New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea to ban practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision prevailing in Muslims, specially Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community and issued notice to Centre and ministry of law and justice seeking their response.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan issued notice…
New Delhi: The revenue department of Delhi govt has proposed a major overhaul of the capital’s administrative map, recommending the creation of nine new revenue districts. Overall, the existing 11 districts are set to be reorganised into 13.According to a draft restructuring plan, several current districts, including North, North East, East, North West, South East…
Pune: A sense of caution has swept across the city following the leopard sighting near Sindh Society in Aundh in the early hours of Sunday. The unsettled feeling is not just restricted to Aundh and its environs. Now, residents across neighbourhoods — even far-flung ones — are keeping an eye out for leopards. Much of…
Mumbai: One of the city’s oldest philanthropic landmarks—the Bomanjee Hormarjee Wadia fountain and clock tower in Fort—is nearing completion of its fresh phase of preventive restoration, nearly a decade after a major effort saved it from collapse.It is believed to be the city’s only structure combining a clock tower with a drinking water trough, designed…
New Delhi: Commission for Air Quality Management is introducing Platform for Air Quality Vigilance and Analytics for NCR (PAVAN), a comprehensive digital ecosystem aimed at transforming inspections, compliance monitoring and enforcement across the region. It will enable real-time monitoring of industrial units, construction sites, vehicular emissions and agricultural activities, ensuring quick detection of violations and…
Pune: Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha received a major fillip to his doubles career on Friday when he won the Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff for the 2026 Australian Open with Thailand’s Pruchya Isaro in Chengdu, China.Poonacha and Isaro, the second seeds, beat the Japanese combination of Yusuke Kusuhara and Shunsuke Nakagawa 6-4, 6-3 in the final to book…
Thane: Following repeated complaints of rising inefficiency and citizen neglect within the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) offices, including the headquarters, the senior administration has now issued a stringent circular tightening discipline across all departments.Irregular attendance by officials, including their unexplained unavailability during duty hours, the disregard to meet and listen to public grievances, and repeated…
New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released a seven-point agenda titled “Our Right to Clean Air is Non-Negotiable”, demanding action for Delhi-NCR. The plan urges measures such as replacing the commercial vehicle fleet, reducing personal vehicles, promoting clean fuel in industries, incentivising farmers to sell crop residue, preventing waste burning, enforcing regulations…
Pune: Private hotels in the state are reporting a significant drop in holiday-season bookings with Christmas (Thursday) and New Year’s Day (Wednesday) falling mid-week this year — a trend the stakeholders say has dampened travel plans for many. MTDC, however, said it was not witnessing any slowdown. Vijay Shewakramani, owner of Brightland Resort in Mahabaleshwar,…
Mumbai: A group of residents of Powai and Chandivli are protesting against the sanction given to cut or transplant more than 100 fully grown trees that stand a plot, CTS-9, near the Shimmering Heights building. Some trees have already been cut and the residents plan to protest on the streets if it does not stop….
