New Delhi: The city’s air quality marginally improved to the upper level of the very poor category on Friday even as several areas continued in the severe zone. The air quality index at 12pm was 391 against 394 at 10am, and kept improving. The average AQI was 387 against 404 or severe on Thursday. The…
Navi Mumbai: A 42-year-old man died after his car driven allegedly at high speed by him, plunged into Kharghar creek along the Sion-Panvel highway Friday night.PSI Arun Chavan of Kharghar police station informed that the deceased, identified as Jobin Benedict, hailed from Bengaluru and resided in Panvel. He worked as a consultant for a private…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi is working on a fresh proposal to upgrade the toll collection system by introducing a multi-lane, free-flow mechanism that uses automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras and the RFID technology, said sources. “The system will use ANPR cameras to identify vehicles as they pass through toll points. RFID tags…
Damu’s Heritage Dine is supported by the WWF-India under its initiative to nurture Community Conserved Areas (CCAs). When a cuisine travels hundreds of kilometres from a remote Himalayan valley to the capital, it brings with it not just recipes, but stories of identity, resilience, and conservation. At a special evening hosted by the World Wide…
Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested a 40-year-old Assistant Engineer of the Electrical Inspector’s Office, Kurla (West), after he was allegedly caught red-handed accepting a bribe of ₹1 lakh from a contractor.The accused has been identified as Gajanan Prahlad Rathod, posted as Assistant Engineer (Electrical department) at the Office of the Electrical Inspector,…
FARIDABAD: New CCTV footage from Faridabad shop has revealed the movements of ‘bomber’ Dr Umar Mohammed in the days leading up to the Red Fort blast that killed 13 people. The video shows Umar sitting at a shop, giving one of his two mobile phones to a shopkeeper to charge. Chilling Terror Attack Masterplan: How…
Navi Mumbai: A 75-year-old Ayurvedic doctor was booked by Alibaug police for allegedly sexually harassing a 23-year-old woman patient when she went to his apartment in Alibaug for her asthma treatment on Nov 9. An FIR has been registered.Kishore Sale, senior inspector of Alibaug, said, “The victim went with her mother. The accused doctor made…
PUNE: Authorities are set to implement a speed limit of 30 kmph for heavy vehicles. Following Thursday evening’s accident near Navale Bridge on the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass, which claimed eight lives, the authorities decided on Saturday morning to introduce a maximum speed limit of 30 kmph for heavy vehicles on the stretch between Dari Pul…
Exhibitions increase urban consumer base for rural artisans SARAS Aajeevika Mela is coming to Delhi with the exhibition-cum-sale of the finest handloom and handicraft products along with the regional cuisines. The mela focusing on the theme of ‘tradition, art, craft and culture’ is one of the most prestigious government initiatives, that not just offers the…
Mumbai: The one per cent reservation for orphans in government jobs in Maharashtra will apply to “vacant posts” instead of “available posts”, as per the revised provisions.A government resolution (GR) or order issued on Thursday tightened eligibility norms and changed the method of calculating posts for the implementation of the orphan quota.The GR narrowed the…
