Pune: NCP (SP) state president Shashikant Shinde on Friday said until a collaboration between Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS for civic polls is decided, an alliance formula of MVA partners going together cannot be finalised. He said his party would declare its stance on an alliance on Dec 21.Shinde was in Pune, where he held…
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) announced a major initiative to scientifically control the city’s stray dog population. This includes the construction of dedicated shelters, expanded sterilisation and vaccination drives, and the launch of citywide awareness campaigns. Municipal chief Saurabh Rao said the measures include setting up kennels through five authorised agencies. These will house…
New Delhi: The govt has told Parliament that there is “no conclusive data” establishing a “direct correlation” between higher air quality index (AQI) levels and lung diseases.In a written response to a Parliament question in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, the Union environment ministry, however, underlined that air pollution is “one of the triggering factors for…
Pune: A state-of-the-art laboratory set up by Food and Drug Administration in Moshi is expected to be operational by March 2026.The new laboratory will serve all five districts under the Pune division: Pune, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, and Kolhapur. Currently, the division faces significant logistical hurdles. With no local testing facility, samples had to be sent…
Mumbai: Water supply in some areas of G North, K East and H-East wards will be low pressure for 87 hours that is from 10 am on December 22 to 1 am on December 26. Besides, there will be changes in regular water supply timings as well, as BMC is carrying out cross-connection work after…
NEW DELHI: More than 100 flights were cancelled at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Saturday due to dense fog affecting visibility across North India. Officials reported that sixty six arriving flights and sixty three departures were cancelled. Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport issued a passenger advisory as fog continued to blanket the national…
Pune: Earlier this week, the local regional transport office (RTO) authorities claimed that cab aggregator companies like Uber, Rapido, and Ola have now restructured fares in their apps to comply with the regional transport authority (RTA)-approved charges for riders, which are Rs37 for the first 3km and Rs25 for each subsequent km.Alluding to multiple complaints…
Mumbai: Four persons have been arrested by Samta Nagar police for allegedly conning 190 people of Rs 67 lakh collectively with fake visas for jobs as handymen and drivers in Russia, South Korea and Turkey. The victims belong to different parts of the country, including Maharashtra, UP and Bihar.Police said the accused took away the…
NEW DELHI: A senior Air India Express pilot has been grounded after allegedly assaulting a passenger at Delhi airport’s Terminal 1 on Friday. The incident reportedly began when Captain Virender Sejwal told passenger Ankit Dewan, “This lane is for staff. Are you anpadh [illiterate]?”, triggering what initially was a verbal altercation that escalated into a…
Pune: Ten people collectively lost over Rs2 crore in separate online share-trading frauds after falling for high return baits.An Army man (33) from Kharadi lodged a complaint with the Pune cyber police, stating that he joined a group of investors on a mobile messenger app in Nov. He was later instructed to download an application…
