New Delhi: A four-storey building, which had been declared dangerous, collapsed early on Tuesday at Punjabi Basti in Sabzi Mandi. There were no casualties since its occupants had already been evacuated. In the process, however, other buildings in the vicinity were damaged, leaving their occupants to find refuge in a gurdwara.Delhi Fire Service, National Disaster…
Pune: ENT specialists in the city are reporting a surge in patients with noise-induced ear issues after Ganeshotsav. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) reported slightly less average noise pollution during this year’s festival as compared to last. City-based Ruby Hall Clinic has treated 10–15 new patients over last one week with complaints ranging from difficulty…
Mumbai: Investigation of Saturday night’s security breach at Navy Nagar in Colaba has found that the imposter in uniform who collected an INSAS rifle & 40 bullets from a sailor on guard duty in the guise of relieving him, changed into civilian clothes later, threw the weapon and ammunition across the compound wall to an…
New Delhi: The Ridge Management Board (RMB), which met in July after a year, has approved six projects — construction of a café at Sanjay Van; conservation work on historical monuments in Sanjay Van; laying of sewer lines at Smriti Van; construction of Madhya Pradesh’s state guest house in Vasant Kunj; infrastructure development on defence…
Pune: Air travellers, particularly those purchasing economy class tickets, had expected some relief from the recent goods and services tax (GST) rate revision by Central govt. But to their disappointment, the GST for economy class has remained unchanged at 5%, while GST for premium economy and business class tickets has gone up from 12 to…
Mumbai: In the trial against dismissed RPF constable Chetan Singh, a quadruple murder accused, the prosecution on Tuesday examined one of the passengers, a Muslim businessman, at whom the accused had pointed his service rifle. The witness was travelling with his wife and two children. “He (Singh) came closer to us and was looking at…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to extend the interim bail of Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case.Yadav’s bail, granted by Supreme Court, ended on Tuesday. He approached the high court after the apex court a day earlier refused to grant him relief…
Pune: Maharashtra woke up to an unusual nip in the air on Tuesday, with several cities recording below-normal minimum temperatures. Rain reduced significantly across the state with single-digit rainfall in many places in ghat areas. Pune is likely to see only very light to light rains for the next few days, said an IMD forecast….
Mumbai: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached 154 flats and receivables against 20 flats in Mumbai collectively worth Rs 186 crore in a money laundering case against Kapil Wadhawan, brother Dheeraj Wadhawan and their business enterprise DHFL for defrauding a consortium of 17 banks led by Union Bank of India of Rs 34,615 crore. The attached…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA), which started cleaning up the silt deposits at project sites on the Yamuna floodplain to restore public infrastructure after the flooding on Tuesday, has decided to shift its focus from building concrete structures to green landscapes along the banks. The reason for the shift is the time-tested resilience of…
