Pune: The city and its surrounding areas experienced uneven rainfall distribution over the past 24 hours, with downpour in the Western Ghats and light showers in the central areas, IMD data released on Tuesday showed.Rainfall in Pune district varied significantly till 8.30am on Tuesday, with Kurvande receiving the highest quantum at 162mm, followed by Girivan…
Mumbai: Three people, including two children, were injured after a portion of a house collapsed adjacent to a nullah in Punjabi Chawl, Hanuman Nagar, Bhandup West, at around 7 am. The three injured were immediately taken to Agarwal Hospital in Mulund and are said to be stable.Subsequently, the BMC has shifted eight residents to a…
New Delhi: Just months after Delhi University’s Lakshmibai College found itself at the centre of a controversy over allegations that cow dung was smeared on classroom walls, the institution went a step further by organising a seminar on indigenous cows and sustainable development.The seminar, Indigenous Cows As A Catalyst: Accelerating Bio-Economy And Sustainable Development, brought…
Pune: Residents in many parts of Pimpri Chinchwad have intensified their protest to newly proposed roads in the draft of revised development plan (DP) with a call of bandh on June 30, claiming that the project would have a huge impact on many residential structures. The residents held a protest march on Sunday to press…
Mumbai: A 72-year-old pedestrian died last Saturday while under treatment at Sion Hospital a week after being knocked down by a biker. An FIR has been lodged against the biker, Shubam Nachare, for causing death due to negligence. Police said Shripati Ramchandra Kadam was crossing the road at a traffic signal in Ghatkopar on June…
New Delhi: Jai Prakash Narayan Library at Mandir Marg will finally be opened to the public by Sept-end. NDMC vice-chairman Kuljeet Chahal said that work at the site was in the last phase and furniture, IT systems and books would be put in place by Aug. Our target is to inaugurate the library by Sept,…
Pune: Residents of Hinjewadi IT Park have renewed their long-standing demand for the area’s merger with Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), citing repeated infrastructure failures and lack of coordination between governing bodies.The demand gains urgency amid waterlogging triggered by monsoon, again highlighting administrative inefficiencies in one of India’s major tech hubs.Currently, five authorities — Pune…
Mumbai: While the incidence of monsoon diseases is rising in the city, the BMC’s subsidised diagnostic testing programme will take a few more weeks to become operational again. “Our Aapli Chikitsa programme is on the verge of being finalised. We need a week or so to get it operational,” confirmed deputy municipal commissioner Sharad Ughade.The…
New Delhi: The security at the Saket court is being ramped up after an undertrial inmate was murdered inside a lockup on the complex premises by two other inmates on June 5. A circular issued by the office of the principal district and sessions judge (south) stated that the work for the installation of integrated…
Pune: Three wardens suffered injuries after a truck crashed into a police van and barricades, placed on the Pune-Mumbai highway in Nigdi to divert heavy vehicles for the Sant Tukaram Maharaj Palkhi procession, around 1.15am on Sunday. Warden Shivaji Shinde suffered injuries to his legs, Sahil Pawar’s shoulder was injured, and Mohan Awchar suffered injuries…
