New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Tuesday put on notice the owner of a pit bull which mauled a six-year-old boy last month, leaving him with “serious irreparable injuries”.It also directed Municipal Corporation of Delhi not to release the dog before putting “adequate safeguards” in place to ensure it does not attack anyone else.“The authorities…
Pune: Maha Metro is expected to start the tunnelling work for the 5.5km Swargate-Katraj underground corridor only after March, with officials saying they have already initiated essential technical studies, including a topographical survey, for the project. The Swargate-Katraj Metro line received its final approval last year, followed by its groundbreaking in Oct 2024. Despite this,…
Mumbai: More than 2.6 lakh passengers were directly affected at Mumbai airport last week as IndiGo’s operations went into sustained disruption, with 905 cancellations and 1,475 delays of over 30 minutes recorded between Dec 1 and 8, according to the ministry of civil aviation.“IndiGo now informs passengers about potential cancellations at least six hours before…
New Delhi: Barely weeks after its inauguration, the Atal Asha Home in Narela has been pushed into urgent work after the Delhi fire department flagged the need for an additional external staircase before issuing a final fire safety NOC. Public Works Department (PWD) has started work on its construction, setting a 30-day deadline for completion….
Pune: Peak wedding season is unravelling in unexpected ways, as IndiGo’s ongoing flight disruptions have left families postponing ceremonies, ending up with trimmed guest lists, or shifting destination weddings back to their hometowns. With numerous flights cancelled in and out of Pune since last week, planners said even meticulously arranged events abroad are collapsing overnight….
Mumbai: At Queen Mary School in Grant Road, a band of young girls marches across the grounds, drums and horns blaring as they rehearse for a grand celebration in the second week of Dec, The 150th anniversary of one of Mumbai’s oldest all-girls schools is approaching, and preparations are in full swing.The institution opened in…
New Delhi: In the upscale neighbourhood of Outram Lines in Mukherjee Nagar stands a four-storeyed house, its doors shuttered and curtains drawn, and a lone black Labrador keeping watch. A sign inviting good fortune — ‘Mangalam’ — hangs outside.It’s the family home of brothers Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, owners of the Goa nightclub where 25…
Pune: Businessman Murtaza Poonawala’s son, Mohammad (17), undertook a 36-hour bus ride from Jaipur to reach his Camp home as he was stranded in Rajasthan capital after exams amid the IndiGo fiasco.A bus seat cost Poonawala Rs7,500. The price of Mohammad’s cancelled flight ticket was Rs6,800.The first-year college was slated to take an IndiGo flight…
Mumbai: After sitting on the drawing board for more than a decade, the BMC on Tuesday finally issued a Rs 3,000 crore tender to construct the 69-metre Gargai dam in Palghar district, along with a 1.6km, 2.2-metre diameter tunnel that will carry water to the Modak Sagar reservoir. The tunnel will be bored through the…
New Delhi: Delhi govt will repair 7,400 unused flats meant for the economically weaker section in Bhalswa-Jahangirpuri and give them to nearby slum dwellers. It will provide parking space, a market area, a charging station for e-rickshaws, an Ayushman Arogya Mandir, a primary school, anganwadi facilities and dedicated zones for children and senior citizens on…
