Thane: The Thane Crime Branch Unit-1 arrested four persons for illegal liquor smuggling and rebranding low-quality alcohol from Goa for sale across Maharashtra.The operation, conducted on Tuesday, uncovered a sophisticated racket where smugglers were removing original labels from cheap liquor bottles and replacing them with counterfeit labels resembling popular brands to deceive consumers, said DCP…
New Delhi: Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa shared a standard operating procedure allowing individuals, RWAs, and land-owning agencies to prune or fell trees in “emergency situations” under Section 8 of the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994 (DPTA).Sirsa clarified that while Section 8 of the DPTA generally prohibits the felling, removal, or disposal of…
Pune: Thundershowers accompanied by strong gusty winds swept across several parts of Pune city on Friday evening, bringing respite from heat.It started to rain around afternoon and the intensity varied in different localities, with some areas experiencing only light showers.India Meteorological Department (IMD) data said Pashan recorded the highest rainfall at 19.8mm, followed by Narayangoan…
Thane: The Konkan divisional agriculture department has urged residents from Thane, Mumbai, and Navi Mumbai to verify the credentials of pest control agencies before hiring them. They warned that unlicensed operators offering services at cheap rates could pose serious health risks and potentially cause irreparable damage to properties.The issue of illegal operators working in the…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has ordered status quo on a proposed demolition by DDA of a property in Batla House after a woman challenged the decision, arguing that she had lived there for 25 years.The woman, Ishrat Jahan, was served a demolition notice by DDA, which claimed illegal construction on the premises and gave…
Pune: The Mahalunge MIDC police in Pimpri Chinchwad have registered a case against a private contractor for alleged negligence that led to the death of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in 2022. She fell into a pit filled with water at an under-construction site in Nighoje village of Khed taluka around 3.30 pm on July 17, 2022….
MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Friday quashed and set aside a resolution passed by the gram panchayat of a village that cancelled permission and stopped the work of installation of a mobile tower on the ground that radiation from it would cause health hazards to villagers.“In the modern age, the inescapable reality is that mobile…
A Taekwondo team from Korea performed a special emonstration at the exhibition A new exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre takes visitors through the history of Taekwondo – from its beginnings in the 1940s to its growth as a global sport. The exhibition, titled Taekwondo, Facing the World , was inaugurated recently in the presence…
Pune: Parents across Pune are breathing easier this school season after a noticeable drop in the prices of notebooks and school stationery. The academic year will begin in 10 days for most govt and private schools and the markets are bustling. The price reduction is largely due to a steep fall—around 40 to 50%—in the…
Navi Mumbai: Sanpada police have arrested eight people from Bengaluru in a case of dacoity in which an angadia was abducted and robbed of Rs 32 lakh, when he had gone to deposit cash at an ATM in Juinagar on May 31. According to inspector Devidas Kathale, the victim, Mohammad Ramees Idavlath, was at a…
