Pune: Three citizens’ organisations on Tuesday issued a legal notice to the Pune district magistrate and collector for the latter’s alleged failure to conduct the mandatory district road safety committee (DRSC) meetings as directed by the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety. They alleged that this non-compliance had led to recurring fatal road accidents across…
Thane: A 39-year-old woman allegedly poisoned her teen daughter before consuming the same substance herself at their Shantinagar residence last week. While both mother and daughter died during treatment, the woman’s minor son narrowly escaped after refusing to drink the liquid offered to him.The initial probe revealed the woman had been undergoing treatment for a…
New Delhi: A year after a 17-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and then sexually assaulted by a man in northwest Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar, police have arrested the accused in the case. Police received a complaint on May 28, 2024, from the girl’s mother reporting that her daughter had been missing since the previous day. A…
Pune: Two men died after they fell into a 25feet deep trench after the motorcycle crashed into a concrete railing along the road late on Monday night near Avasari Budruk in Ambegaon Taluka, about 60km from city.One of the victims, Akash Jadhav (28), had his birthday on Tuesday. He and his cousin, Mayur Jadhav (25),…
Mumbai: BMC’s plan to involve private players to run three of its existing and another three new blood banks has been delayed, with a third extension being issued to the tender process. The corrigendum in the tenders has upset activists, who believe the BMC is handing out more-than-necessary space in these six hospitals to private…
DELHI: The Centre’s air quality panel on Tuesday directed authorities in Delhi and the adjoining National Capital Region to enforce measures under Stage I of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) with immediate effect as pollution levels descended to the “poor” category.The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said the Air Quality Index in Delhi…
Pune: Kothrud police on Monday night registered a cheating case against gangster Nilesh Ghaywal for allegedly using the Aadhaar of a person to obtain a SIM card and open bank accounts using the phone number.Deputy commissioner of police (zone III) Sambhaji Kadam said, “A man from Kothrud (whose details cannot be shared) was threatened by…
Mumbai: Ahead of local body polls in the state, the cabinet on Tuesday approved a scheme for the restoration of educational institutions and hostel buildings of People’s Education Society, which was established by Dr B R Ambedkar. It cleared a fund of Rs 500 crore for this purpose over the next five years.The scheme has…
LalitArpan Festival’s 24th edition celebrated courage and hope through Kathak, highlighting inspiring survival stories. The Annual LalitArpan Festival (24th edition), held on October 8 and 9, 2025, at the Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, left audiences deeply moved and inspired by its powerful theme — “Antah-Shakti: Courage and Hope.” This year, it presented…
Pune: There is no such thing as digital arrest in law as neither the police nor any other investigating agency uses this method, Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey said, adding “people should not panic or respond to any such threats in the name of digital arrest”. He was addressing citizens’ concerns on Tuesday…
