New Delhi: With the rising mercury, ozone levels have also increased in the city. An analysis of hourly ozone concentrations for this summer showed that it was above 120 micrograms per cubic metre for 75 hours this season from March 1 to June 8. Delhi crossed this mark for 11 hours last season, stated the…
Pune: The Bund Garden police are investigating a complaint by a Mumbai-based logistical company employee stating that two men intercepted him and placed a firearm on his waist in front of Pune railway station around 9.20 am on Wednesday before forcing him to hand over eight parcels containing ornaments worth Rs69.70 lakh.Police said the victim,…
Mumbai: Mangala Bawskar catches eight buses a day on her commute to and from work. “I work in three houses,” says the 47-year-old domestic worker who lives in Seven Bungalows, Andheri. “At 6am I catch the number 249 or 251 to Four Bungalows. I then board the number 266 or 79 for Lokhandwala Circle, from…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi‘s survey of stray dogs has been pending for nearly a decade. Despite repeated efforts and announcements, the civic body has failed to finalise an agency to implement the task.The last dog census in Delhi was held nine years ago by the erstwhile south corporation. In 2016, a survey estimated…
Pune: The state govt on Thursday directed municipal corporations, including those in Mumbai, Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, to complete the delimitation process and publish the final wards by Sept 4. Civic officials said the local polls are likely to be held at the end of Oct or early Nov after Diwali which concludes on Oct…
Mumbai: A senior citizen has lodged a police complaint against his son, accusing the younger man of assaulting him at his Malad (east) home recently, resulting in a leg fracture. The complaint lodged by Surendra Thakur (60) states that Devendra (34) had assaulted him last year too, and was imprisoned — something that the younger…
New Delhi: To make weather forecasting accessible to workers in the informal sector, India Meteorological Department‘s daily weather forecasts and heatwave alerts are being shared through community WhatsApp groups. From Thursday, with the help of unions of informal workers, weather messages were displayed on posters and handwritten notices at labour chowks, waste segregation points and…
Pune: The Yerawada police on Wednesday registered a case against five juveniles, aged 14-17, residing at the Jawaharlal Nehru observation home for allegedly attempting to strangle a 17-year-old fellow inmate on Tuesday morning after he asked them to clean the toilet.Officer in charge of the observation home Santosh Kumbhar stated in his complaint that the…
Mumbai: A senior citizen residing in Andheri (west) sustained serious injury, including head trauma, in a hit-and-run at Lokhandwala Complex around 6.30 am on Wednesday. While the police said on Thursday that they had identified the black SUV, its driver was still to be arrested 24 hours after the crash took place.The elderly man, Naresh…
New Delhi: A 19-year-old youth was chased and fatally stabbed in northeast Delhi’s Seelampur area allegedly by a relative and his two sons, one of whom is a minor. The victim’s family alleged that the attack was linked to a suspected affair with the relative’s daughter.Police received a PCR call at 10.39 pm on Tuesday…
