Mumbai: The biggest foreign hurdle in India’s first bullet train project has finally been cleared, with a giant Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) which was stranded at a Chinese port now expected to arrive in Mumbai on Sep 24.After factory testing and assembling, tunnelling work for the underground stretch will begin in Jan 2027, officials confirmed.The…
Mumbai: A 52-year-old man working as a temple priest died by suicide at Kandivli West a day after a college-going girl accused him of alleged harassment. Kandivli Police have recorded an accidental death in connection with the suicide and are probing further.According to the police, the deceased hailed from Madhya Pradesh and worked as a…
Mumbai: An autorickshaw driver died in a fatal crash after he lost control of the vehicle, causing it to flip three to four times, at Andheri East recently. An eyewitness narrated the sequence of events to the MIDC Police who registered a case against the deceased driver.On Sept 18, MIDC Police were informed of a…
Pune: Two people, including a medical assistant from a private hospital, collectively lost Rs45.3 lakh in separate online share trading frauds.Separation complaints have been registered with the Alankar and Bavdhan police on Thursday.An officer from the Bavdhan police said a private company official (45) from Baner came into contact with an unknown woman, who claimed…
To open doors for his eight students, Prafull Ambatkar locks the doors of his school. As the lone teacher at Bhavani Bal Primary School —a bare pink room with a TV in Junona village, the 54-year-old must be vigilant. “It’s a buffer zone,” he says, referring to the no-network hamlet in the Moharli core zone…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi govt to ensure enhanced security measures around hospital buildings in the city — particularly in deserted or isolated areas — which could be vulnerable to sexual crimes. A bench of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma said that “despite the nationwide awakening and legal reforms” that followed the…
Pune: Biotechnology will dominate the global economy in the near future, with India being at the forefront firmly grounded in its industry of $300 billion attained over the next five to seven years, said Jitendra Singh, minister of state (independent charge) of the Union ministry of science and technology.Singh was speaking on Friday at the…
Mumbai: Three Ghatkopar residents arrested in a drunk driving accident in which a pavement-dweller was killed were sent to judicial custody after completing five days in police custody on Thursday. Bhavika Dama (30), Koram Bhanusali (30) and Aniket Bhansode (29) were denied bail when they appeared in court. They are facing charges of culpable homicide…
New Delhi: Soon after Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won three of the four central panel posts in the Delhi University Students’ Union (Dusu) elections, a flurry of congratulatory messages poured in from several leaders of BJP.Union home minister Amit Shah described ABVP’s triumph as a resounding expression of the youth’s trust in the principle…
Pune: Minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol on Friday said Solapur would be connected to Mumbai and Bengaluru from Oct 15.“There was a demand to start flights from the Solapur airport. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has approved the viability gap funding to start flights, and Star Air will launch the service,” Mohol said.Flight…
