Kalyan: Over 200 candidates are said to have missed the exam for recruitment for 498 posts in Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) at a Powai centre on Wednesday allegedly due to traffic jams. Some claimed they were denied entry despite reporting on time.Many of them turned up at the KDMC headquarters and sought a re-exam. Shrutika…
New Delhi: Around 300 people protested on the railway tracks near outer Delhi’s Nangloi station on Wednesday afternoon after the railways planned to block a crossing to stop “trespassing” by locals. The demonstrators blocked the tracks from both sides, disrupting train services. A police officer said the railways planned to block the crossing near Sukhi…
Pune: The civic body has approved Rs145 crore to upgrade the city’s cycling infrastructure before the Pune Grand Challenge Tour — an international cycling race recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).The 684km event scheduled for Jan 2026 will also be a qualifier for the Los Angeles Olympics 2028 and is a major milestone in…
Mumbai: In one of the biggest land deals in the city, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed an agreement with Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) to acquire a 4.2 acre or 16,832 sq m plot at Nariman Point for Rs 3,472 crore to build its new office complex.Earlier, in 2023, Wadia Group…
New Delhi: Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) National Centre of Sports Science Research (NCSSR) and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) have partnered to enhance collaboration in sports sciences, advanced technology and indigenous innovation.“This partnership reflects the ministry’s commitment to integrating science and technology with sports to empower Indian athletes to compete at the…
Pune: Dhakshineswar Suresh, drafted as a reserve in the Indian Davis Cup squad for the World Group I tie against Switzerland in Biel this weekend, has impressed the team management with “how he is shaping up”, captain Rohit Rajpal said on Wednesday.“We worked hard to get Suresh here. We spoke to his college coach (of…
Mumbai: Brace for traffic chaos in south Mumbai in the coming festive season. When BMC resumes its ambitious road concretisation project next month with the monsoon’s departure, 776 new roads will be built across the city, nearly half of which will fall in the area, indicates the civic body’s newly launched dashboard to track the…
New Delhi: The Yamuna level receded further on Wednesday, however, about 7,000 people remained in relief camps as many low-lying areas of the city were still under water. The level at 8 am was 204.75m, which dipped to 204.63m by 8 pm, well above warning levels. It may drop to 204.5m by Thursday morning.Officials said…
Nagpur: A court here on Wednesday dismissed a civil suit filed against IPS officer Rashmi Shukla by Congress MLA Nana Patole over an FIR, noting imputations made in the report are not the publication of a defamatory statement. The court also held since the FIR had already been quashed by Bombay high court, there was…
New Delhi: A day after a motorcycle rider working with an aggregator service was fatally stabbed in Rohini, police arrested two men and apprehended a minor for allegedly robbing the victim before killing him.The victim, identified as Rajjab Khan, was a resident of Ghaziabad. According to police, a PCR call was received at KNK Marg…
