Navi Mumbai: The Supreme Court-appointed high‐powered committee (HPC) has advised against relocating the conflict‐linked male elephant, Omkar, from Konkan region and directed that he remain in the Sahyadri range pending a detailed scientific review.The Kolhapur bench of Bombay HC had earlier permitted a temporary move to the Vantara Elephant Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre in Gujarat,…
Gurgaon: In the heart of Gurgaon stands a space that quietly challenges our perceptions of ability, independence and everyday existence. Delhi-NCR’s first-ever accessibility museum is a powerful reality check where assistive devices, tactile tools and adaptive technologies speak louder than any slogan on inclusion ever could.Nestled on an institutional campus dedicated to supporting persons with…
Pune: The Ravet police on Monday arrested three men from a flat in a housing society at Punawale on the charge of accepting bets through a banned online betting app.Assistant inspector Sandip Deshmukh of the Ravet police said the suspects hail from three states and were staying in a housing complex in Punawale on rent…
Supreme Court (File Photo) MUMBAI: The Supreme Court while granting bail to a man who had been in the jail for more than four years in a 2021 murder case of Thane, came down heavily on the Maharashtra prison authorities for not producing the accused during the trial and directed to conduct a inquiry and…
New Delhi: What began as a routine evening round for traffic inspector Gopal Baisla and head constable Lal Singh quickly turned into a race against time to save lives on Monday evening. During their rounds on the newly inaugurated Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, the cops were informed about a serious accident, in which two men were injured….
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has started scrutinising more than 12,700 objections it has received against the ward-wise voters’ lists published last month. Most of the objections pertain to names being figured in rolls for other wards, officials said.The civic body’s election department has now appointed dedicated teams at 14 ward offices to conduct…
MUMBAI: Nearly a month after a 43-year-old man lost his life after losing control of his motorcycle on a flyover at Malad West, the Bangur Nagar Police have registered an FIR against him. With his death, the case will be closed subsequently.The deceased, Khetaram Chaudhary, lived at Malad East with his wife and two teenage…
NEW DELHI: Two Delhi University colleges—Ramjas College in North Delhi and Deshbandhu College in South Delhi—received bomb threat emails on Wednesday, prompting the cancellation of examinations.The email was sent to the official email IDs of both college principals at around 1.59am on Wednesday. The subject line read: “Pakistan-Tamil Nadu Milibhagat: Placed in Deshbandhu and Ramjas…
Pune: Occupants of Clover Centre on Moledina Road and the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) are at loggerheads since two weeks over non-collection of trash which is lying in huge heaps at the complex’s rear end near JJ Garden and the lanes leading to it, sparking concerns among traders, visitors and residents.The affected people have alleged…
MUMBAI: Mumbai’s ongoing concretisation drive may unintentionally worsen the city’s environmental stress, said dean of Kotak School of Sustainability at IIT-Kanpur and one of the leading climate scientists of the country, Professor Sachchida Nand Tripathi, who was in the city to attend a workshop.While poor-quality roads are a major contributor to road dust pollution —…
