Thane: A 45-year-old man died after a fire broke out in his fourth-floor apartment at Prathamesh Apartment, Shantinagar, Wagle Estate, late Wednesday night.Fire officials said they received a call around 10 pm and rushed to the spot. The flat owner was found trapped inside and rescued with the help of neighbours. He sustained severe burn…
New Delhi: Police have busted an inter-state cybercrime network that allegedly defrauded people by impersonating officials from the Delhi Jal Board, banks and power companies, and by sending malicious Android package kit (APK) files.Two men — including a B.Tech graduate accused of supplying stolen personal data to fraudsters — have been arrested, while a juvenile…
Mumbai: A retired Army Subedar, a resident of Haryana, provided a detailed account of the events leading up to and immediately following the fatal shooting of an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) by dismissed Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh aboard the Jaipur-Mumbai Express train in 2023. The former serviceman, who was returning to his post…
New Delhi: Teachers in some primary schools will soon undergo specialised training aimed at improving classroom teaching and student learning outcomes. According to officials, mentor teachers will conduct these sessions and guide their colleagues in adopting more effective and innovative teaching practices.The initiative marks a major effort to strengthen the quality of education at MCD…
NEW DELHI: Police in Mumbai have registered a case against unidentified individuals after Maharashtra NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) MLA Rohit Pawar demonstrated how a fake Aadhaar card could be created in the name of former US President Donald Trump and used to register bogus voters. The FIR was lodged by the cyber police following a…
New Delhi: Police have arrested three people, including a couple, for allegedly kidnapping an infant from Naraina in west Delhi. The couple, who wished to have a child, allegedly conspired with their neighbour—a domestic help—who planned the abduction by hiring two teenage boys for Rs 20,000. The accused have been identified as Shubh Karan (36),…
Mumbai hostage drama: 17 children, 2 adults rescued after 2-hour ordeal; police seize airgun, chemicals MUMBAI: Seventeen children and two adults rescued after hostage situation in powai studio. The 19 people were kept hostage for almost two hours in a studio at the Mahavir Classik building in Powai today. They were rescued after a police…
New Delhi: Delhi’s wetlands have been steadily vanishing under the pressure of rapid urbanisation, with a new study warning of severe ecological consequences. A 2025 study— titled ‘The Impact of Urbanisation on Wetland Ecology in Delhi Using AWEI and GIS’ by Delhi University researchers—found that the city lost around 8.2% of its total wetlands between…
Pune: Ambegaon police arrested five youngsters, all residents of Ambegaon Pathar, for assaulting a 21-year-old man from Dhayari and robbing the motorcycle of the injured man’s friend at Ambegaon around 9.30pm on Monday. Police said the assailants attacked the injured persons due to an old dispute between them. They know each other. TNN Source link
How police stormed in to rescue 17 children, 2 adults from Powai studio MUMBAI: Seventeen young actor aspirants who had come to audition at RA Studio in Powai on Thursday found themselves trapped in a scene far from the one they had prepared for — held hostage by the very man they thought would give…
