The dug-up patch has reduced the road width, leading to frequent snarls Pune: Residents of the Kondhwa and NIBM Road areas have expressed concern over the possibility of severe waterlogging at Tanaji Malusare Chowk near Jyoti Hotel this monsoon, alleging that a recently dug-up stretch at the junction for stormwater drainage work remains unrepaired even…
Malad corporator Tajinder Singh Tiwana has launched a 24×7 monsoon disaster control room, a first for the area MUMBAI: In a first Malad corporator Tajinder Singh Tiwana of the BJP, on Sunday launched a dedicated 24×7 monsoon disaster control room equipped with live surveillance, labourers and a coordination mechanism with multiple civic agencies.The control room…
Mumbai: In view of the delayed onset of the monsoon and the decline in water storage levels in the dams supplying water to Mumbai, BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide has directed the civic administration to urgently inspect the condition of all wells in the city and undertake desilting and waste-removal work wherever necessary. Housing societies located…
NEW DELHI: Rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs on Monday said they would fight for control of the party’s election symbol, asserting that they remained part of the organisation and were seeking to “rectify” it, a day after 20 dissident lawmakers announced their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI).Speaking to reporters, Arup Chakraborty…
The post of chairperson at the Maharashtra State Commission for Women has been vacant since March 20, when Rupali Chakankar resigned Pune: Over 2,700 complaints were pending before the Maharashtra State Commission for Women at the end of the last financial year, with key positions in the panel remaining vacant, an RTI reply obtained by…
Fire engulfing a bus near Peddakaparthi village in Chityala mandal of Nalgonda district early on Saturday morning. It was travelling from Hyderabad to Kakinada Pic: TOI Nalgonda: Around 36 passengers had a narrow escape after a private travel bus travelling from Hyderabad to Kakinada caught fire in the early hours of Saturday in Nalgonda district.The…
Crack down on school vehicles, 12 challaned Lucknow: Transport department launched a two-week checking drive of school vehicles in the city on Wednesday.On the first day of the campaign, ARTO (enforcement) Alok Kumar Yadav led inspections at Mount Fort Intermediate College, Carmel Convent School in Badshahnagar and Evergreen Public School. Officials issued challans to 12…
Chennai: Amarnath K Ramakrishna, the archaeologist who led the first Keeladi excavations during 2014-16, has again refused to revise his report as demanded by Archaeological Survey of India, saying he was “duty-bound to furnish a true and correct report without any external influences”.Ramakrishna, who is now director of the National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities…
PC: Guinness World Records In 1986, Ann Bancroft set out across the Arctic as a 29-year-old elementary school teacher with a love of the outdoors and a place on an eight-member expedition. Fifty-five days later, she stood at the North Pole, becoming the first woman to reach it. The journey involved dog sleds, tonnes of…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday questioned Congress’ silence over the recent conviction of former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal in a 2013 sexual assault case.In a press conference, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi accused Congress and other opposition parties of having a “one-dimensional, one-sided and prejudiced” thinking on issues like freedom of expression or the…
