Pune: Residents have raised concerns over several non-functional pollution control devices — dry mist fountains and air bin purifiers — installed across Pimpri Chinchwad despite the worsening air quality after Diwali.“The air bin purifier installed at Bhujbal Chowk has been non-functional for over six months. Pollution levels have increased after Diwali, but civic officials have…
NEW DELHI: Interrogation of the arrested suspects in the Delhi blast case has revealed that in March 2022, members of the module travelled to Turkiye where they met ISI handler Abu Ukasha, a key figure in Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) foreign operations. According to officials, this meeting served as the “green signal” for the Dec 6 coordinated…
KALYAN: In wake of the recent scandal involving 65 illegally constructed buildings in Kalyan, the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has taken a decisive step to prevent such irregularities and has launched a first-of-its-kind one-window online system for building permissions in Maharashtra.The new digital platform named KD SWIFT, was inaugurated by municipal commissioner Abhinav Goel. Designed…
Pune: Walking on the city’s footpaths has become a persistent obstacle course. From shoddy tilework to dumped debris, unauthorised vendors, illegal hoardings, missing patches, ill-placed DP boxes and badly parked vehicles — the reasons are never-ending.Pedestrians have for years been baying for the civic body to take a step in the right direction. Pune Municipal…
New Delhi: A 71-year-old woman was digitally arrested and duped of Rs 49 lakh by scammers who posed as Enforcement Directorate officials and told her that her credentials were being used in a cyber fraud. Police have arrested six people and are investigating their links with China-based scammers. The accused were identified as Mohammad Ovais…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said decisions on tie-ups for the local body polls would be made at the district level and seats allocated based on local circumstances. He said a clear picture on these would emerge by Tuesday, adding that there would be different criteria for polls to different municipal corporations.“Wherever possible,…
Pune: Ready-mix concrete (RMC) manufacturing units and real estate developers have sought more time to comply with the new guidelines issued by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). The regulator issued a notification introducing additional guidelines on Oct 17 and gave existing plants one month for compliance. The pollution control board recently conducted a meeting in…
New Delhi: You may not have recognised Ela if you had seen her on Delhi roads. But following the explosion near Red Fort on Nov 10, the German shephard has emerged as a superstar of Delhi Police’s K-9 unit and a vital cog in the security apparatus of the city.Highly trained in detecting explosives, Ela…
Mumbai: A citizens’ agitation in Bhandup recently resulted in the BEST administration restoring bus routes that were scrapped or short-terminated and also increasing the number of buses operating in the area. Supported by the local Shiv Sena and a few activists, citizen protesters forced BEST to resume discontinued services after passengers faced higher fares when…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has sealed nine ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants in Tathawade, Punawale, Pimple Nilakh, and Moshi areas for violating environmental norms. The move followed a communication from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), which shared a list of 30 RMC units operating without adequate dust and emissions control systems within…
