Pune: A 28-year-old housewife from Nagpur was arrested for cheating an 80-year-old retired bank officer of Bibvewadi of Rs11.5 lakh after promising marriage to him.Earlier in Oct, the victim lodged a complaint at the Bibvewadi police station against the woman. He said she had promised to marry him, but cheated him instead. Police arrested the…
Thane: The Thane BJP has raised concerns over the abrupt shutdown of the ‘Aapla Davakhana’ initiative, which provided free healthcare services to residents across 40 locations in the city. They criticised Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) for failing to start a long-term programme related to public health and welfare. Launched five years ago, the initiative was…
New Delhi: Delhi Khadi and Village Industries Board (DKVIB) has decided to set up an emporium in Connaught Place which will serve as a one-stop destination for nearly 650 Geographical Indication (GI)-tagged products from across India, industries minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Friday.The emporium, to be made in collaboration with DSIIDC, will offer domestic…
Mumbai: The Mumbai BJP office-bearers will be appointed by the month-end, said city unit president Ameet Satam. The party has already nominated district presidents and ward committees. Satam said he would soon hold organisational meetings in all 36 assembly constituencies in the city. Besides, the city core committee members will be holding similar meetings at…
New Delhi: Public Works Department (PWD) has approved the construction of five new foot overbridges (FOBs) to improve pedestrian safety in high-footfall areas and streamline traffic movement in the city. It will also conduct a feasibility study on the additional pedestrian crossings.According to officials, the FOBs will be built at SPM Marg near the exit…
Thane: A gang of three was arrested by the Property Cell of Thane Police’s Crime Branch for allegedly duping around 35 people by fraudulently taking possession of their four-wheeler vehicles under the pretext of renting them for Samruddhi Mahamarg construction work. The police said they recovered 22 four-wheelers worth Rs 2.15 crore from the accused.A…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on a woman litigant who sought to block “illegal” construction at a property in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh, but concealed that she had filed a suit before a trial court in the matter.“There is no doubt that this court takes very serious…
Mumbai: Seven people were injured after a portion of the first floor of a ground plus one structure collapsed in Madanpura, Byculla. The incident at Fanuswala Building was reported around 12.50 pm on Wednesday. While five people were treated on OPD basis at Bhatia Hospital, the other two, Gulam Rasool (24) and Mohammad Sayyad (59),…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of kidnapping and forcibly marrying a 16-year-old girl, observing that the prosecution failed to prove its case.The court was hearing a case against Shivraj Singh Sudama, who was accused of kidnapping a girl from Jaitpur on Aug 14, 2021.Additional sessions judge Lovleen noted that the…
Mumbai: For probably the first time, top developers and architects from various organisations like CREDAI-MCHI, NAREDCO, BDA, and PEATA met municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani on Friday to discuss bottlenecks affecting the real estate sector. The civic chief announced the formation of a steering committee comprising representatives from these bodies along with BMC officers from various…
