Pune: When French drummer and composer Stephane Scharle steps onto the stage at FTII auditorium at 7pm on Tuesday evening, audiences will watch an iconic century-old film come alive with music.Presented by French Institute in India, in collaboration with the Alliance Française, Scharle will perform a live score for Paris Qui Dort (Paris Which Sleeps),…
Thane: The Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two more individuals — Mandar Gawade and Sandeep Pawaskar — in connection with the escalating bribery case involving suspended Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) deputy municipal commissioner Shankar Patole. Investigators suggest this could unravel a larger political-bureaucratic nexus operating within the civic body.Sources have hinted at the involvement of…
New Delhi: At Kalindi Kunj, Lal Devi (65) was observing Kharna, the waterless fast on the second day of Chhath Puja. as the afternoon sun shone on the Yamuna.Her grandchildren had gone to the riverbank to mark the spot for Monday’s Sandhya Arghya, the evening offering to the setting sun. Chhath Puja, which started on…
Pune: The future of Indian Army’s only Para Node (APN) hangs in the balance even after inspiring performances by its differently-abled soldiers on the global stage including a bronze medal at the Paralympics in Paris and two medals in last month’s World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi. The Army recently initiated a review to…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of Rs 13.85 lakh to the family of a 53-year-old security guard killed in a road accident in 2022. The victim, Kamlesh Rammurat Singh, was on duty at the compound of a private company in Wagle Estate area in Thane. A pick-up truck, owned…
Pune: Unseasonal rainfall in the last four days have dashed the hopes of hundreds of paddy growers across Pune district, with farmers in Junnar tehsil reporting severe losses days before harvest.Mahadev Nirmal, a small tribal farmer from Haatvij village, said he will get only half the harvest because rainfall in the last two days has…
Mumbai: The Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg police have made a breakthrough in a recent robbery where an armed gang barged into a gold manufacturing unit in Kalachowki area in Central Mumbai, assaulted the security guard and fled with 400 grams of gold worth Rs 50 lakh. Police have arrested four persons namely Manish Rathod 24,…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted six people in a case of alleged irregularities in housing loans sanctioned by Allahabad Bank’s Wazirpur branch over two decades ago, citing lack of evidence. Special Judge Jyoti Kaler, in an Oct 6 order, said the Central Bureau of Investigation failed to prove charges of conspiracy, cheating, forgery…
Pune: The Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) has decided to initiate strict action against individuals and organisations found commercially exploiting public properties originally developed for the benefit of local residents. The move follows a survey of properties across the board’s jurisdiction and a series of complaints lodged by people. Over the past decade, marriage halls, gyms,…
Navi Mumbai: A Ratnagiri woman, Priyanka Kumbhar (35), succumbed to her injuries five days after being flung out of the emergency door of a moving ST bus. The tragic accident was reported when the speeding bus driver suddenly applied brakes while driving along a bad stretch of Guhagar – Sawarde road, which is riddled with…
