Pune: The Sangvi police on Monday arrested three men who claimed to be volunteers of a Ganapati Mandal in Dapodi and allegedly extorted Rs 1,000 from a security supervisor of a housing society in Pimple Saudagar on the intervening night of Aug 30 and 31.The supervisor (44) lodged a complaint against the trio on Monday….
MUMBAI: Shortly after Manoj Jarange called off his hunger strike, CM Devendra Fadnavis said blanket reservation for Marathas as Kunbis was just not possible. “There are HC and SC decisions against it. Also, reservation cannot be applied to an entire community. An individual has to apply for it,” he said.On his demand for all Marathas…
New Delhi: E-rickshaws, touted as a cheap and eco-friendly mode of transport, are increasingly being used in the city to ferry children to and from schools. However, the vehicles are known to often flout rules and regulations, causing concern among parents about the safety of their wards.Every afternoon, as the final bell rings at govt…
Pune: The Kasba Ganapati Mandal has written to the civic body claiming that the sludge from the Ganesh idols immersed in the makeshift tank at Sinhagad Road was not disposed of properly but thrown on the road.“The water into which the idols were immersed was thrown on the road. I personally witnessed this sludge. Measures…
Mumbai: A day after it directed the Maratha quota activists to vacate Mumbai’s streets and occupied spaces, the Bombay high court on Tuesday cautioned the agitators that consequences could follow for flouting its orders. In the morning, an HC bench set a deadline for 3pm on Tuesday for protestors to leave Azad Maidan but later…
New Delhi: The revenue generated from toll tax is a major source of income for Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Delhi govt needs to either pay it Rs 900 crore annually with certain increments every year or increase transfer duty by 1% on immovable properties if toll booths are removed from border points, MCD stated…
Pune: The court of judicial magistrate first class A A Pandey has granted bail to Dr Ajay Taware, the suspended head of Sassoon General Hospital’s forensic science department, in the 2022 kidney transplant case at Ruby Hall Clinic. He was the head of the regional authorisation committee (RAC for organ transplant, the Sassoon Authority Committee,…
Mumbai: A 31-year-old businessman has lodged a police complaint against two men who told him they were cops and extorted Rs 10.3 lakh in cash at Bandra terminus on Monday. GRP filed an FIR against the duo and are verifying whether they were policemen.The complainant, a Malad resident who has been running a garment shop…
New Delhi: Any “conspiratorial violence” under the guise of freedom of speech of citizens cannot be allowed, Delhi High Court said on Tuesday while declining bail to nine persons, including Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, in the “larger conspiracy” case of the Feb 2020 Delhi riots.“Such actions must be regulated and checked by the state…
Pune: Environmentalists from Pune emphasised that civic administration and other authorities should urgently take steps to increase capacity of the Mula and Mutha rivers as the flood risk has gone up by 40% in the last 14 years in civic areas.The group of environmentalists, while speaking at a press conference, said many residential areas in…
