Pune: The demand for feeder buses to ensure last-mile connectivity has grown as the Metro’s average daily footfall in Sept rose to 2.53 lakh from 2.24 lakh in Aug. More than 75 lakh commuters travelled in Sept on both routes — Vanaz to Ramwadi and PCMC to Swargate. Many said they preferred this mode of…
Mumbai: BMC will publish the final ward boundaries on Monday, ahead of the upcoming Mumbai municipal elections.A BMC corporator ward has 54,000 voters with a plus or minus up to a certain limit. BMC polls are likely to be held early next year. After the term of corporators ended on March 7, 2022, BMC has…
Laser lights cut through the air, perfectly complementing the beat With towering holographic visuals as the backdrop, DJ Eric Prydz made the jam-packed Indira Gandhi Stadium shake with his beats on Saturday. Known for his striking visuals, this was Prydz’s first performance in India in eight years. The Swedish DJ is a well-known name in…
Pune: The Wagholi police are searching for three men for hacking their friend, Badal Shaikh (24) of Kharadi, to death at Ubalenagar on the Pune-Nagar highway, around 3.30am on Sunday.Senior inspector Yuvraj Hande of Wagholi police told TOI, “The three men, who are on the run, were friends with Shaikh, who used to do odd…
Mumbai: Sparking speculation about the announcement of an alliance between Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena (UBT) for the local body polls, Raj Thackeray visited Matoshree, his cousin Uddhav Thackeray’s residence in Bandra, on Sunday afternoon.In the morning, Uddhav and Raj attended Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut’s family function at MCA Club in Bandra-Kurla…
New Delhi: A Delhi court recently granted bail to an accused in a Pocso case, stating that the forensic report would take time to come. Bail cannot be denied for an indefinite period on the ground that the victim is not present to oppose the bail, additional sessions judge Ankit Mehta stated.The accused, Sunil Kumar,…
Pune: The Khadak police have arrested Rajesh Maharanidin Saroj (36), a private driver, from Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh for stealing silver ornaments weighing 70 kg, worth around Rs 67.6 lakh, from a shop in Guruwar Peth last month.At present, the police recovered 36.5 kg of silver from his possession.Saroj and his five accomplices broke open…
Mumbai: Activists of Save Aarey Forest movement on Sunday demanded that educationist and environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk, who was arrested in the aftermath of the recent unrest over statehood demand in Ladakh, be freed from jail.While marking the sixth anniversary of the movement with a demonstration in Aarey Colony, they said Wangchuk’s arrest and imprisonment “has…
New Delhi: A 33-year-old man was arrested for allegedly duping youth by promising lucrative jobs at the airport, police said on Sunday. A complaint was filed by a resident of RK Puram on the NCRP portal. The complainant alleged that he received a call from a man who offered him a job at a flight…
Mumbai: Like in the last six years, the monsoon‘s withdrawal from the city may miss the normal date of Oct 8. This time, it’s likely to be delayed to Oct 10-11 owing to cyclone Shakhti and a strong western disturbance, according to experts.The last time the rains kept their normal retreat date was in 2018…
