New Delhi: A 39-year-old proclaimed offender was arrested on Sunday after an extensive surveillance was conducted covering over 100 km. The accused, Sudhir Verma, was declared an absconder in a case registered under the Negotiable Instruments Act at the Dwarka South police station. “Verma is a resident of Haryana’s Palwal district,” said DCP (Dwarka) Ankit…
Pune: The additional sessions court here on Thursday granted bail to Pranjal Khewalkar, son-in-law of former state minister Eknath Khadse, in connection with a case related to drugs at a house party in a Kharadi-based studio suite in July. Khewalkar, who was arrested by city police on July 27, is likely to walk out of…
Mumbai: The BMC is procuring 29 vehicle-mounted multipurpose dust suction systems, coupled with sprinkler systems for washing roads, besides fogging and misting units for suppression of dust at a cost of about Rs 74 crore. Each BMC ward will be provided with one unit, which will be moved across locations. These units, mounted on trucks,…
Accused Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati NEW DELHI: The director of a private management institute, run by Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, has been booked for allegedly sexually harassing 17 female students on the campus in Vasant Kunj. He has since been removed from the post.The suspect, Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati alias Parthasarathy, a self-styled godman hailing from Odisha,…
Mumbai: Teen injured in clash at garba event in goregaon east A fight between groups of revellers at a Garba event in Goregaon East, Mumbai, resulted in a teen sustaining a bloody nose and mouth. The incident occurred on Wednesday night during the event, which was attended by an unprecedented crowd. Vanrai Police stated that…
Cloud seeding trials may be conducted from Oct 9 (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The directorate general of civil aviation has granted permission to IIT Kanpur to carry out cloud seeding in Delhi between Oct 1 and Nov 30. Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that the trials of the artificial rain might be conducted…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is gearing to open the first phase of Metro Line 2B between Mandale and Chembur in the second week of Oct, with the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) set to complete his inspection shortly. However, it remains uncertain whether this stretch will be launched simultaneously with…
New Delhi: Twenty-five Bangladeshi immigrants living without valid documents were detained in an operation spanning across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Two were intercepted in Delhi, while 23 were arrested during a raid in Kanpur Dehat. They were residing for the past eight years.“Random verification drives were conducted in slums, labour camps and unauthorised colonies. The…
Pune: At a brainstorming session on Wednesday at Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, former SPPU vice-chancellor Nitin Karmalkar and others said Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) must act swiftly to regain ground in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).The discussion, organised by Progressive Education Society with Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshanik Mahasangh, was attended by…
New Delhi: In a case reflective of relationship issues that are unique to today’s times, Supreme Court has come to the relief of an 80-year-old man and his 78-year-old wife and ordered eviction of their 61-year-old son from two rooms in Sakinaka after the latter failed to provide them with maintenance, as mandated under the…
