New Delhi: Expressing concern over the capital’s worsening air quality, Delhi High Court on Wednesday observed that “each of us owns responsibility,” noting that improving the city’s toxic air cannot be left to the govt alone. A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela remarked orally that individual responsibility is as…
Pune: The much-anticipated Pune-Nashik semi high-speed railway project has been realigned to bypass the GMRT observatory in Narayangaon, Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw confirmed to the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Responding to a question by Shirur MP Amol Kolhe, Vaishnaw said the route will now run from Pune to Ahilyanagar and Shirdi before reaching Nashik….
Mumbai: A day after Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told Parliament that he had not received a memorandum from the state govt seeking central funding for extensive crop damage caused by the excessive rain, he amended his statement on Wednesday, saying he received the memorandum on Nov 27.However, this episode left the Mahayuti govt…
New Delhi: Delhi’s Raj Niwas, the official residence and office of lieutenant governor VK Saxena, has been renamed ‘Lok Niwas’. According to a notification issued by LG secretariat, following directions by the ministry of home affairs and the Delhi LG, Raj Niwas has been renamed as Lok Niwas. The name on its official X handle,…
Pune: Lt Col C Dwarakesh’s journey is a testament to an extraordinary will that refuses to yield to adversity. After losing his eyesight in a work-related accident in 2014, most would have expected his military career to end. Instead, he scripted history and became the first officer in the Indian Armed Forces to continue in…
Mumbai: A review of duplicate voter records has revealed anomalies, with 28,648 names appearing once and more than 3 lakh names appearing twice. The analysis further shows that 60,012 names appear three times, 22,505 names four times, 10,713 names five times, 5,962 names six times, 3,428 names seven times, 2,061 names eight times, 1,484 names…
New Delhi: “It is a good piece of essay, not a petition raising legal points,” Delhi High Court told a petitioner on Wednesday, refusing to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the formation of a court-monitored committee to supervise the trial proceedings in the recent Red Fort blast case.“You must differentiate between a writ…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) on Wednesday conducted an extensive search operation in a private international school in Hinjewadi after its authorities reported an email threat claiming that a bomb had been planted on the premises. The threat turned out to be a hoax after the search revealed…
Mumbai: The property cell of the city crime branch has arrested a Borivli businessman, who, along with others, allegedly forged documents and attempted to usurp a 2.5-acre land in Kandivli surrendered to BMC in exchange for additional floor space index. The suspect, Rinkesh Shah, was produced in court and remanded in police custody till Friday.The…
New Delhi: Delhi govt is set to revive the Dwarka circular service to boost last-mile connectivity in one of the fastest-growing sub-cities in the capital. The service will return with DTC electric buses and a redesigned alignment aimed at improving intra-Dwarka mobility, said transport minister Pankaj Singh. He said the revamped route will now connect…
