Fake acid attack case: Cops nab uncle & brother of 19-yr-old girl NEW DELHI: Delhi Police arrested the uncle and apprehended the brother of a 19-year-old Delhi University student who was allegedly part of a staged acid attack in northwest Delhi’s Ashok Vihar. Special CP (law and order) Ravindra Singh Yadav confirmed the development. The…
Pune: Chikhali police arrested three men, all residents of Chikhali and Khed, for issuing threats to an autorickshaw driver, Akash Bhusare (25), and demanding an extortion of Rs800 from him. Police are searching for two more suspects in the case. Police said they were armed with sharp weapons and issued threats to the local residents…
Mumbai: The city crime branch is likely to interrogate a man who was recently arrested by Delhi police for his alleged links with Pakistan’s spy agency ISI. City police had nabbed his brother earlier this month for allegedly posing as a scientist with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and travelling abroad under multiple fake identities.Suspecting…
Racy clips, blackmail and killings: The dark trail behind India’s ‘live-in murders’ NEW DELHI: The idea of living together once symbolised freedom — a quiet rebellion against rigid social codes. But today, “live-in” is no longer a whisper of modern romance.It has thrown up country’s some of the most chilling incidents of betrayal, violence and…
Pune: Parvati MLA and state urban development minister Madhuri Misal on Wednesday said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed the state housing department to immediately halt and investigate the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) proposal linked to the Janata Vasahat slum rehabilitation project.In Aug, Misal had written to the chief minister requesting a joint meeting…
Mumbai: Responding to the criticism that BMC had woken up late to issue a warning to construction sites who failed to install AQI monitors, the BMC has claimed that the civic body has activated ward level squads to keep a check on whether the construction sites are adhering to the 28 point guidelines. Besides, civic…
New Delhi: The crime branch of Delhi Police has busted a sophisticated drug cartel operating across India, Thailand and Dubai, arresting the key supplier, a former Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs official. High-potency hydroponic marijuana valued at over Rs 42 crore was seized.The accused was identified as 35-year-old Rohit Kumar Sharma alias Robit,…
Pune: The PET-CT scan machine at Sassoon General Hospital, one of the region’s largest tertiary care centres, has been lying unused because of the health hub’s inability to hire a qualified technician. The issue stems from the low remuneration offered at the govt hospital, which has failed to attract skilled professionals, sources said.A faculty member…
Navi Mumbai: A major fire broke out at a third floor 3BHK apartment in a 13-storey Shree Ravechi Heights in sector 7, Kharghar in the vicinity of Kharghar police station on Wednesday afternoon. Fortunately, no casualty has been reported as the family residing at the apartment was not home and the Kharghar and Kalamboli fire…
New Delhi: Police in all 15 Delhi districts have been given drones for surveillance, reconnaissance, crime scene documentation and a range of other tasks. The force has also laid down standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the use of drones too.The SOPs say that the drones will also be used for disaster response, crowd control and…
