New Delhi: Union minister of urban affairs Manohar Lal Khattar recently announced plans to introduce luxury coaches in Delhi metro to encourage affluent people to take the trains instead of private cars. However, mobility experts feel these commuters will make the switch only when seamless and comfortable last-mile connectivity to metro stations is available.Instead, measures…
A tanker loaded with 40 tonnes of tar crashed into a median and toppled on Uran phata-Killegaothan road in CBD-Belapur, disrupting traffic for over six hours on Friday, while a cement mixer overturned at Sion Circle, affecting traffic for an hour. An FIR was filed against the cement mixer driver. tnn Source link
Pune: A leading animal welfare organisation has written to the district collector seeking immediate action against those involved in using two donkeys to pull an SUV on city roads — an incident that has drawn sharp criticism from citizens. In a letter to Pune collector Jitendra Dudi, who also heads the district SPCA, Humane World…
New Delhi: A gangster wanted in 30 cases and dubbed a “serial killer” in Uttar Pradesh has been arrested in Kolkata by Delhi Police‘s special cell. He is being brought to Delhi on a three-day transit remand.The accused, Sohrab, 38, a history-sheeter, jumped furlough after being released from Tihar Jail in May in a case…
Mumbai: The city’s air quality worsened Friday with the average air quality index (AQI) rising to 160 from 136 the previous day, prompting BMC to issue notices to 59 construction sites and ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants in 4 wards — 2 in the island city and 1 each in western and eastern suburbs, where the…
Pune: NCP (SP)’s Pune unit has objected to the draft voters’ list put out by PMC. While civic officials admitted that there are around three lakh voters whose names appear twice in the list, the party has demanded that officials approach State Election Commission for the deletion of all duplicate names to ensure fair polling.Municipal…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will begin work on constructing boundary walls around an 18.1-acre stretch in Satbari and an 18.6-acre parcel in Maidangarhi village, ahead of the lands’ transfer to the forest department for developing a green cover. The authority has floated a tender to appoint an agency for the work, which is…
Mumbai: The opposition on Friday raised questions about relatives of BJP’s top politicians being primarily getting elected unopposed in nagar parishads after its candidates withdrew their nominations.Alhad Kaloti, a cousin of CM Devendra Fadnavis, was elected unopposed in Chikhaldara municipal council in Amravati, as was Sadhana Mahajan, wife of BJP minister Girish Mahajan, as president…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Friday issued 28 enforcement challans to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in a single day for failing to implement mandatory anti-pollution measures. “MCD teams conducted inspections along metro station sites and detected violations at multiple locations. Challans have been issued to DMRC as per National Green Tribunal…
Vasai: Nearly a week after a 13-year-old girl allegedly died after her teacher made her do 100 sit-ups, the education department on Friday directed the Vasai school to transfer students of Classes 9-10 to other institutions.A scrutiny of the school, Shree Hanumat Vidya Mandir, following Kajal Gaud’s death on Nov 15 had revealed that it…
