Pune: This Halloween, cafes, restaurants and bars in the city are moving away from the usual jump scares and instead finding creative ways to bring film and television into the mix. At Olivia Cafe Bistro in Pashan, the Halloween spirit takes the form of a precinct adventure inspired by the television show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”. Founder…
Mumbai: The state election commission (SEC) has urged EC to allow additions and deletions to the July 1 voter list being used for the local body polls in the state up to Oct 15. In a letter, it asked that the additional names be included as a supplementary voter list while maintaining the cutoff date…
New Delhi: As Delhi is again grappling with pollution crisis in the aftermath of Diwali, former Supreme Court judge Abhay S Oka, who dealt with this problem and other environment issues during his stint at the apex court, appealed all courts to adopt zero tolerance for violation of environmental laws and said that bursting of…
Pune: An 82-year-old former state govt officer from Vishrantwadi collapsed and died of shock days after realising that a Rs1.19 crore digital arrest fraud was committed on him and his wife (80) between Aug 16 and Sept 17 by crooks impersonating Mumbai Cyber police and CBI officials.The couple have three daughters, who are married and…
Mumbai: While industrialist Anil Ambani has been chargesheeted by CBI in the Yes Bank loan fraud case, his son, Jai Anmol Ambani, has come under the lens.According to its chargesheet filed recently, CBI said as part of its future investigations, it was probing the role of Jai, then executive director of Reliance Capital Ltd (RCL)…
New Delhi: Move over, hissing snakes and clawing cats — Indian frogs are rewriting the rulebook on self-defence.A team led by India’s “Frogman”, Prof S D Biju of Delhi University, has documented two hitherto unseen defensive behaviours among Indian amphibians: one species bites and shrieks in warning, while another raises its body like a tiny,…
Pune: Maharashtra is equipped to set up a global institute for frontier technologies that could be a benchmark for the adoption of advanced manufacturing techniques, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said in Pune on Wednesday.“The concept of a global institute is very important, and I believe Maharashtra will host such an institute,” said Fadnavis at the…
Navi Mumbai: Taloja police have registered a dowry death case involving a 21-year-old woman who died by suicide at her in-laws’ residence on the fourth floor in Trimbak Sankul, Navade village, Taloja node on Tuesday morning. Within 12 hours, her husband and parents-in-law were arrested after the victim’s father lodged a complaint against her in-laws….
New Delhi: Adil Hussaini, arrested by Delhi Police’s special cell, revealed during police questioning that he and his brother, Akhtar Hussain, changed names and obtained new passports as they became “people of interest” in some foreign countries due to their shady dealings. To dodge any potential trail, Hussaini declared himself dead.The suspects were under surveillance…
Pune: Commuters travelling on Ganeshkhind Road and from University Chowk ahead towards Baner and Pashan can expect a measure of relief in their daily trips in the coming two months. The authorities are now looking at opening up the Baner-Shivajinagar wing of the upcoming flyover at the location in Nov. The flyover’s other two wings…
