Pune: The city is likely to experience hazy conditions in the morning hours for at least the next two days, stated a Met department forecast.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) Pune will see mainly clear skies accompanied by hazy conditions during early hours, driven by low night temperatures and moisture incursion due to southeasterly winds.On…
MUMBAI: The long-delayed poll for the BMC, the richest civic body in the country, will be held on Jan 15 along with elections to 28 other municipal corporations in the state. The State Election Commission (SEC) announced the date on Monday. The result will be declared on Jan16.The model code of Conduct has come into…
NEW DELHI: Delhi-NCR woke up to dense layers of toxic smog on Tuesday, with air quality ranging from poor to severe across the region, raising serious health concerns for residents.Several areas, including Anand Vihar, AIIMS, Ghazipur and India Gate, were covered in dense layers of toxic smog. The Air Quality Index (AQI) at Anand Vihar…
Pune: At least five flights in total, both arrivals and departures, were cancelled, while several others were delayed in the city due to dense fog in Delhi and other parts of North India on Monday. The delays and their consequential effects continued until the afternoon, frustrating hundreds of flyers. Yogesh Rao, who was travelling from…
Mumbai: A sessions court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Sheetal Garje Andhale and Ajay Garje, siblings of Anant Garje, personal assistant of state environment minister Pankaja Munde. Anant was recently arrested on the charge of abetment to suicide after his wife, Gauri (28), a dental surgeon at KEM Hospital, allegedly hanged herself at their…
NEW DELHI: With severe levels of pollution routinely choking Delhi-NCR during winters, Supreme Court on Monday said a major reason for the ineffectiveness of a slew of orders and protocols to fight noxious air is the reluctance of the rich and affluent to change their lifestyles. The remark was made by a bench of CJI…
Pune: The Ravet police are investigating email threats sent to a construction company official (54), his software engineer son based in the US, and his daughter working with a private company in Pune, demanding US dollars in the range of $10,000 to $30,000 from them.“The email threat also aired resentment over native US citizens losing…
Mumbai: A woman, on behalf of her seven-year-old autistic twins, has moved the Bombay high court challenging the refusal by an Andheri West school to admit them under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act.Rita Joshi, an advocate practising in the HC, has challenged the school’s “unlawful and discriminatory” refusal to…
NEW DELHI: After a sleepless night, the morning air is thick with anticipation — and the usual cocktail of toxins. But today, the lungs take a back seat. This is a day for the heart. And the heart wants only one thing: Messi.By afternoon, the sun pushes through the haze, but Delhi’s air quality —…
Pune: The state prosecution told a magisterial court in Paud that the Bavdhan police needed time to interrogate suspended sub registrar Ravindra B Taru (58) regarding the receipt of total Rs 48,000 in his bank account around the time when the sale deed relating to the Mundhwa govt land parcel was registered by him.Police investigations…
