Mumbai: Oil bottles and coconuts—items that are confiscated during the airport security check have, in a twist of fate, ended up becoming ‘dangerous goods’ for over 15 senior officials of Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) as they have lost their jobs for taking these goods for personal use, said aviation sources.Last month, the MIAL management…
New Delhi: Delhi-NCR is set for a major connectivity boost, with two projects likely to be inaugurated around the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sept 17.The 82km Namo Bharat RRTS corridor (Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut) and the 12.3km Majlis Park-Maujpur metro corridor (Pink Line extension) are both expected to open. The metro extension will complete a…
Pune: Painted with potholes and splattered with mud, the road network in Hinjewadi has turned the usually bustling area into a hotspot of despair, with residents and commuters battling to navigate the rough pathways, especially in Phase 3’s Megapolis Saffron area, where accidents have become a recurring red flag.Even Baramati MP Supriya Sule shared a…
Mumbai: The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has invited e-bids for the long-term lease of prime railway land across Mumbai for residential and commercial development. The sites include a 10,801 sq m plot in Mahalaxmi, a 23,047 sq m plot in Parel, and a 45,371 sq m plot in Bandra (East), with lease periods of…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) standing committee chairperson Satya Sharma has asked the deputy commissioners of all 12 zones to submit within a week reports specifying action taken to identify feeding points for stray dogs in the city.The letter, issued on Sept 8, said three to four spots should be identified per ward…
Pune: The Pune police have initiated the process to move the sessions court seeking cancellation of gangster Suryakant alias Bandu Andekar’s bail in 17 criminal cases. This follows the Sept 5 killing of Ayush Komkar (18) in Nana Peth, which was part of a gang rivalry.Ayush’s murder was to avenge Andekar’s son and former NCP…
Rahim Karovalia halts briefly between the two floors of a building in Mira Road to demonstrate the small wonder above us: A motion-sensor dimmable tubelight. As we approach it, its pale glow intensifies and lights up the landing. Karovalia’s face lights up too as he motions to it, for this seemingly unremarkable electrical fixture has…
New Delhi: The public health department of MCD has started drives against vector-borne diseases in the flood-affected areas as the Yamuna has started receding. Often, low-lying flooded areas face the risk of mosquito infestation and see a rise in infections of malaria and dengue. MCD has decided to cancel the weekly offs of the ground…
Pune: When Khadki resident Samshad Ali returned to the city from Delhi on Sunday, he ended up not only waiting for almost an hour to exit the airport but also paid a cab driver Rs570 as fare to reach home. The working professional said his experience highlights how the lack of accessibility to feeder buses…
Mumbai: Highlighting the severe breach of trust, the victim’s young age, and the lasting trauma she endured, a special court convicted and sentenced a 47-year-old man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly sexually assaulting the 14-year-old daughter of a close family friend who considered him a brother in 2021. “It is also necessary to…
