Navi Mumbai: Resentment is brewing among residents over the steady takeover of main roads, internal lanes and even newly widened stretches by unchecked, and illegal parking, negating the very purpose of road expansion and increasing traffic to the point of inconvenience in the satellite city of Navi Mumbai. Also known as the ‘city of 21st…
Pune: Amey Joshi faced a trying time navigating Fergusson College Road with his mother recently. With several stretches of the footpath patched up haphazardly following utility work, a simple walk turned into a hazard.“Earlier, the footpath was dug up for work, but now the poor quality of repairs has made it risky to walk,” Joshi…
New Delhi: Even as protests erupt over the death of a Class X student, teachers and principals say schools have long been working to create safe, trusting and emotionally supportive spaces for children. Many describe the school environment as a “home away from home”, a place where students feel secure enough to share what they…
Mumbai: One would imagine Mumbai’s rental pressure to have eased by now, given the redevelopment spree that started soon after the pandemic, with new towers sprouting and a burst of fresh stock. Instead, the opposite has happened. As one housing society after another signs redevelopment agreements, actual rental supply has shrunk, and prices have shot…
Pune: If one thing that has cropped up in questioning of suspects involved in most of the firing incidents in Pune city in the last few months, it is the place from where they procured the illegal firearms — a quaint village nestled between dense forest and a river on the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border. After…
New Delhi: “The scar is permanent. Now my son has to wear spectacles all the time except when he sleeps,” said Anuradha Verma, whose six-year-old son was seriously injured after allegedly being beaten up by a teacher at a school in southwest Delhi’s Mohan Garden. Her son is not alone. Several other parents have also…
Mumbai: A Kandivli couple’s joy at having twins after IVF treatment was tinged with sadness as their boys were diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) during Diwali when they were barely a month old.Their case points to a worrisome pattern of drug-resistant TB in infants. The state-run JJ Hospital’s NICU, where the twins—possibly the youngest in…
Pune: The recently built Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Underpass in Hadapsar has come under public scrutiny after its metal height barrier collapsed on a two-wheeler, seriously injuring the rider. The passage, which was constructed under railway tracks about two years ago, is a crucial link for commuters heading from Hadapsar towards Undri, Chitamaninagar, Handewadi,…
New Delhi: Parents whose kids are enrolled in some of Delhi’s private schools have started complaining about how hybrid classes are being undermined, perhaps at the cost of students in the middle of rising air pollution. They said the concept of hybrid schooling was being stretched, misused and in some cases, completely undermined.According to them,…
Mumbai: Just 24% or 44 of the 183 orders issued by the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) in the past 12 years have been accepted by the state govt, reveals a recent reply to a Right to Information (RTI) Act query filed by an advocate.“The remaining 76% of the total orders are still pending…
