SIRONJ: “Bhuri” for fair-skinned foreigners. “Tori” for restless bustle. British surveyors mapped a continent from this ridge. From here came numbers that measured the world’s tallest mountain. Mount Everest entered history but Bhuri Tori slipped out of it. Name lingered and science faded. Today, thieves measure stones here.Perched on a wind-lashed hill at Kalyanpur village…
This day has a bright shine for you, like morning sun on clean water. You’ll get honour and respect in society, or at least in your circle, through a compliment, a public mention, or someone seeking your opinion. The Moon supports your presence, and people take you seriously.Still, the seed says you won’t rely upon…
Water Shortage for Citizens, Tankers for Road Works.***Pune residents are facing alternate-day water cuts and low-pressure water supply, leaving many households and housing societies struggling to meet their daily needs. However, at Sinhagad Road and Vadgaon Budruk, entire water tankers are being used for cement road repair works, highlighting a stark contradiction in water management…
A video, recorded by a resident and shared on social media, appeared to show that water jets were able to spray only as high as the fifth floor while flames raged on the 12th Smoke billows from a flat on the 12th floor of Ivy County on Friday One of the biggest challenges was burning…
The church told its members to plant one tree in their own home, and gift the second one to a Muslim or Hindu neighbour for planting in their homes Panaji: A parish in Ponda turned the state’s call for tree plantation over 90 days during the monsoon into an opportunity to link parishioners with different…
Hyderabad: In a rape case registered against a CISF constable at Pahadishareef police station in the second week of May, a local court at LB Nagar dismissed his bail petition two days ago. The accused allegedly raped a woman hired for domestic work on May 9.The XIII additional district and sessions Judge, LB Nagar, on…
Jaipur: Labour, excise and administrative reforms depts have emerged as key bottlenecks in the state govt’s race to complete Centre-monitored business deregulation reforms by the June 30 deadline.The reforms fall under the Centre’s Compliance Reduction and Deregulation Phase-II programme, covering 28 priority areas to cut regulatory burden and improve ease of doing business.The latest review…
Ghaziabad: After two major fires broke out in Indirapuram within a month, the district administration has sought reports from Ghaziabad Development Authority, discom and fire department. A meeting will be held on June 2 to review these reports, officials said on Friday.The recent fire incidents in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram — Gaur Green Avenue and Gaur Biz…
BA key proposal is to explore underground or basement parking at 27 bus depots, leveraging available land to generate steady income without impacting core transport operations Mumbai: In response to the BMC’s recent query on reforms, BEST has outlined a set of measures aimed at boosting non-fare revenue and strengthening its financial position. A key…
Mumbai/Navi Mumbai: Two people lost their lives in two separate slab collapse incidents in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in 24 hours.On Babulnath Road in Walkeshwar, a 51-year-old pedestrian, Santosh Bharaskar, employed at a nearby petrol pump, died after a portion of the third-floor balcony of a ground-plus-three-storey cessed Mhada building, Surya Prakash, crashed on the…
