Mumbai: Over 1 lakh animal lovers from Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and other cities and towns across India simultaneously sent speed post letters to the Supreme Court in an urgent, coordinated appeal to save the stray dogs from “cruel and unscientific relocations” to shelters.The signed letters sent to the apex court on Saturday morning from GPOs…
New Delhi: Residents of B-1, Vasant Kunj, held a protest at Jantar Mantar on Sunday against the approval granted to a group housing project proposed on the Morphological Ridge.The project received clearance from the Supreme Court-appointed Centre Empowered Committee, along with NoCs from DDA, MCD, Airports Authority of India and Union Ministry of Environment, Forest…
Pune figured as the fourth-most congested city across the globe, and third-most congested in India, according to the TomTom Traffic Survey 2024. The Denmark-based agency had collated mobility data from over 500 countries to reach this conclusion.The indisputable situation is amply exemplified in the city’s busy Mundhwa-Manjari connecting stretch, used by thousands of commuters on…
Mumbai: Bombay high court refused to entertain a petition challenging Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission’s order that had dismissed a woman’s complaint that her son was sexually assaulted at a drug rehabilitation centre in Thane district.Justices Bharati Dangre and Shyam Chandak on Wednesday passed the direction on the mother’s petition filed in 2020 challenging SHRC’s…
New Delhi: Strong northwesterly winds gave Delhi a brief respite from very poor pollution levels, breaking a 24-day stretch of Air Quality Index (AQI) readings above 300. The city’s AQI stood at 279 in the poor category compared to 305 a day earlier. The cold winds also pushed temperatures down from 10.4 degrees Celsius on…
Pune: In a revamped approach for dealing with heavy vehicles, especially trucks, violating traffic norms, the Pune police have started registering culpable homicide cases against such truck drivers.“We have so far registered 40 FIRs against the truck drivers across the city since Nov 15,” Himmat Jadhav, deputy commissioner of police (traffic) told TOI. These cases,…
Mumbai: A 75-year-old resident of the western suburbs was duped of Rs 6 crore in a share market investment fraud after he was convinced by fraudsters to invest in the market for high returns. An FIR was registered under BNS and the IT Act. A woman added the victim to a VIP WhatsApp group, and…
New Delhi: Constructed in 2024, the leachate treatment plant at Tehkhand has failed to function effectively to date, and Municipal Corporation of Delhi will now need to invest more to run it. Leachate is the liquid generated from natural decomposition of waste. For the scientific processing of lechate at landfills, MCD developed the leachate treatment…
Pune: Residents of Narhe staged a protest march on Sunday seeking robust steps to curb accidents along the Navale Bridge stretch of the Pune–Bengaluru highway.Authorities, they said, respond with temporary fixes only after major accidents and leave commuters in the looming dangers.On Nov 13, eight people died and several others were injured after a truck…
Mumbai: In a first, the MSRTC has launched a dedicated helpline for thousands of students in Maharashtra – 1800221251. Officials said this helpline will provide assistance to school and college students if they face any difficulties during state bus travel while going to school or returning from school, or if buses do not arrive on…
