Pune: PMC’s water supply department has announced water cuts on Thursday in parts of Ambegaon, Bharati Vidyapeeth, Nigiri Chowk, Dhankawadi and Vidyanagari to assist in maintenance and repairs of water supply lines. The supply will resume on Friday afternoon at low pressure. Water supply to other parts of the city will continue without any disruption,…
MUMBAI: Transport associations have announced that despite the state’s decision to disable the photo-uploading feature in the MahaTrafficApp following complaints of misuse, formal implementation is still pending. They have declared an indefinite strike starting from midnight on July 1, with tourist bus operators joining in—likely impacting goods transportation and inter-city bus services in and out…
New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council has approved a proposal for buying five more CNG mechanical road sweepers (MRS) to undertake night sweeping in all markets and public places in Lutyens’ Delhi by next May. It also plans to acquire a separate set of small machines and equipment for cleaning narrow lanes and common areas…
PUNE: Chaukool, a remote village in Sawantwadi taluka of Sindhudurg district with some 30 houses, has barely any cellphone network. But its Marathi-medium zilla parishad school where teacher Javed Tamboli is redefining what’s possible to retain students is a shining example. Tamboli has come up with something unique to draw more students to the school….
NEW DELHI: When Zohran Mamdani announced his mayoral bid last October, few New Yorkers outside political circles had heard his name. Now, the 33-year-old state lawmaker is emerging as a potential frontrunner to lead America’s largest city—and could soon become its youngest mayor in generations and the first Muslim and Indian American to hold the…
New Delhi: “It was the darkest time we witnessed. The atmosphere in my small area of Gokulpur changed completely due to arbitrary arrests, as every day someone would be taken by police,” recounted Ramchandra Yadav, now 75, who was 20 years old when the Emergency was imposed by the then PM Indira Gandhi on June…
Pune: A retired govt school teacher (63) from Bhor lost Rs 22,500 in an online insurance fraud on June 20.The woman lodged an online complaint against an unknown cyber crook. An officer from the Pune Rural police said according to the complainant, she received a call from an unknown number on June 20. “The caller…
MUMBAI: A 36-year-old woman was cheated of Rs 93000 while trying to book flight tickets online for her husband and six of his friends. Malad Police have registered an FIR and are probing further.The complainant works at a restobar in Malad while her husband works in Dubai. She regularly books flight tickets for him whenever…
New Delhi: With the central empowered committee (CEC) having conducted an inspection recently, Public Works Department minister Parvesh Verma on Wednesday said the remaining civil work of phase III of the Barapullah elevated road project may start soon and the corridor might be opened by Dec.In making for 10 years now, the project was initially…
Pune: The Malegaon Cooperative Sugar Mill election became a battle for prestige when deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar decided to contest.The result of the election that was finally out on Wednesday night ensured an almost clean sweep —his panel won 20 of the 21 seats.On the other hand, the outcome came as a jolt to…
