Pune: A thick layer of white, toxic foam resurfaced in the Pavana river near Kejubai Bund in Thergaon on Friday, once again sparking criticism over unchecked pollution in the river.Environment activists accused the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) of failing to curb contamination despite repeated incidents.Activists said the civic administration has been unable to address…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) has been headless and without its six nominated members since the end of the last board’s tenure on May 3. The vacancies have crippled the commission’s functioning—an RTI plea filed recently showed that 1,431 cases have piled up as bureaucrats alone handle administrative work.The…
New Delhi: Residents living around the capital’s waste-to-energy (WTE) plants at Okhla, Narela-Bawana, Ghazipur and Tehkhand are among the worst hit by pollution as Delhi gasps under a shroud of very poor air.People in these neighbourhoods say the air is foul all year, and the situation is unbearable in winter, especially when the plants, burning…
Pune: Forest department officials on Sunday said a change in strategy — including the use of tranquiliser guns — is expected to capture the leopard spotted again at the city airport, particularly if it is deemed that the big cat has become ‘static’ and started living there. Officials said that the leopard, seen twice at…
Thane: Two men died and another person was injured in a car accident on Nashik-Mumbai highway in the early hours of Sunday, a police official said. The incident took place near Atgaon, the Shahapur police station official said.“The victims Mayuresh Vinod Chaudhary (29), Jayesh Kisan Shende (25) and Harshal Pandurang Jadhav (29) were returning from…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has held that a delay in filing a complaint is not a ground to deny relief to senior citizens under the Senior Citizens Act, 2007. A single-judge bench of Justice Sachin Dutta made the observations while hearing a plea filed by a senior citizen challenging an order passed by the…
Pune: Fear has gripped residents of the sprawling Sindh Cooperative Housing Society in the upscale Aundh area, after a leopard was spotted on the premises of RBI Colony next door around 4am on Sunday. The sighting, right opposite the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) campus, comes just a day after an elusive leopard — seen…
Mumbai: Between April and Oct, ticket-checking teams of Central Railway (CR) identified and penalised 9.6 lakh cases of irregular travel, recovering penalties totalling Rs 40 crore. These efforts covered both Mail and Express trains as well as suburban services, including AC and non-AC locals.This move came after a concerted effort to curb fraudulent ticketing and…
New Delhi: The stage that once shaped Delhi’s theatre scene is stirring back to life. After decades of silence, Kirori Mal College’s (KMC) iconic auditorium, built in 1954 and once home to some of India’s most illustrious theatre talent, is being revived, not merely repaired.When KMC first opened its doors, it was more than just…
Pune: Driving on our city roads is often like playing a game of hopscotch. Motorists have to clear several obstacles such as broken medians, potholes, garbage dumps, haphazard parking and traffic snarls every day. But, another obstacle has been slowly emerging in this everyday race — stray cattle.Once only seen in rural areas, it has…
