Pune: A man died and his friend suffered injuries after a 65-year-old Pimpri resident opened fire at them in front of a dhaba at Mundavare village in Maval taluka, on the old Pune-Mumbai highway, around 9.30pm on Tuesday.The Kamshet police identified the deceased as Rohit Madan Kurma (21), from Pimpri. His friend, Prashant Deepak Jadhav…
Mumbai is in the headlines for its worsening air. But “publicity for the wrong reasons can be a motivator,” says Douglas Worsnop, noting that bad press over Beijing’s smog before the 2008 Olympics pushed China to clean up its air. Worsnop—a leading atmospheric chemist who helped develop key instruments to study pollution particles—has also worked…
New Delhi: A 61-year-old man from Gurgaon, declared brain-dead after a road accident, has given a new lease of life to a 54-year-old Haryana woman battling end-stage heart failure. His heart was transported through a green corridor to Manipal Hospitals, Dwarka, where doctors performed a high-risk transplant. The recipient had been battling severe heart failure…
Pune: The Kothrud police on Tuesday booked Ajay Sarode, a member of the Nilesh Ghaywal gang, and a Kalyaninagar-based agent for allegedly using forged documents to obtain a firearm licence.DCP (Zone III) Sambhaji Kadam told TOI that the Pune city police issued the licence to Sarode last Jan, based on fabricated documents submitted during the…
Mumbai: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has asked Maharashtra forest department to investigate the cutting/transplantation of over 100 full-grown trees at Powai. The directive came after the felling was halted soon after residents and activists raised an alarm last week.Acting on an email from NatConnect Foundation, the ministry directed the…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government is preparing an extensive plan to deploy mist spray technology to combat air pollution in the capital, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Thursday. Gupta inspected mist sprayers installed at ITO, saying work is underway to install 305 mist sprayers at nine pollution hotspots in the city. Delhi Air Pollution…
Pune: The Dighi police have registered a case against a 57-year-old resident of Kate Vasti in Haveli Taluka for not taking care of his parents. The accused’s 82-year-old father lodged a complaint against him on Monday. He was charged under relevant sections of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act. Pune Headlines Today…
Mumbai: A 47-year-old man was arrested by the Borivli Police for the murder of his wife following a dispute at Gorai in Borivli on Wednesday. Omraj Sargotra , the accused, allegedly punched his wife, Prachi (48), and strangled her to death at their residence in Bhim Nagar. Police have slapped provisions of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita…
Swaraj Kaushal (Image/X@BansuriSwaraj) NEW DELHI: Swaraj Kaushal, former Mizoram governor and the husband of late union minister Sushma Swaraj passed away on Thursday at the age of 73.He was rushed to AIIMS after complaining of chest pain in the afternoon, where doctors declared him dead, a BJP leader said.Kaushal is survived by his daughter, New…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Wednesday arrested three youths and detained their minor accomplice, who assaulted a cashier of a ceramic showroom in Chinchwad and robbed Rs 3.80 lakh from him. The robbery occurred late on Tuesday night when the cashier, aged 34, was standing outside the showroom with the bag containing cash….
