Pune: The fencing of the trespassing-prone sections of Lonavla-Pune-Daund railway stretch is likely to be completed by April next year. So far, 92.416km of the total 290km stretch has been secured, Pune rail division officials said. This ambitious project, initiated in early 2024, addresses the alarming number of track trespassing incidents and associated casualties that…
A recent operation in Gujarat, where an IS-linked module attempted to extract ricin from castor seeds, highlights the ease with which lethal toxins can be produced NEW DELHI: In 2018, a Tunisian man and his wife had managed to extract ricin from castor seeds using a coffee grinder in Germany’s Cologne as part of an…
Mumbai: A 63-year-old taxi driver died after his taxi plunged into the sea at Bhaucha Dhakka (Ferry Wharf) in South Mumbai on Thursday night.The deceased driver, Jaiprakash Sharma, a Mumbadevi resident, drove his taxi into an area where construction work for a new jetty is ongoing, said a police officer. “He drove the taxi towards…
Pune: The civic body has decided to ban owners of 1.38 lakh properties who are repeat defaulters from availing the property tax amnesty scheme.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) took the decision after citizens’ groups raised objections that some property owners were defaulting on their taxes each year and taking undue advantage of the amnesty scheme.Under this…
New Delhi’s air quality remained in the severe category for the third consecutive day, with the average AQI recorded at 404 NEW DELHI: The city’s air quality remained in the severe category for the third consecutive day on Thursday. It was also the third day on the trot that the Centre’s Air Quality Early Warning…
Mumbai: Observing that such offences against the vulnerable deserve no leniency, a special POCSO court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a a 24-year-old man 10 years rigorous imprisonment for sodomising a 17-year-old boy with moderate intellectual disability in 2022. The accused was the minor’s neighbour. “The boy was vulnerable to the sexual abuse by reason…
Pune: A trip to the Narayanpur temple turned tragic for five people, including three members of a family, from Dhayari Phata travelling in the car sandwiched between two trucks in Thursday evening’s accident on the Navale Bridge stretch.Police said three members of the family, Dattatray Dabhade (58), his wife Shanta (54) and daughter Swati Santosh…
The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.New Delhi, on November 14, 2025, is experiencing a day characterized by a sunny outlook and comfortably warm conditions. Temperatures are projected to hover around a high of 27.3°C and a…
Mumbai: The state govt on Thursday appointed protocol minister Jaykumar Rawal as the coordinator for constructing a Shivaji Maharaj memorial at Agra Fort in UP. Rawal will coordinate with the UP govt for the acquisition of land and other issues related to the construction of a grand memorial at the place where Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj…
Pune: They say age is just a number, but if that number is 80, it starts to mean something. If that 80 is linked to a sport, it no longer remains just a number, it becomes a phenomenon.Maha Singh has become just that phenomenon at the Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy ranges, where the octogenarian is…
