Mumbai: SNDT University is quietly scripting a story of expansion, with its student rolls swelling to nearly 90,000 this year—the highest in four years. The figure, up from last year’s 84,000, is double what Vice Chancellor Prof Ujwala Chakradeo inherited when she took charge in 2021.The reasons, she says, are not hard to find. A…
BMW crash accused Gaganpreet Kaur NEW DELHI: Patiala house court on Wednesday heard arguments on the bail plea of Gaganpreet Kaur, who has been in custody for ten days following her arrest in connection with a culpable homicide case. The court directed Delhi Police to produce CCTV footage and other evidence to support their case….
Pune: Faraskhana police on Tuesday arrested four men who, on behalf of the Andekar gang, allegedly collected monthly extortion money from vendors at the unauthorised fish market in Ganesh Peth.Based on the fish traders’ statements and the subsequent registration of an FIR, police said gangster Suryakant alias Bandu Andekar and his aides, including his family…
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has announced temporary modifications to services on Metro Lines 2A and 7, including single-line operations in some sections, due to an unspecified operational adjustment, effective immediately and until further notice.Maha Mumbai Operations Corporation Ltd (MMMOCL) said, “Metro Line 2A will continue to operate seamlessly between Andheri West and…
NEW DELHI: The director of a private institution in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj, Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, has been booked after multiple female students accused him of sexual harassment, police said.Investigators said 32 students were interviewed during the enquiry, and 17 came forward with specific allegations.The complaints included: Obscene WhatsApp and SMS messages allegedly sent by the…
Pune: Two workers of a construction site were arrested from an express train at Kalyan railway station and their supervisor’s three-year-old daughter rescued on Monday night.The Airport police said they had kidnapped the child after their supervisor fired them around 5pm on Monday. Senior inspector Govind Jadhav of the Airport police told TOI: “The girl…
MUMBAI: The inauguration of the Navi Mumbai airport will now happen on Oct 30, and the Metro 3 project will be inaugurated on Oct 8, a senior official confirmed to TOI. The two projects were to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sept 30. It is likely that PM Modi will do both…
Accused Chinmayanad Saraswati, also known as Parthasarthi or Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati NEW DELHI: Chinmayanad Saraswati, also known as Parthasarthi or Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, is the manager of a private engineering institute in South West Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area.As per media reports, the accused director is constantly changing his locations to evade arrest.He has recently been…
Pune: Activists from the city unit of Patit Pavan Sanghatana (PPS) have claimed that a part of the false ceiling of Balgandharva Rangmandir Art Gallery fell on Wednesday morning. “A part of the false ceiling came down unexpectedly. At the time of the incident, there was no one at the art gallery, but the incident…
MUMBAI: The Executive Committee of the Centre for Narendra Modi Studies (CNMS – NaMo Kendra) has formally requested the President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu to confer the Bharat Ratna posthumously on the late Ratan Naval Tata, one of India’s most admired industrialists and philanthropists. Tata passed away on October 9, 2024.In a statement, Prof….
