New Delhi: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized nearly 1.3 lakh kilograms of illicit drugs worth around Rs 2,000 crore last year. The crackdown spanning Delhi, Mumbai and other parts of the country also led to the arrest of 994 drug traffickers, including 25 foreign nationals, and resulted in a rise in convictions, according to the…
Pune: The number of garbage fires in the city rose by more than 20% in 2025 as compared to the previous year, with an equally worrying spike in grass fires, data shared by the Pune fire brigade showed on Wednesday.According to the figures, 735 garbage fires were reported in 2025, up from 636 in 2024….
MUMBAI: A 58-year-old pedestrian was killed after being struck by a part of a private bus at Dahisar East on Tuesday. Dahisar police have registered an FIR for negligence. The victim, Bhimrao More, 58, lived with his sons and their families in Ashokvan, Dahisar. According to his family, an acquaintance informed them around 6 pm…
Six more arrested in Turkman Gate stone-pelting during demolition drive, total held rises to 11 NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested six more people on Thursday in connection with the stone-pelting and clashes that erupted during a late-night MCD demolition drive near Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque in the Turkman Gate area, taking the total number of arrests…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar-led NCP on Wednesday targeted BJP over the lack of basic infrastructure in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad and highlighted five issues — pathetic roads and traffic congestion, water shortage, inefficient healthcare, poor garbage management, and deterioration of environment — as part of its campaign for the Jan 15 polls to…
Rising illegal immigration poses serious social risks in India MUMBAI: Concerns over India’s security and development are intensifying due to the growing influx of illegal immigrants from neighbouring countries, population experts have warned. They cautioned that unchecked illegal migration is creating severe social, economic, and security challenges across the country.These concerns were expressed during a…
Pollution Is Deadlier Than You Think NEW DELHI: A pilot health surveillance conducted in 2021 has found a clear short-term rise in cardiovascular emergencies in Delhi following increase in air pollution. It has shown that the admission of patients increased 1.8%, 1.2% and 2% every time AQI, PM10 and PM2.5 spiked by 10 units in…
Pune: The Vishrantwadi police on Wednesday afternoon exhumed the body of 17-year-old Amansingh Gachand, a resident of Vishrantwadi, from a forested hilly area near Gogalwadi off the Khed-Shivapur–Saswad road.Inspector Sampatrao Raut of Vishrantwadi police said the process to exhume the body was carried out in the presence of the local tehsildar and witnesses. “The arrested…
MUMBAI: Dr Madhav Gadgil, one of India’s most distinguished ecologists and a tireless advocate of environmental conservation with a deeply grounded, Indian scientific outlook, passed away recently, leaving behind a towering legacy in ecological science and public policy. Widely regarded as a “people’s scientist”, Dr Gadgil combined rigorous scholarship with field-level engagement, personally travelling, observing…
NEW DELHI: Three men were arrested for allegedly luring passengers onto a private bus with the promise of cheap fares before assaulting and robbing them on the Delhi–Meerut Expressway. The accused targeted unsuspecting commuters near Anand Vihar Railway Station and the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), posed as private bus operators, and later abandoned the victims…
