Pune: The Wildlife Research and Training Centre in Nagpur’s Gorewada has confirmed that the leopard shot dead on Nov 4 was responsible for the fatal attacks on a 5-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy in Pimparkhed village in Shirur tehsil last month.Following the tragic incidents, forest officials despatched biological samples from the attack sites for forensic…
New Delhi: An 82-foot-tall smog tower installed in Anand Vihar in Sept 2021 remains operational, according to an RTI response from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), despite its limited effectiveness and high operational costs.The report, obtained through RTI by activist Amit Gupta, cites a joint IIT-Delhi and IIT-Bombay study that shows the tower, currently operated…
Mumbai: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday announced it will exit the oppposition’s Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance and contest the coming local body elections in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra on its own.The decision was taken after the Congress, a prominent member of the MVA, decided to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections…
Pune: After a five-member panel flagged serious lapses in the 40-acre Mundhwa land deal, the state registration department on Tuesday ordered a full audit of all registrations executed by suspended Haveli No. 4 sub registrar Ravindra Taru.The committee found major irregularities in the Mundhwa sale deed, including inadequate document verification and failure to follow mandatory…
New Delhi: Several councillors Wednesday flagged “inadequate efforts” by MCD to curb dust pollution, pointing to unauthorised construction despite GRAP-III curbs, illegal dumping of C&D waste, burning of leaves, and use of wood at cremation grounds.During a meeting of the standing committee, many members also alleged that water sprinkling and mechanical road sweepers were being…
Mumbai: Developers are being offered a slew of incentives to create rental housing in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). From a complete waiver of income tax on rental income for 10 years to a waiver of property tax for 5 years and a concession in GST, the Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (Mhada) has also…
Pune: Commuters on the arterial Sinhagad Road faced major traffic congestion on Wednesday morning during peak travel hours, after an earthmover deployed for pipeline work of the civic body broke down near Hingne. The breakdown of the machinery created a bottleneck that heavily impacted traffic flow, and commuters reported facing major delays after being stuck…
New Delhi: “We don’t want damage to children’s lungs,” Delhi High Court said on Wednesday as it pulled up the state govt’s directorate of education (DoE) for allowing sports camps and trials in the capital during winter months when air pollution is at its peak. “You need to change your calendar,” Justice Sachin Datta told…
Navi Mumbai: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) clubbed two applications regarding an alleged illegal stone quarry behind the Tata Cancer Hospital at Kharghar and fixed a joint hearing for Dec 5, its Western Zonal Bench at Navi Mumbai said. The move gained significance after RTI responses from Cidco and the State Environment Department to NatConnect…
Pune: Setting up a dedicated cybersecurity cell in every institute, an internal helpline for anonymous reporting of incidents, maintaining a database of students at private hostels and paying guest (PG) facilities, establishing an intoxication prevention and student support cell, and creating an institute-specific SOP for student discipline were some of the key measures identified by…
