New Delhi: As the world watched on in horror the inferno ripping through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong, fire department officers in Delhi said on Thursday that a critical loophole in maintenance is exposing residents of its high-rise buildings to similar catastrophic risks.They warn that internal firefighting system, which is essential for controlling blazes…
Pune: Financial professional Trupti Shinde was among the early buyers who recognised Baner’s potential as an upcoming luxury real estate hub.In 2022, she purchased two sprawling 4-BHK flats off the Baner-Pashan Link Road for approximately Rs3 crore each. Today, similar apartments in the area are commanding prices upwards of Rs 4 crore. Industry data revealed…
Mumbai: An auto rickshaw driver killed his wife and then died by suicide in Bandra East on Thursday. The Nirmal Nagar police registered a case of unnatural death and murder against the accused. The deceased were identified as Najma alias Najo Warsi and her husband, Nawab Warsi (35). The incident occurred amid a family dispute…
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia has barred a PhD scholar from entering its campus for the remaining duration of his doctoral programme for “unnecessarily” organising a gathering and march inside the university this Sept to commemorate the anniversary of the 2008 Batla House encounter. By doing so, he had “endangered the safety and security of…
Pune: PMC has appealed to animal lovers who feed stray dogs in public places to provide details about feeding spots. The initiative is aimed at formalising feeding locations in compliance with recent Supreme Court directives. “Based on the information provided by citizens, the civic body will officially designate feeding spots for stray dogs. These locations…
Kolhapur: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, while campaigning at Rahimatpur in Koregaon tehsil of Satara district on Thursday, alleged massive discrepancies in Mumbai’s electoral rolls. He claimed over 11 lakh duplicate voters exist and that genuine voters are being manipulated into different wards if they do not favour specific candidates.“The count of double, triple, quadruple…
New Delhi: Delhi has 39 continuous air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS), the most for an Indian city. However, their distribution across an area of 1,483 square kilometres is uneven, with very few stations in southwest, northwest and peripheral areas of Delhi. A report released by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found that the…
Pune: In the sprawling sugar cane landscape of Junnar, and the adjoining regions of Ahilyanagar and Nashik, a noteworthy ecological shift has unfolded over the past few decades. The leopard now stands firmly at the top of the predator hierarchy. With almost no natural wild competitors left in these agro-forest landscapes, leopards have emerged as…
Mumbai: Senior members of the film industry arrived to pay respects to yesteryear superstar Dharmendra Deol at a specially curated prayer meet on the open lawns of Taj Lands End Hotel in Bandra on Thursday. The 89-year-old actor passed away after prolonged illness at his Juhu residence on Nov 24.Singers Sonu Nigam and Prithvi Gandharv…
New Delhi: Chances of recovering your stolen or lost phone have just got slimmer. Delhi Police has stumbled upon a gang that has been allegedly using motherboards of stolen mobile phones and assembling them into new handsets by adding other body parts, making the original devices impossible to track. Not just that, the “brand-new” phones…
