NEW DELHI: Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced on Saturday that two key restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP-4) will now be permanent, in a bid to tackle the city’s persistent severe air pollution. Speaking to the media, Sirsa said vehicles will not be provided petrol without a valid Pollution Under Control…
Pune: The subtle hues of earth on this plateau, nestled in Western Ghats at an elevation of 4,694 feet from sea level, tell two tales — one is of science and the other is of faith.The plateau is famous for a Shiva temple and legend has it that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha…
Mumbai: Former Corporator Changez Multani from Jogeshwari (West) joined the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Friday. With Multani joining, Sena (UBT) is looking to give tickets to Muslim candidates after Congress decided to fight the BMC polls alone. Multani was eyeing a Congress ticket but joined Sena (UBT) after speculation that his ticket would be cut…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Delhi Wetland Authority (DWA) to compile and circulate a comprehensive report format to all land-owning agencies for details of every waterbody under their control. The green watchdog is concerned about the fast disappearance of wetlands and waterbodies in the capital.The tribunal bench, headed by chairperson Justice Prakash…
Pune: All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) general secretary CH Venkatachalam on Saturday said action should be taken against customers using abusive language or manhandling employees.“I demand an equivalent provision in the coming bipartite (agreement between banks and unions) that a customer abusing employees should be disciplined or the act should be considered as misconduct….
Mumbai: The filing of nomination papers for the BMC 2026 elections continued at a measured pace on Saturday, with 35 nominations filed across the city even as 1,294 nomination forms were distributed from 23 Returning Officer (RO) offices. With this, the total number of nominations filed so far stands at 44, while over 10,343 forms…
NEW DELHI: “Cybercrime has no geographical boundaries, it thrives on online anonymity where a scammer can claim to be operating locally from Patparganj while actually being based abroad,” said special commissioner of police Devesh Chandra Srivastava during his address at the TOI Townhall on ‘Don’t Get Scammed’.This striking reality served as a wake-up call as…
Pune: A 22-year-old student and a 45-year-old scientist drowned in a pond on the premises of the National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management in Malegaon, near Baramati, on Friday.The Malegaon police have identified the deceased student as Shreyas Hariprasad K Subramani of Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, and the scientist as Gopal Krishnan B, originally from Malegaon.Police…
Mumbai: In an announcement on Saturday evening, Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) officials said there will be 584 and 165 additional services respectively on the suburban network in the next four to five years once all the infrastructure upgrade projects are completed in phases. In the WR, there will be 65 more long-distance…
New Delhi: When cyber law expert Pavan Duggal asked the audience at a TOI Townhall on Saturday that who had lost money online, one hand went up after the other. The advocate assured them that they were not alone. He shared real cases, including that of a 72-year-old man, a director of a company, who…
