New Delhi: Even as Delhi govt prepares to set up 23 major Chhath ghats along the Yamuna, the Delhi stretch of the river, which was visibly cleaner after the monsoon rain, is showing renewed signs of degradation. Frothing has reappeared in parts of it — a sign that pollution levels are rising again. Delhi Pollution…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra police on Saturday arrested Prashant Bankar, one of two individuals accused in connection with the suicide of a woman doctor in Phaltan taluka, Satara district.According to news agency ANI, Bankar will be produced in court today. The other accused sub-inspector Gopal Badne, is still absconding. A doctor posted at Phaltan subdistrict hospital…
Navi Mumbai: Raigad police arrested a 49-year-old man for allegedly hunting a ‘barking deer’ (Indian Munjtac), a species protected under the Wildlife Protection Act and have seized 1 kg meat of the animal from his house.Acting on a tip-off, a police team from Alibaug and Mandwa coastal police stations raided the accused’s house in Vadgaon,…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will launch Phase II of the Jan Sadharan Awas Yojana on Nov 11, offering 1,537 affordable flats under the low-income group (LIG) and economically weaker section (EWS) across the city. The flats are in some of Delhi’s emerging residential hubs such as Shivaji Marg (Moti Nagar), Ramgarh Colony that…
Pune: Friction within Mahayuti’s alliance partners, the BJP and Shiv Sena seems to be growing.Despite complaints from the BJP’s Pune unit, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has backed its Pune chief, Ravindra Dhangekar by countering its Mahayuti partner and questioning criticism by its minister Ganesh Naik against Shinde.Dhangekar has been targeting senior BJP members from Pune,…
MUMBAI: A 24-year-old Parel resident repeatedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend on a road near Chinchpokli after an argument, chased her into a nursing home 50m away and kept stabbing her till she collapsed on Friday morning. He then slit his own throat, dying on the spot. The woman died of multiple stab wounds nearly seven hours…
A wanted criminal, Koku Pahadia, was injured in a brief gunfight with Delhi Police in Mehrauli on Saturday NEW DELHI: A brief gunfight broke out between Delhi police and wanted criminal Koku Pahadia in Mehrauli on Saturday morning, leaving the accused injured. Pahadia allegedly opened fire on the police team while trying to escape. Two…
Pune: Over 100 fire incidents, primarily caused by firecrackers, were reported across Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad during the Diwali festival. Fortunately, there were no reports of fatalities.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits recorded 68 fire incidents from Oct 19 to 23. In the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) areas, 62 fire incidents caused by crackers…
Music composer Sachin held for sexual assault MUMBAI: Santacruz police Thursday arrested music composer Sachin Sanghvi (45) after a 29-year-old singer he befriended on Instagram filed a complaint accusing him of sexual assault by employing deceitful means, outraging her modesty, & giving her abortion pills without her knowledge when she became pregnant. The Bollywood musician…
New Delhi: In a move to re-establish a unified command over Delhi’s traffic management for the first time in nearly four years, Delhi Police commissioner Satish Golcha on Friday appointed Neeraj Thakur, a 1994-batch IPS officer, as the new chief of traffic police. Delhi’s anti-terror unit also got a new chief, Anil Shukla, a 1996-batch…
