Pune: Melissa Fernandes’ favourite time of the year is the weeks leading up to Christmas. She loves to sing, and feels that being part of the Christmas choir group at St Xavier’s church is a way to thank God for the blessings in her life.Behind the grandeur of the midnight mass hosted by churches across…
Mumbai: A motorman of Western Railway (WR) died after being knocked down by a long distance train at Virar station, officials said on Sunday.Motorman Dilip Kumar Sahu was performing shunting duty at Virar yard on Saturday evening when the incident occurred, an official said. “He was involved in pulling a suburban rake to platform number…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has placed the expansion of Delhi Metro at the centre of its strategy to curb air pollution, announcing a major increase in funding and clearing of long-pending liabilities to ensure faster execution of projects.The cabinet has given financial approval for three major Phase-IV MRTS corridors — Lajpat Nagar to Saket, Inderlok…
Pune: In a repeat of its performance in the assembly election a little over a year ago, the BJP-led Mahayuti registered a massive victory by winning the presidents’ posts in 207 of the 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats that went to the polls in two rounds of the first phase on Dec 2 and…
Pune: Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Sunday proved his dominance over Baramati, the Pawar family’s traditional stronghold, as well as Pune district as the municipal council elections delivered a clear win for his faction of NCP in the first civic contest since the party’s split.NCP won 35 of the 41 seats in Baramati, the same…
New Delhi: The wind came to the rescue of Delhiites. It picked up towards late night on Saturday and continued blowing throughout Sunday, resulting in the blanket of fog thinning and the air quality improving a bit. The air quality index (AQI), which entered the severe category on Saturday evening — it had been recorded…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday proved his hold over Baramati, the Pawar family’s traditional stronghold, as the municipal council elections delivered a clear win for his faction of NCP in the first civic contest after the party split. The Ajit Pawar-led NCP won 35 of the 41 seats, the same as the…
Mumbai: Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab on Sunday said seat sharing talks with MNS are over and a formal alliance with it for the BMC polls could be announced anytime by party president Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray. He expressed confidence that Mumbaikars will stand with the Thackeray brothers. MNS functionary Nitin Sardesai,…
New Delhi: More pollutants are deposited in lungs of men than women in Delhi, according to a study conducted over five years. For PM2.5, ‘respiratory deposition doses’ (RDD) among men are about 1.4 times higher than in women while sitting, and around 1.2 times higher while walking. A similar trend was observed for PM10, with…
Pune: At least 16 people, including two newly elected members from Jejuri Municipal Council, suffered minor burns after a fire broke out at the foothills of the Jejuri Gadh Tirthkshetra.“All of them sustained minor burns. They were discharged from the hospital after preliminary treatment,” Rajendrasingh Gaud, deputy superintendent of police of Bhor division, Pune Rural…
