Palghar: A Gujarat resident, Pushpa Lad (52), was killed and her 16 family members injured after a trailer hit their mini-bus on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad NH in Dahanu on Friday. The trailer driver fled. The family was going to Mumbai airport. A tyre of the mini-bus burst, which made it slow down, and the trailer driver…
New Delhi: Delhi Technological University (DTU) has initiated plans to upgrade its campus infrastructure through a major civil works project focused on modernisation and repair.The proposal centres on the provision of tactile tiles and allied civil works across key facilities, including the academic block, boys’ and girls’ hostels, central workshop, and auditorium. The project reflects…
Chennai: A 60-year-old man and his teenage grandson drowned in Narayanapuram lake in Pallikaranai on Friday morning.The deceased have been identified as Perumal, 60, a resident of Sengeni Amman Koil Street, Pallikaranai and his grandson Bharath, 15, a Class X student. Another grandson, Dinesh, 14, a Class IX student, who accompanied them did not enter…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka legislative assembly on Saturday disqualified Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni following his conviction by a Bengaluru sessions court in a criminal case. Kulkarni was issued an official notification by the assembly after he was convicted in the murder case of BJP leader Yogeshgouda Goudar. He is currently in prison serving life imprisonment in…
Thane: Environmental groups of the city have slammed a district wetland committee after its latest report concluded that eight water bodies in Thane and Navi Mumbai, including prominent flamingo habitats, failed to meet the criteria for wetland protection under the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017.The Thane district wetland committee stated that none met the…
A glimpse of MV Dhurandhar’s paintings at the book launch at IGNCA Not enough has been said about artist Rao Bahadur MV Dhurandhar. This belief led researcher and art historian Sandeep Dahisarkar to author a book on the painter. Seeking to correct a historical oversight, Dahisarkar wrote a 370-page volume titled Rao Bahadur MV Dhurandhar:…
Chennai: A lawyer has moved Madras high court seeking removal of a commercial complex and public toilets constructed by filling a quarry pond located on govt land in Thiruneermalai.According to advocate O Udhayakumar, authorities of Tambaram Corporation filled the pond with soil and construction debris and built five commercial complexes and a public toilet.Admitting the…
NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Zero hunger, quality education, affordable and clean energy—sounds like a dream state? Not quite. Kerala, a consistent topper in most Sustainable Development Goal rankings, is set to deliver its verdict on May 4, even as its celebrated development model comes under closer scrutiny.The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government is banking on…
Mumbai: Pathologist Dr Roshan Shaikh, a double-amputee who is possibly India’s first student with 86% disability to complete both MBBS and MD, has now embraced motherhood after a high-risk pregnancy and delivering a healthy 3.2kg girl.For Dr Shaikh, this moment is more than a medical milestone. After losing both her legs in a train accident…
“Yeh duniya maano jism hai aur Dilli uski jaan,” a quote often attributed to the Mughal-era poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, popularly known as Mirza Ghalib, captures his deep love for the city. When the celebrated poet is taken out of the walled city and the familiar narrow lanes of Ballimaran and placed amid the…
