A massive ball of fire resulting from the explosion of the CNG cylinder in the car gutted all three vehicles involved in the accident. Eighteen people have died in accidents on this stretch of Katraj-Dehu Road bypass this year PUNE: At least eight people were killed and 13 injured after a Mumbai-bound trailer truck ploughed…
New Delhi: As dusk fell on a glittering capital on Oct 29, 2005, just two days before Diwali, three blasts tore through the bustling Paharganj main bazaar, Govindpuri and Sarojini Nagar Market. Within minutes, over 62 lives were snuffed out and over 210 injured. Twenty years later, an event was held on Thursday at the…
Pune: They split up, then criticised and contested against each other in both Lok Sabha and assembly polls, and topped it up with bitterness expressed in public. Yet now both NCP and NCP (SP) are showing growing signs of setting the past aside and forming a coalition in many civic bodies for the upcoming local…
Pune: A four-year-old boy from the city was successfully treated earlier this year for necrotising pneumonia, a rare and severe infection in which bacteria eat into lung tissue. The illness began with mild symptoms of fever and cough. But within days, the child developed swelling across multiple body parts, including his face, eyelids, neck, stomach,…
New Delhi: Delhi govt and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will launch a coordinated drive to remove encroachments across the city, particularly from footpaths, drains and roads. This decision came after a high-level meeting at the secretariat that aimed at addressing civic issues arising from the overlap of responsibilities among agencies.During the meeting, PWD officials…
Mumbai: Ammonium nitrate, one of the substances responsible for the Delhi explosion on Nov 10, was used in five deadly blasts in the city in the past, after being mixed with other products. The Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratory (DFSL), Mumbai, had then recommended that the sale and distribution of ammonium nitrate be regulated and…
Pune: The fatal accident on the Navale Bridge stretch of Katraj-Dehu Road bypass on Thursday evening reinforced the commuters’ belief that it remained a virtual death trap despite several claims of plugging its design flaws.A steep descent (slope) on the approach from the new Katraj tunnel to the bridge is the prime cause of most…
New Delhi: Aiming to fix persistent waterlogging and drainage woes in Outer Delhi’s Kirari and surrounding areas, Delhi govt’s expenditure and finance committee (EFC), chaired by CM Rekha Gupta, has approved a proposal submitted by Public Works Department (PWD) for a Rs 221-crore project, under which it will construct a 4.5km-long drain along the railway…
Mumbai: Animal welfare groups have planned multiple protests on Nov 16 in Mumbai and other cities to voice their anger against the recent SC order to pick up stray dogs from public spaces and put them in animal shelters.Mumbai-based animal activist, Vijay Rangare, said: “Our protest against the Nov 7 order of Supreme Court will…
Pune: They split up, then criticised and contested against each other in both Lok Sabha and assembly polls, but now both NCP and NCP (SP) are showing growing signs of setting the past aside and forming a coalition in many civic bodies for the upcoming civic polls. After formally announcing the alliance for Kolhapur’s Chandgad…
