Lithuanian homes are also frequently decorated with sodai gardens for Easter and Christmas Enter the hall of the National Crafts Museum and you’ll see handcrafted sodai — aerial 3D ornaments made from rye stalks — casting dancing shadows on black walls as they gently move. Created by Lithuanian artist Vida Snieckuviene, these geometric, pyramid-like structures…
Pune: A fresh low-pressure area forming over the Strait of Malacca and adjoining south Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal around Nov 24.India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued its first Special Message on Saturday, a protocol followed only when the likelihood of cyclogenesis (cyclone formation) is significant….
MUMBAI: To carry out maintenance work on tracks, signalling and overhead equipment, a five-hour jumbo block will be undertaken today on the Up Fast line between Borivali and Ram Mandir, and on the Down Fast line between Ram Mandir and Goregaon stations, from 10am to 3pm.Western Railway chief spokesperson Vineet Abhishek said that during the…
NEW DELHI: A few jackals escaped from their enclosure at Delhi’s National Zoological Park on Saturday morning, prompting authorities to launch a search operation in the forested area behind the animal exhibits, according to an official.Calls and messages to the Administration Department of Delhi Zoo went unanswered, and officials did not immediately respond to queries…
Pune: Come Tuesday, the maximum speed limit will be 30km per hour for all vehicles plying on the New Katraj Tunnel to Navale Bridge stretch of Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass.The Pune traffic police on Saturday issued a notification restricting the speed limit. Additional commissioner of police Manoj Patil confirmed the development. “The new speed limit will…
Mumbai: Iterating that there is no cordial relation between the accused and his father, thus it cannot be said that he has a permanent place of residence in Mumbai, a sessions court this week rejected the bail plea of businessman Birju Salla, accused of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of gold and silver jewellery…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Saturday issued a public notice outlining draft modifications to its Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) policy, aimed at facilitating more flexible and extensive planned housing development across the city.The authority has invited objections and suggestions from the public within 45 days. Under the proposed changes, unauthorised colonies and the Walled…
Pune: The civic body, which suffered revenue loss in the 2024-25 fiscal due to legal tangles over property tax recovery in merged areas, may face the same situation in the 2025-26 financial year as the state govt continued the ban on tax recovery.In 2024, the state directed the cessation of property tax recovery from merged…
Mumbai: In the money laundering case linked to the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, a special court granted permission to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to proceed with the sale and auction of vehicles worth Rs 46.50 lakh confiscated from fugitive economic offender Nirav Modi. The order, pronounced on November 19, allows the ED to auction…
Pune: A 70-year-old woman from Sadashiv Peth lost Rs 34.85 lakh to online fraudsters who posed as police officers and threatened to arrest her in a money laundering case. The cheating occurred between Nov 11 and 14 this year.The woman’s husband runs a small homoeopathy clinic in Sadashiv Peth.The victim submitted a complaint application, and…
