New Delhi: Public Works Department (PWD) has begun preparing a detailed project report for the construction of a flyover along SSN Marg, stretching from the Anuvrat Marg red light to the DLF Farms cut, to reduce congestion.The three-kilometre stretch of SSN Marg is used by commuters heading to Gurgaon, the airport, Vasant Kunj and other…
Pune: State revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has directed the state registration and stamps department to conduct a detailed review of the scrapped Authorised Service Provider (ASP) scheme for online registration of leave and licence agreements and examine the feasibility of its reinstatement. “The minister has asked the state Inspector General of Registration (IGR) to review…
Mumbai: Doctors at Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) have found that adding an affordable, decades-old platinum-based drug to current chemotherapy options “significantly” improved survival rates for young patients with aggressive breast cancer.The drug—carboplatin —costs only around Rs 5,000 for an eight-week treatment course, but its addition boosts overall survival rates by 7.6% for triple-negative breast cancer…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has stated that provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (SC/ST Act) related to land dispossession cannot be invoked to prevent banks from exercising their lawful mortgage or recovery rights. Justice Sachin Datta made this observation while staying proceedings initiated by the National Commission for…
Pune: The division of the electoral roll for the upcoming civic poll according to the ward limits is expected before the Nov 6 deadline. Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has appointed teams in 15 ward offices to conduct field visits to ensure an error-free bifurcation. The staff involved in the electoral roll work have been instructed…
Vasai: Another blast in an electric transformer in a residential society located in Virar has sparked concerns over safety of people when they are around the open electric transformers. There are hundreds of transformers which are installed in Vasai Virar which are open and have been tagged as hazardous by activists. Open electric transformers are…
New Delhi: A 74-year-old man was killed and a woman injured when an e-rickshaw overturned in east Delhi’s Farsh Bazar on Friday afternoon. Police said the driver suddenly swerved the vehicle to avoid hitting a scooty, causing the e-rickshaw to lose balance and flip.Dr Hedgewar Hospital, where the victims were taken, informed police. Elderly passenger…
Pune: The Pune rural police arrested a motorcycle rider, Jakya Kondkya Chavan (30) of Daund, on Saturday for raping a woman (30) from Loni Kalbhor under a bridge on Bhigwan-Indapur road by offering her a lift during the early hours of Oct 10. The woman later lodged a complaint with the Bhigwan police. Police prepared…
Thane: Shiv Sena MP Dr Shrikant Shinde said the collaboration of Uddhav and Raj Thackeray would only benefit and strengthen their family ties but could hold no impact on the political scenario.Dr Shinde was addressing media queries in Thane recently over the impact of the Thackeray brothers coming together in the civic elections. “The collaboration…
New Delhi: The Faculty Association of AIIMS (FAIMS) has decided to abstain from the institute’s convocation on Saturday, protesting what it called the “unjust removal” of Dr AK Bisoi, head of the cardiothoracic and vascular surgery department, and alleging violations of due process and institutional autonomy.In a resolution passed unanimously on Friday at its general…
