Pune: Students’ unions protested on Saturday against Savitribai Phule Pune University‘s event to celebrate the feat of clinching the 566th position in the QS World University Rankings because they were denied entry though it was open to officials, senate members, management council members and others. Rahul Sasane, the president of the University Student Struggle Action…
New Delhi: Delhi govt is planning to cover the Munak Canal with solar panels. This initiative, currently at the planning and feasibility assessment stage, aims to curb massive water losses, generate clean electricity, and enhance safety and cleanliness along the canal, said a senior official.Water minister Parvesh Verma inspected the Munak Canal last week and…
Pune: An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Pune was delayed by over four-and-a-half hours after the pilot of the aircraft fell ill right before the take-off on Friday morning.IndiGo in its statement said, “One of our cockpit crew, scheduled to operate IndiGo flight 6E 2262 from Delhi to Pune on July 4, felt unwell before…
Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, estranged cousins, united for a ‘victory rally’ after the state government withdrew its Hindi language policy. Sharing a stage after two decades, they hinted at a potential political alliance for upcoming civic elections, emphasizing their newfound unity. MUMBAI: In an indication that the coming together of the estranged Thackeray cousins could…
New Delhi: Ten days after a 26-year-old man was shot dead on the eve of his birthday, police have arrested 32-year-old Arun Dedha, who allegedly murdered him during a drunken argument outside their apartment in north Delhi’s Burari.According to police, a PCR call was received on the night of June 25 reporting gunfire near Hoover’s…
Pune: Following repeated instances of flooding in Hinjewadi after heavy showers in June, PMRDA have lodged criminal complaints against landowners and people responsible for construction on the natural streams in the area.The Hinjewadi police registered four criminal cases after Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) officials submitted a report.“PMRDA officials conducted a study of the…
During the last census in 2011, the surveyor who showed up at Yasmin Shaikh’s doorstep did what people often do when they hear her name—he assumed. “Urdu,” he wrote in the mother tongue column without asking. “My mother tongue is Marathi,” Shaikh demurred.Seated at her dining table just days after turning 100, the grammar veteran…
New Delhi: MCD has organised 1,862 property tax camps across its 12 zones to assist property owners in filing their taxes and availing benefits under the Property Tax Amnesty Scheme launched in May. According to MCD officials, over 48,546 taxpayers have benefitted from these camps to date. The civic body plans to hold more such…
PUNE: Vimannagar resident Manas Sinha and his family landed at the city airport at 1.30am this Monday, back from a trip to Chandigarh. However, the Sinhas were in for a rude shock when they reached the cab aggregator app service counter located near the arrival area. “The distance of my home from the airport is…
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court Chief Justice Bhushan Gavai visited his old school, Chikitsak Samuh High School in Girgaon, Mumbai, on Sunday. He studied there from standards 3 to 7 in Marathi medium. The CJI praised his teachers for shaping him, crediting the debating skills he honed there and the values of equality and social benevolence…
