Pune: Densely populated, Ambedkar Chowk on Aundh Road is a crucial junction linking Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits with Pimpri Chinchwad, as also directly connecting Aundh to Khadki. Commuters from Aundh, Baner and Shivajinagar easily access Khadki railway station, Kalyaninagar, Koregaon Park, Vimannagar and the airport via this intersection.But Ambedkar Chowk’s congestion is further compounded…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay and finance minister N Marie Wilson CHENNAI: The C Joseph Vijay govt’s maiden budget in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday played to two galleries — women and youth — while trying to balance fiscal discipline with welfarism.State finance minister N Marie Wilson’s budget sought to revive a discontinued free…
S Valli and her husband are one of several thousand homeless in Chennai, who live under bridges and flyovers; most are either street performers or guest workers Every few minutes, a train rattles past Velachery railway station as passing vehicles kick up clouds of dust into S Valli’s “home”. The 40-year-old lives under the flyover…
Pune ZP told 270 primary teachers to verify their disability. While 140 got the certificates from Sassoon hospital, the remaining 130 did not Pune: Prahar Divyang Kranti Organisation, a disability rights organisation, has written to Pune Zilla Parishad CEO Gajanan Patil, demanding the immediate suspension of 130 primary school teachers for allegedly failing to undergo…
Mesh work in progress along eway’s Connecting Link, as suggested by IIT-Bombay Pune: The execution of IIT-Bombay’s comprehensive slope stabilisation and rockfall mitigation plan for the Pune-Mumbai expressway’s Connecting Link is likely to be completed by Sept-end.Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC)’s joint managing director Rajesh Patil said nearly 15% of the recommended works had…
Mustafa Zahid to recreate ‘Tera Mera Rishta’ for ‘Awarapan 2’ despite the ban on Pakistani artists? Emraan Hashmi‘s 2007 film ‘Awarapan’ is remembered as much for its heartbreak-laced romance as much as it is for its chartbusting music. Now, with ‘Awarapan 2’ gearing up for the release, fans have been speculating if its iconic songs…
Proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) This little proverb is built like a joke, with a punchline at the end. It lists things that make us happy, but cleverly ranks them by how long the happiness lasts. A nap buys you an hour. A day’s fishing buys you a day. Inheriting a…
Jiang Xiaorou, a 24-year-old Chinese paranormal content creator, has died following severe injuries sustained in a traffic accident in July. Known online for confronting supernatural beliefs and challenging traditional superstitions, she had built a large following on Douyin. Her death has now brought renewed attention to the provocative videos that made her famous, while her…
Chennai: The state assembly saw a heated debate over the language and pronunciation of the members in the house, after one of the MLAs pointed out errors made state finance minister N Marie Wilson in his budget speech.Kadayanallur MLA T M Rajendran alleged that Wilson’s Tamil pronunciation had mistakes and that he excessively used English…
French proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) Have you ever looked at someone else’s life and quietly wondered if they had it better than you? Perhaps a friend’s marriage looked happier, a neighbour’s home looked grander, or a stranger’s holiday photos looked far more exciting than your own ordinary week. Almost everyone…
