New Delhi: The road transport ministry has approved the removal of the toll plaza near IGI Airport, a move that will come as a huge relief for those heading to the airport. It will also reduce congestion in the area.Sources said Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari had approved the removal of the…
Pune: The city police on Thursday decided to start the extradition process of gangster Nilesh Ghaywal and would get in touch with the UK authorities in this regard soon, a senior officer said. Deputy commissioner of police (Zone III) Sambhaji Kadam said, “We received an email from the British High Commission on Wednesday confirming that…
MUMBAI: A 26-year-old doctor attached to KEM Hospital, Parel, was allegedly attacked and stabbed by the brother and friends of a female hospital staff member over their alleged relationship.The Bhoiwada police have arrested two persons — Farid Khan and Nabeel Khan — for assault and attempt to murder. The two were produced before the local…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Thursday gave two weeks to Delhi govt to set up an inquiry committee and act against jail officials allegedly involved in running an extortion racket in Tihar.A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela ordered the vigilance department to appoint an inquiry officer within two…
PUNE: Dr. D. Y. Patil Dnyan Prasad University (DYPDPU) has officially been rebranded to Dnyaan Prasad Global University (DPGU), a constituent of Dr. D. Y. Patil Unitech Society, marking a significant step in the university’s journey towards a more global, future-oriented vision of higher education.The university’s new identity reflects both continuity and progress. The word…
‘Final day for audition’: How Rohit Aarrya pulled off Mumbai hostage siege MUMBAI: A 45-year-old social entrepreneur who ran a project for the state govt held 17 children, aged 12-15, a 75-year-old woman and his staffer hostage for three hours at a recording studio in Powai Thursday afternoon after calling them for auditions for a…
New Delhi: Delhiites on Thursday inhaled the most polluted Oct air in three years. The AQI deteriorated to 373 on the higher end of the very poor category as a toxic haze hung over the city. It was recorded at 279 (poor) a day earlier.The highest AQI recorded in Oct 2022 was 397, 350 the…
Pune: Eight months after a woman was raped inside a bus at the Swargate terminus of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), the plan to increase surveillance by installing additional CCTV cameras at different depots and other establishments of the utility has not made any progress. While MSRTC officials have blamed paucity of funds…
‘Gave Rohit Aarrya money as help when I was education minister’ MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MLA and former school education minister Deepak Kesarkar said on Thursday he personally donated money to Swachhta Monitor scheme operator Rohit Aarrya via cheque when he was school education minister as he sympathised with him. The MLA said Aarrya’s Swachhta Monitor…
New Delhi: This was the second-most polluted Oct in the past five years, with the city’s average Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 224 (poor category) this month. Though the reading was slightly better than last Oct’s 234, pollution levels were higher compared with 218 in Oct 2023, 210 in ’22 and 173 the year…
