Mumbai: Developers are generally known to call the shots and always have the upper hand, but now housing societies across the city, planning to redevelop their buildings, are turning the tables on them. With builders queuing to grab redevelopment rights, these housing societies are upping the ante, squeezing maximum benefits for their properties, sometimes leading…
NEW DELHI: The FIR filed in connection with the alleged suicide of an industrialist’s daughter-in-law in Vasant Vihar, southwest Delhi, states that she had been “isolated from social events and subjected to prolonged mental and physical abuse.”Her mother has sought a CBI probe into the circumstances of her death.According to the FIR, the woman had…
Pune: Residents near the Rajnigandha Society in Aundh remain on alert despite almost a week having passed since a leopard was spotted in their neighbourhood on Nov 23. Although the fear has eased somewhat, societies have still issued strict advisories, heightened CCTV monitoring and alerted pet owners to avoid early morning and late night rounds….
Chest: 49 inches. Biceps: 14.5 inches. The measurements somehow didn’t fit the brief. Tailor Pintya set down the tape and once again sized up the soon-to-be postman for whom he was stitching a khaki uniform. When he had last measured Ashutosh Saha, he was a scrawny neighbourhood teen given to sprinting in the bylanes of…
New Delhi: The city witnessed a remarkable, if brief, improvement in air quality on Saturday, with the air quality index dropping to the poor level by 5pm for the first time in days. By 8pm, AQI was 290 and it was 287 an hour later — the cleanest air Delhiites breathed in weeks.Better wind speeds…
Pune: Blood banks in the city are grappling with their steepest shortage in nearly two years as collections fail to keep pace with rising demand, forcing at least one hospital to postpone surgeries, representatives told TOI on Saturday.Major blood banks said donations in Oct and Nov fell sharply below normal levels. Typically, the crunch eases…
Mumbai: Researchers from Tata Memorial Centre’s Kharghar centre have identified genetic factors that, for the first time, explain why some tobacco chewers in India develop oral cancer a decade earlier than others.“We come across people who use tobacco, a common cause for oral cancer, for decades and don’t get cancer while there are other users…
New Delhi: Imagine a home that knows when you step out, senses a cool breeze outside and instantly adjusts your appliances to save power and cut costs, all on its own. IIT Delhi is working to make this a reality.The institute is developing an AI-based smart energy management system that uses data from weather conditions,…
Pune: In western Maharashtra’s thick sugar cane belt, the Junnar forest division is set to launch a leopard-management trial to sterilise free-ranging leopards — a first for India — to curb growth in their population by stopping reproduction at its source rather than moving or capping the animals.The move follows years of rising leopard activity…
Thane: The city had recorded a hazardous Air Quality Index (AQI) of 217 on Thursday, marking the third-highest reading this year after nearly 10 months, govt records revealed. The spike follows earlier peaks of 221 at Kasarwadavli and 219 at Upvan in Jan. AQI readings above 200 are classified as “poor” and pose serious health…
