Pune: The onset of monsoon rain spells and winds accompanying them has led to the displacement of many birds from their nests around the city, requiring immediate care by rescuers. Most of these rescuers in various areas said that they are getting a lot of calls regarding hatchlings of crows and the Indian grey hornbill.“A…
Govt Clears Move To Cut 3 Lakh Trees, Relocate 6 Palghar Villages, Flood 844 Hectares To Bring Water From Gargai River To CityThe river Gargai, a tributary of Vaitarna, comes cascading down the Western Ghats and flows through the Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary, a 320-sq-km sprawl of dense forest in Palghar district tagged as a biodiversity…
New Delhi: A massive fire engulfed a factory in Bawana, northwest Delhi, in the early hours of Friday. The plastic granule manufacturing factory was full of flammable materials that led to the quick spread of the blaze. No deaths have been reported. This is the second incident of a factory blaze in a week.According to…
Pune: Music often joins hands with devotion. And when it does, it erases divides of language, musical genre, background and religion, says Carnatic vocalist Ranjani. She is talking about abhang, a form of devotional poetry and singing in the Marathi tradition by Maharashtra’s saint-poets, especially associated with the warkari sect and the worship of Lord…
Mumbai: The treatment chamber’s walls had to be lead-shielded, the next few rooms vacated and several other strict safety measures put in place before two highly radioactive injections were given at a gap of just 15 seconds to a 17-year-old with stage 4 neuroblastoma at the Tata Memorial Centre’s ACTREC facility in Kharghar recently. It…
New Delhi: Delhi’s summer has a golden lining — the succulent mango. Fruit stalls across the city have exploded in yellow and green hues and the tongues roll over names like Dussehri, Langda, Safeda, Totapuri, Chausa and other evocative nomenclature. The fragrance of mango, hailed everywhere as the king of fruits, hangs in the air,…
Pune: Monsoon activity picked up marginally across the district on Friday, as heavy to very heavy rainfall was recorded in several ghat areas, including Shirgaon, Ambona, Davdi, Dongerwadi, Lonavla, Mulshi, Walwhan and Tamhini. Shirgaon recorded the highest rainfall at 160mm in the 24 hours ending at 8.30am on Friday, qualifying as very heavy rainfall. Ambona…
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner, en route to Mumbai from Addis Ababa, executed an emergency landing early Friday morning due to cabin depressurization. MUMBAI: A Mumbai-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa made an emergency landing in the city at 1.42am on Friday after the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft experienced a depressurisation problem. “On…
New Delhi: The Commission on Air Quality Management, in a joint conference on Friday, confirmed that end-of-life (EOL) vehicles would be denied fuel in Delhi from July 1. Not only that, such vehicles would be impounded on the spot and taken for scrapping. The press conference was also addressed by officials of Delhi govt’s transport…
Pune: Political leaders across party lines have expressed support for merger of Hinjewadi with Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, following a citizen-led campaign demanding better infrastructure facilities.The online petition campaign, titled ‘UNCLOG Hinjawadi IT Park’, was initiated by IT professionals and residents after severe waterlogging and traffic congestion in the area during the first spell of…
