Pune: The new security hold area (SHA) at Lohegaon airport is expected to be commissioned by March 2026, airport director Santosh Dhoke told TOI on Friday.With a likely spike of around 15% in daily footfall, especially during the upcoming festive season, the new SHA will smoothen the flight movement and help authorities to manager passengers,…
Mumbai: A 22-year-old man riding pillion on a bike died, while his friend, who was riding the vehicle, suffered injuries in a road crash involving a BEST bus at Powai early on Friday. The two were returning from a visit to Lalbaugcha Raja mandal. Powai police have registered a case of rash driving and negligence…
New Delhi: Two men, who posed as cybercrime officers and robbed a man of Rs 5 lakh, were arrested by a police patrol at ITO on Wednesday.According to police, the patrol team noticed a commotion near a black car. Upon inquiry, the complainant and his friends alleged they were threatened at knifepoint and robbed by…
Mumbai: A rat bit an 85-year-old patient with dementia and a severe chest infection admitted to the sixth-floor female medicine ward of the BMC-run Cooper Hospital in Juhu on Wednesday night, said her family.Photographs of the bite marks on Marol resident Indumati Chavan’s left hand were widely circulated on social media on Friday. Her son-in-law…
New Delhi: Delhi Airport will start a luxury bus service connecting Noida and Greater Noida to the airport from next week. Routes will cover Sector 16, Botanical Garden, Golf Course Road, Gaur City, Jaypee Wishtown and Pari Chowk. Bus services already operate in Lucknow and Ayodhya from the airport. Passengers can avail the luxury service…
MUMBAI: Mumbai police have issued a Lookout Circular (LOC) against Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra in connection with a Rs 60 crore cheating case, officials said on Friday. The LOC was issued by the Economic Offences Wing of the city police as the couple makes frequent international trips, an official…
New Delhi: The city’s cultural calendar may soon see a revival if Delhi govt succeeds in its bid to lower the booking rates at two premier venues, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.Tourism and culture minister Kapil Mishra said both stadiums recently increased their booking rates exorbitantly, leading many big-ticket event organisers to…
MUMBAI: The Kokannagar Govinda Pathak of Jogeshwari jointly with dahi handi organiser Sanskruti Yuva Pratishthan Trust have gained recognition in the Guinness Book of Records for forming the tallest human pyramid at 10 tiers.The achievement occurred Aug 16, 2025, on Janmashtami day at Sanskruti’s dahi handi event in Thane. The certificate was presented to Kokannagar…
NEW DELHI: Compared with the chaos of 2023, the capital’s encounter with flooding has unfolded differently this year. In July 2023, the Yamuna rose to its highest level ever — 208.66 metres — leaving vast stretches of Delhi underwater. This year, however, flooding has been limited to some parts of the city.The unprecedented rise in…
MUMBAI: A police force of 25000 men and women in khaki will fan out on streets of Mumbai for Ganpati visarjan on Saturday. “Around 6500 Sarvajanik Ganpati idols and 1.75 lakh household Ganpatis will be immersed on Saturday at 65 natural water bodies and 205 artificial ponds created for the purpose. The 10000 strong surveillance…
