Pune: Swargate police have registered a case against a builder, an earth mover operator and two contractors for attempting to grab a bungalow, owned by an 80-year old man, located at Gultekdi on Thursday. Swargate police reacted swiftly to the incident and stopped the demolition of the compound wall and on Saturday, the police ordered…
Ulhasnagar: Ulhasnagar city witnessed an alarming incident of vandalism late Friday night after unidentified miscreants damaged several vehicles parked at Bhau Gop Behrani Chowk in Camp-3. Around seven to eight cars, one tempo and nearly 15 to 20 two-wheelers were targeted, with windows, mirrors and other exterior parts smashed, causing significant financial loss to vehicle…
New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Saturday said it was a “waste of national resources” when engineers and doctors leave their fields to pursue careers in areas such as management or the civil services. Speaking at the 14th convocation ceremony of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Saxena said, “Institutions of specialised education should…
Pune: The Deccan Gymkhana police on Friday said they would look at other govt hospitals’ panels to seek opinion on alleged medical negligence in the deaths of a recipient husband and his donor wife following a liver transplant surgery at Sahyadri Hospitals’ Deccan branch in Aug, a day after Sassoon authorities expressed their inability to…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has granted bail to a law graduate accused of killing her mother as her seven-year-old child, left with her former husband’s relatives, was being deprived of the care of a natural guardian.The court noted that the 28-year-old woman’s former husband was not attending to the child. “Prolonged incarceration, in these…
Pune: The traffic situation in Pune city is at its worst due to a lack of carriageways, which restricts the speed of a vehicle to 17 km per hour, police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said on Friday.“This speed of vehicular movement is significantly lower than that in Mumbai, Delhi and Chandigarh. The city’s traffic situation is…
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to allow controlled pigeon feeding at four new locations across Mumbai between 7am and 9am daily.The decision comes as an interim arrangement until the expert committee’s report and further orders from the High Court are received. The permission has been granted at the Worli Reservoir in G/South…
New Delhi: In line with stage-II of Graded Response Action Plan enforced on Wednesday, New Delhi Municipal Council has doubled the parking fees across Lutyens’ to discourage the use of private vehicles amid rising air pollution levels.“We have been doing this for the past two years to decrease the dependence on private vehicles, which would…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is considering utilising water from Jambhulwadi and Bhilarewadi lakes, located in the Katraj hill area, to cater to the needs in nearby regions that frequently face a shortage, especially in summer. As per an estimate prepared by civic officials, water from Jambhulwadi lake can be used for almost eight…
Mumbai: The Congress questioned the circumstances surrounding the death of captor Rohit Aarrya in the Powai hostage crisis, alleging a possible cover-up by the state govt and accusing the Mahayuti govt of financial mismanagement that pushed contractors with Rs 89,000 crore of pending dues into severe distress. The party alleged law-and-order issues in the state….
