Pune: Maharashtra is seeing a significant decline in daily Covid infections and active cases, with health experts suggesting that the recent surge appears to be waning.The health department’s data revealed an encouraging trend—new cases have fallen consistently over the past week. Maharashtra, which was recording an average of 80-100 new cases daily until recently, has…
New Delhi: The capital’s much-awaited celebration of the king of fruits—the 34th Mango Festival—was inaugurated by chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday at Thyagaraj Stadium. Organised by Delhi tourism, the event brought together mango growers, food lovers, and cultural enthusiasts under one roof.The inaugural ceremony was attended by tourism minister Kapil Mishra, chief secretary Dharmendra,…
Pune: Residents of Ghorpadi are exasperated with the apathetic attitude of the Pune Cantonment Board and the Pune Municipal Corporation towards repairing sewage and stormwater lines damaged during the construction of pillars for the ongoing railway overbridge work. The issue has been ignored for the last seven months, they said and added that rainwater and…
MUMBAI: NCP President and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has said he will seek an explanation from Ahmednagar MLA Sangram Jagtap regarding his alleged hate speech and communal remarks against a community. Pawar made the statement after the party’s state Vice-President, Salim Sarang, lodged a complaint about Jagtap’s alleged remarks targeting a particular community.“After videos…
New Delhi: The irrigation and flood control department (I&FC) has informed National Green Tribunal that it has submitted a fresh proposal to Delhi govt, requesting to revert to the Najafgarh Drain’s old name, Sahibi river, to raise awareness and remove the stigma associated with the word “nala”, which is often linked to dirty water.The department…
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…
