Pune: The Bombay high court has upheld a Pune sessions court’s judgment of Dec 14, 2016, that convicted and sentenced a software engineer to life imprisonment for repeatedly stabbing his colleague to death at a rented apartment in Balewadi on Oct 20, 2008.The bench of justices GS Kulkarni and Advait M Sethna, however, quashed and…
Mumbai: A 14-year-old boy died by suicide at his Malad residence on Tuesday afternoon while his mother was at work.Police said the boy was found hanging from a ladder around 2.30 pm at Ambewadi. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead. No suicide note was recovered. After the post-mortem, his…
New Delhi: The Public Works Department (PWD) is ready to start a post-monsoon rehaul of at least 80 road stretches. Among these are the Noida Link Road and the Noida More flyover slip road, which are vital to people who commute through the DND Flyway every day. The project is estimated to cost Rs 3.68…
Pune: The Yerawada police have registered a case against the manager of a restaurant and bar in Kalyaninagar for playing loud music after 12.30am on Tuesday, following a complaint made by residents to the control room. When the police reached the premises, the resto-bar was also found serving food and liquor to its customers past…
Thane: An orthopedic surgeon from Ambernath has been booked for rape on the complaint of a woman whose husband was his patient. After the husband died, the doctor sexually exploited the widow promising marriage. Police said the doctor became close to the widow, assuring he would marry her and allegedly had repeated sexual relations with…
New Delhi: In a narrow escape, three people, including a 103-year-old man, were rescued by two brave cops after a fire erupted in their residential building’s parking area in south Delhi’s Greater Kailash-1 on Tuesday evening.The blaze was first noticed around 6pm by one of the residents, Neeta Arora (63), while she was busy with…
Pune: Double-decker buses are set for a comeback in the city after two decades with PMPML deciding to operate 25 such vehicles on five routes from either end of Dec or early Jan next year.The new set of buses has been brought from Chennai and will run on electricity. Pune Municipal Transport, which is now…
Mumbai/Nagpur/Pune: The opposition tore into the state govt on Wednesday over “inadequate” flood relief measures for farmers and its failure to declare a ‘wet drought’. Picking holes in CM Devendra Fadnavis’s declaration that all concessions typically given during drought will be extended to flood-affected people, it questioned the lack of specific announcements, such as farm…
New Delhi: As Delhi braces for a bittersweet goodbye to Goddess Durga, puja com-mittees are pulling out all stops to ensure she is sent off with aplomb. Before the drummers return to Nadia, the dhaks sound their last beats, and the final swirls of dhunuchis linger in the air, pandals across the city — from…
Pune: The city is abuzz with the spirit of Dasara, a day deeply rooted in the belief that new purchases invite prosperity and good fortune.Across Pune, families are flocking to markets and showrooms, eagerly bringing home everything from gleaming gold and intricate jewellery to cutting-edge electronics and brand-new cars.Jewellers are reporting an exceptionally strong Dasara….
