AAP leader Satyendar Jain NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 7.4 crore of AAP functionary and former Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain in a disproportionate assets and money laundering case, taking the total value of attachments to Rs 12 crore.Disclosing its Sept 15 action in a special Rouse Avenue court, ED…
Pune: Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has been collecting one of the highest water rates from companies in Kharadi Knowledge Park.MIDC is charging companies in the knowledge park Rs 104.75 per cubic metre (per 1,000 litres), which is significantly higher compared to industrial areas in Mumbai, where the rates range between Rs 25-26, and Rs…
Thane: Police have registered a case against four persons for allegedly cheating an interior decorator here of Rs 97.75 lakh under the pretext of arranging a business loan through CSR funds, officials said on Tuesday.The accused lured the 45-year-old victim, living in the Badlapur area of Maharashtra’s Thane district, by promising him a business loan…
NEW DELHI: The Rouse Avenue Court will pronounce its order on the framing of charges in the IRCTC hotel corruption case on October 13. The court has directed all accused persons, including former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, to appear in person…
Pune: A 48-year-old scooter driver died after a pickup truck knocked him down when he tried to cross a mini-truck on the Pune-Mumbai highway on Monday morning at Wadgaon Maval. The victim, Chand Mulla of Kamshet, was driving towards Dehu Road for work. The Kamshet police have registered a case of causing death by negligence…
MUMBAI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has demanded that the govt immediately constitute a judicial probe—hold a Court of Inquiry, that is—into the crash of Air India Flight AI 171. In a letter to the ministry, FIP alleged that the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) inquiry was “irrevocably compromised” by bias, unlawful leaks, and…
Accused Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati NEW DELHI: Allegations of sexual harassment against Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, director of a reputed institute in Vasant Kunj, have snowballed into a full-blown police case after over 15 girl students came forward with detailed complaints. Delhi Police confirmed on Tuesday that the accused is absconding but has been traced near Agra.Sleazy…
Pune: An IndiGo flight from Pune to Kolkata in the wee hours of Tuesday was diverted to Bhubaneswar following heavy rain in the West Bengal capital affected operations at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport. The flight (6E-6921) took off from Pune at 12.35am and was to land in Kolkata at 3.10am. Sources said the…
MUMBAI: Seven persons sustained severe burn injuries after a fire broke out in Ram Kisan Mestri Chawl, opposite ESIC Hospital in Kandivali East around 9am on Tuesday. Officials suspect that a leak in an LPG cylinder triggered the blaze inside a ground-plus-one shop.The fire was doused within half an hour, but not before it left…
Accused Swami Chaitanyananda NEW DELHI: A director of a private engineering institute in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj, identified as Chinmayanad Saraswati — also known as Parthasarthi or Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati — is facing fresh allegations of sexual harassment from multiple female students. This is not the first time his name has surfaced in such cases. In…
