Pune: Koregaon Park-based couple Sanjana and Rohit Dholke, both HR professionals, have cancelled their plan to ring in the New Year at their favourite beach in Goa this year. Instead, the couple will simply head to a friend’s home in Lonavla. “We have made it a point to be at Benaulim Beach in South Goa…
Mumbai: Central Railway will run four special suburban services on New Year’s Eve (Dec 31 midnight) for the benefit of passengers.On the main line, a train will depart Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminusat 1.30 am and arrive at Kalyan at 3 am. In reverse direction, train from Kalyan will depart 1.30 am and arrive CSMT 3…
NEW DELHI: Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Friday warned of worsening air quality in the national capital, citing the likely impact of an approaching Western Disturbance and the high possibility of dense fog. He urged residents to remain cautious, noting that even though GRAP-4 measures have been lifted, collective efforts are needed to…
Pune: Govt’s initiative to promote e-buses is expected to face a setback as the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) hopes to expand its fleet with an additional 8,000 diesel buses next year.Senior officials said the state transport body has received only 600 of 5,150 e-buses so far, and they do not know when these…
Pune: Amid reports of a possible tie-up between the NCP and NCP (SP) for the upcoming civic elections, the latter party’s working president and Member of Parliament (MP) Supriya Sule on Thursday said “sharp political differences in the past have not prevented alliances”. Speaking to reporters in Pune, Sule cited the 1999 split in Congress…
Delhi air slips back to ‘very poor’ NEW DELHI: After a brief breather earlier this week, Delhi’s air quality deteriorated again on Friday, slipping into the ‘very poor’ category, with transport emissions and pollution drifting in from neighbouring NCR districts continuing to weigh on the capital’s air. The city’s average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood…
Pune: Your mango milkshake, summer salad, mustard tadka and biryani masala all have one thing in common—their fate rests on the wings of bees. Across farms, bee populations are vanishing and silently taking with them the future of pollination for onions, mangoes, apples, mustard and melons.The decline in bee population, driven by pesticides, monoculture, habitat…
Thane: Residents of Thane’s Pokhran 2 claimed to have spotted a leopard roaming inside a shut factory premises near Bethany hospital, on Thursday afternoon, following which the Thane forest department has stepped up their vigil in the area.Pravin Mane, senior inspector at Vartak Nagar police station said that they were alerted after a resident claimed…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Thursday opened Sadbhavana Park along Mahatma Gandhi Road to the public. It has been named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.The park was inaugurated by lieutenant governor VK Saxena in June but was not opened to people as some work, including the walking track and lawn areas,…
Pune: The appeal of living in a quaint, calm and tree-dotted Pune, as the city once was, is rapidly becoming a distant dream for many.As lines blur between residential and commercial zones, quiet streets have begun to buzz with patrons of eateries and other establishments extending revelry onto the streets. Blaring music and loudspeaker vibrations…
