New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has found that nearly half of the dyeing and washing units inspected across four major industrial clusters were operating in violation of environmental laws, discharging untreated effluents and illegally extracting groundwater. The units were inspected last year by a committee that was headed by DPCC. While disposing of a…
Pune: Cabbies in the city are not cool with some passengers’ request to switch on the air-conditioner in this cold weather!Sinhagad Road’s Tapan Belapurkar, who booked a Rapido cab ride from Narhe earlier this week, was shocked when the driver sought extra money just to switch on the AC. “The fare came to Rs 145,…
Mumbai: After completing two admission cycles, several city colleges that shifted to the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) norms to run the popular BMS programme, now want to move away from the central regulation. Many plan to split their BMS divisions, one continuing under AICTE and the other shifting to the university control with…
New Delhi: An FIR was registered on Thursday against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) functionaries Saurabh Bharadwaj, Sanjeev Jha and Adil Ahmad Khan for allegedly outraging the religious feelings of Christians. The FIR was filed on the complaint of a lawyer after the party posted a video on its official social media accounts on Dec 17…
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…
How the above nouns metamorphose into verbs in this pleasantly cruel season, is a terribly, true tale.While the cold air bringing in the respiratory change is a given, this year, the admixture of viruses (metapneumovirus, RSV, Rhino, influenza, etc) with the different particulate matter floating around (construction personified) is playing havoc with the airways of…
New Delhi: At a busy intersection, a seven-year-old boy darts between cars with a plastic bottle in hand. Nearby, a little girl sits outside a closed shop, rocking an empty bottle like a toy. No adult is around. People glance, hesitate, and walk away, unsure whom to call or whether help would come. Scenes like…
Pune: The Pune Rural police on Tuesday arrested a 34-year-old resident of Sangvi on charge of impersonating as a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official. The accused reportedly targeted a 29-year-old pharmacist in Rajgurunagar, demanding a payment of Rs20,000. The pharmacy owner became suspicious and alerted other pharmacy owners. Pune Headlines Today — Key Stories…
Mumbai: The long-awaited widening of Mumbai-Goa national highway, crucial for easing traffic between the state capital and Konkan, continues to face delays due to ongoing works at four flyovers and two bypass roads.Work on widening the two-lane national highway to four lanes began in 2013. The Panvel-Kasu-Indapur 84km stretch, being executed by the National Highways…
New Delhi: In a major crackdown on illegal immigration, the Delhi Police deported a record 2,200 Bangladeshi nationals in 2025, marking the highest figure in recent years. This surge in enforcement follows strict directives from the ministry of home affairs to identify and repatriate foreign nationals residing in the country without valid authorisation.The scale of…
