being built based on an “entirely false and misleading complaint of a very serious nature” authorities had received recently.Kumar did not specify the nature of the complaint while speaking at the inauguration of a…
Mumbai: A 39-year-old Nigerian national was arrested by the Worli unit of the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) on Saturday for allegedly possessing 200 grams of cocaine worth Rs 2 crores in Mumbai’s Malad area. However, the accused, Frank Chibuzar Nandi, has claimed that the narcotics were planted on him and that he has been falsely implicated…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued showcause notices to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and the Forest Department for failing to act on the illegal cutting of a fully-grown tree in a public park in DDA Market No. 3 in Y-Block, Mangolpuri, northwest Delhi.The notices were issued after a local resident filed…
