New Delhi: Delhi govt plans to launch the city’s first ever cooperative ride-hailing service, aiming to offer drivers an alternative to corporate platforms while providing passengers more affordable, surge-free options.Officials said the service would ensure drivers retain 100% of their earnings, wherein they don’t have to pay any commission to cab aggregators. Officials of the…
Pune: The district administration will roll out a slot-booking system across 25 key tourist spots after Diwali to tackle overcrowding, safety risks, and environmental damage at popular destinations. Visitors will need to pre-book time slots through a new mobile app. A website is also being developed for the same. Senior officials said the system will…
Mumbai: Taking a stern view against economic offences, a special CBI court on Monday rejected the bail plea of a 19-year-old student accused of playing an “active member” role in a high-magnitude, transnational cyber fraud racket in which multiple victims were cheated of a total of Rs 3.76 crore. “Given the young age of the…
New Delhi: A five-year-old girl was killed on Sunday after a speeding e-rickshaw lost control, overturned and hit her while she was playing near her home in southwest Delhi’s Uttam Nagar. The drive has been arrested.Police were informed around 4.30pm about the incident near 100 foota road. “A team reached the spot and found that…
Pune: PMRDA has issued a directive that heavy vehicles transporting construction materials will now only be permitted to enter Hinjewadi, Mhalunge, and adjacent areas during specific time slots designated by the police. The decision is aimed at mitigating traffic chaos and prevent accidents in these rapidly developing zones.This decisive action follows a tragic incident last…
Pune/Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has so far discontinued eight schemes — Majhi Shala, Sundar Shala being the latest — introduced by his predessor and currently deputy CM Eknath Shinde, said Shiv Sena (UBT) member Ambadas Danve on Monday.Danve, speaking to media persons, listed the seven other schemes as Anandacha Shidha, One Rupee Crop Insurance,…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has intensified security measures across major markets and metro hubs ahead of festivals with senior cops, including police commissioner Satish Golcha, joining the patrol teams on the ground. Over 25,000 cops and para-military personnel have been deployed to ensure fool-proof anti-sabotage measures. CCTV surveillance has also been deployed to deter any…
Pune: The Kalepadal police on Sunday registered a case of wrongful restraint and extortion against 13 members of the gang run by Tipu Pathan after they allegedly grabbed land of a 31-year-old man from Kurla in Mumbai.The police said the gang members grabbed the land in 2020, erected tin sheet houses on it and rented…
Mumbai: Metabolic syndrome—a group of conditions that raise one’s risk of coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and stroke—is also associated with a heightened risk of gynaecological cancers, according to researchers from Mumbai. In a review of papers from across the globe, the team from National Institute of Reproductive and Child Health (NIRRCH), an Indian Council…
New Delhi: A Delhi court, while hearing the bail plea of self-styled godman Chaitanyananda Saraswati on Monday, observed that the gravity of the offence increased multifold because of the number of women students accusing him of the same crime. Chaitanyananda is in judicial custody in a case where he is accused of molesting 17 women…
