A 13-year-old girl tragically died after being subjected to 100 sit-ups with her schoolbag on her back for being ten minutes late. The Vasai student developed severe back pain following the punishment and her health rapidly declined. While police have registered an accidental death report, the family holds the school and teacher accountable. Investigations are…
Pune: A woman working on a farm in Junnar taluka’s Pimparkhed village was left shell-shocked on Friday afternoon when a leopard suddenly leapt from a tree, just a few metres away from her. The startled big cat immediately darted into a nearby sugar cane field, leaving the woman in a profound state of shock. Villagers…
NEW DELHI: Investigators probing Monday’s car blast near Red Fort are increasingly focusing on the possibility that triacetone triperoxide (TATP) — infamously nicknamed ‘Mother of Satan’ for its extreme volatility — may have been a key component of the improvised explosive device that tore through the vehicle, killing driver Dr Umar Un Nabi. According to…
PUNE/MUMBAI: Despite pressure from its MVA allies to be more accommodative in view of its rout in Bihar, Congress on Saturday said it would contest the BMC poll on its own.Congress’ Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala made the announcement after a meeting with the Mumbai Congress committee on Saturday. “Since these are local body elections, we…
Pune: The weekend rush to Lonavla and Khandala brought chaos to both new and old Mumbai-Pune highways as traffic slowed to a crawl from Friday night till Saturday morning, turning an otherwise breezy four-hour drive turned into an exhausting seven to eight hours ordeal. Before the commuters could heave a sigh of relief, the situation…
New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality stayed in the upper range of the very poor category on Saturday, showing little improvement from Friday, as pollution levels hovered near hazardous levels. The city recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 386 at 10 am, rising slightly to 390 by noon, close to the severe category, before settling…
Mumbai: For thousands across the country, this year has brought a sudden relief from a lifetime of struggles with obesity, driven by the arrival of one weight-loss drug in March and then a couple more. But as the kilos drop and other health parameters improve, many are realising the harder part: generics are still distant…
Pune: The weekend rush to Lonavla and Khandala brought chaos to both new and old Mumbai-Pune highways as traffic slowed to a crawl from Friday night till Saturday morning, turning an otherwise breezy four-hour drive into an exhausting seven to eight hours ordeal. Before the commuters could heave a sigh of relief, the situation worsened…
New Delhi: “Back in Chug Valley in Arunachal, people had almost stopped eating puttangkhazi — the traditional buckwheat and millet noodles. It was just full of maida,” recalls 24-year-old Leikei Chomu, her voice carrying the weight of a culture quietly fading. “Once Damu (restaurant) has revived the dishes, farmers have started to grow buckwheat again….
Mumbai: Following several complaints by residents over tremors felt during the Elphinstone bridge demo;lition work, VJTI experts have asked the contractor to slow down the drilling speed, measured in RPM (revolutions per minute), while boring through hard rock at the Elphinstone Bridge site. Slowing the RPM helps reduce vibrations and noise. The advisory came during…
