Pune: The 3rd edition of the Wildlife Festival for Kids will be held in Pune on Saturday, January 10, with a clear focus on introducing young audiences to wildlife conservation through stories, films, and lived experiences from the field. The festival will take place from 4 pm to 9 pm at Bougainvillea Farms on DP…
For 13 years, Varun Jashnani searched for a person he knew nothing about, save their name, ‘N Bhowmick’, engraved on the steel caseback of a pre-1930s Favre Leuba Sea-Chief. Once owned by the unknown ‘N’, the watch travelled through the backchannels of the pre-owned vintage watch market, from Thrissur to a small Byculla watch shop,…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will begin a survey of parks and public spaces near Jama Masjid within a week to identify encroachments, a senior civic official said on Friday. “The high court has directed us to conduct the survey, and we will strictly comply with the order. The exercise will begin within…
Pune: Cybercrooks duped a software engineer (27) from Thergaon of Rs 29 lakh on the promise of helping him secure a job at a prominent software company in Hinjewadi.The crooks took money between May and Oct last year, citing different reasons and did not secure him a job. The victim filed an online application with…
Mumbai: In a ruling aimed at providing “just compensation” for life-altering injuries, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) ordered the owner of a school bus and Reliance General Insurance to pay a total payout of Rs 2.12 crore (this amount includes interest) to a 44-year-old teacher left bedridden after a 2022 road accident. The victim,…
NEW DELHI: A video purportedly showing Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) councillor from Kondli, Munesh Dedha, scolding a couple for sitting in a park in east Delhi in the evening has surfaced on social media, triggering sharp reactions.In one part of the video, which she posted on social media, the BJP councillor accosted a young…
Pune: Residents of Gita Society on Synagogue Street in Camp have raised serious concerns over lift safety after a contractor engaged to install an elevator in F wing was found using a forged lift licence, which is necessary before work starts.The issue came to light after some residents grew suspicious and got the documents verified…
Tata Mumbai Marathon route to embrace Coastal Road MUMBAI: Runners gearing up to compete in the upcoming Tata Mumbai Marathon take note: The 21st edition of the World Athletics Gold Label Race is all set to include the Coastal Road for the first time, TOI can reveal.Inaugurated in March 2024, the eight-lane expressway has considerably…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change to clarify whether two key bodies—the apex committee on environmental health and the working group on environmental health—are still operational, and to place on record the minutes of their meetings. The direction came during a hearing on Jan…
Pune: More than 200 flyers on two Akasa Air planes bound for Goa and Ahmedabad faced testing times and hassles after their flights were delayed inordinately and allegedly without any prior warning.The Goa-bound flight was to take off at 6pm on Thursday and land in Goa at 7.10pm. It took off at 12.50am on Friday…
