Mumbai’s BMC is stepping up its game with new outdoor advertising rules aimed at reducing glare from digital billboards to ensure safer driving conditions. This updated regulation, which takes precedence over the previous 2008 guidelines, also greenlights advertising on the exteriors of construction sites and barricades. MUMBAI: In its Policy Guidelines for Display of Outdoor…
NEW DELHI: In a major breakthrough, Delhi Police‘s crime branch arrested the main conspirator allegedly involved in multiple shootings that took place at Kapil Sharma’s Kap’s Cafe in Surrey, Canada, this year.A crime branch team led by DCP Sanjeev Yadav nabbed Bandhu Maan Singh Shekhon, a key member of the Goldy Dhillon gang. A Chinese…
Pune: A senior inspector from the Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch had a close shave in the early hours of Thursday when a wanted criminal allegedly tried to fire at him during a tense police interception near the Somatane toll plaza on the Pune Mumbai highway. Three suspects, two of whom were named in 120 criminal…
MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued stop-work notices to 53 construction sites for contributing to air pollution, as the city struggles with deteriorating Air Quality Index (AQI) levels.On Thursday, the civic body also directed that all air pollution guidelines must be strictly followed, including the installation of sensors to monitor AQI, which should…
NEW DELHI: As winter sets in, a thick layer of smog enveloped the national capital Delhi on Friday morning. The city’s air quality remains in the ‘very poor’ category, with an AQI of 384 at 8 am, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). On November 27, Delhi recorded an AQI of…
Pune: An SUV overturned inside the New Katraj Tunnel on Thursday afternoon, but no one was injured in the accident, said the Ambegaon police. Senior inspector Sharad Zine of the Ambegaon police stated, “The car driver and his friend were travelling to Narayanpur to visit a temple from Pune city. The car driver lost control…
11 wards to face water supply disruption for 30 hrs next week MUMBAI: A large part of Mumbai will face water supply disruption for 30 hours next week, as the BMC undertakes crucial pipeline cross-connection work linked to the Amar Mahal underground tunnel shafts.The shutdown will begin at 10 am on Monday, Dec 1, and…
NEW DELHI: Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi has once again raised alarm over Delhi’s deteriorating air quality, sharing multiple posts on X (formerly Twitter) highlighting the city’s hazardous pollution levels. In her latest update, she revealed that the Delhi Air Quality Index (AQI) currently stands at 458, classifying the air as hazardous. The main pollutants…
Pune: The Kothrud police on Tuesday registered a case against a 42-year-old woman for allegedly attempting to extort Rs2 lakh from a man by threatening to leak their private photographs. The 47-year-old complainant, who works at a cattle feed unit in Kolhapur district, lodged a complaint with the police. She has been charged under Section…
Mumbai: India’s biggest engineering entrance exam just broke its own record. JEE Main Session-1 has logged close to 14.5 lakh registrations as of 7 pm on Thursday, the highest ever, crossing last year’s peak of 13.11 lakh. And the rush didn’t slow down — students kept signing up right until 9pm on November 27, the…
