MUMBAI: Mumbai police said the captor who held 17 children and two others hostage at a recording studio fired first, prompting retaliatory firing by the police in which he died.Police officials said that they spent nearly two hours trying to negotiate with Rohit Aarrya and gauge his demands, but he refused to cooperate, even after…
NEW DELHI: A man identified as Misbah, who was recently released from jail, was brutally murdered earlier today in Northeast Delhi in what police suspect is the result of an escalating gang war.The victim was reportedly ambushed by unknown assailants who opened fire, riddling him with an estimated 15 bullets. Initial reports from the scene…
Pune: Candidates aspiring to become college teachers have gone on a strike, with two of them on a fast, in front of the directorate of higher education office in Pune city since Monday. They have alleged that the state govt has failed to take a policy decision on 100% professor recruitment in colleges across Maharashtra,…
In November 2008, a 25-year-old man from Bihar, Rahul Raj, hijacked a double-decker BEST bus from Andheri MUMBAI: Mumbai on Thursday witnessed a tense hostage crisis involving several children — a rare and unsettling situation for the metropolis — though the city has faced similar high-pressure standoffs in the past that ended in tragedy and…
New Delhi: To enhance campus security and prevent unauthorised entry, Jawaharlal Nehru University has decided to install automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) systems and boom barriers at all major entry and exit gates. The university has floated a tender for the project, which aims to address the persistent issue of outsiders entering the campus unchecked…
Pune: BJP Yuva Morcha’s Maharashtra president Anup More on Thursday resigned from his post, four days after he was named in an FIR filed by a woman party colleague alleging that his supporters issued threats, assaulted and abused her inside a police station in Pimpri Chinchwad.In his resignation letter to BJP state president Ravindra Chavan,…
Rohit Arya, dead body arrival at JJ Hospital in Mumbai. Photo by Imtiyaz Shaikh MUMBAI: For three tense hours on Thursday afternoon, Rohit Aarrya held 17 children, a 75-year-old grandmother, and a studio staffer hostage inside a Powai recording studio.By evening, the standoff ended in gunfire — the children were rescued, and Aarrya lay dead.But…
New Delhi: A 38-year-old food delivery agent was allegedly assaulted in Gokalpur Village, northeast Delhi, on Oct 21. The man was delivering an order around 11.45 pm when he was stopped by two men at street number 17, who asked his name. Two more men reportedly arrived and assaulted him. Despite the attack, he completed…
Pune: A two-day national design conference titled ‘Quasar 2025- Designing What’s Next’, conducted by MIT Institute of Design (MIT-ID), with an aim to bring together leaders, innovators and creators started on Thursday.A statement issued by the institute stated that conceptualised as a two-day immersive celebration of creativity and innovation, Quasar 2025 will explore the future…
A tense hostage situation in Powai concluded with police fatally shooting Rohit Aarrya after he held children captive during auditions. Negotiations failed, prompting officers to fire in self-defense. The children were safely rescued, and Aarrya’s motives are under investigation, with possible links to past political grievances. MUMBAI: In a high-stakes Powai hostage crisis, police successfully…
