New Delhi: A 37-year-old man allegedly involved in 65 cases was shot at during an encounter with police in southeast Delhi’s Tughlaqabad village.The accused, identified as Pappi alias Pappu, a resident of Rajasthan, is a wanted criminal in four states — Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Kerala.According to police, Pappi is part of a Mewat-based gang…
Pune: A total of 6,050 candidates (6.69%) passed the Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (SET) held by Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). The SPPU released the result on Saturday. Of the 1,10,412 applicants, a total of 90,366 candidates had appeared in the exam, said the SPPU’s official release. The SET examination department of the SPPU is…
Mumbai: The Supreme Court recently upheld an interim order of the Bombay High Court that refused to stay, pending an appeal, the termination of a lease for 150 acres of salt pan land out of 782 acres spread across Mulund, Bhandup, and Kanjurmarg. The SC stated that a stay is not a statutory right in…
New Delhi: A Directorate of Education survey has flagged gaps in basic amenities across Delhi govt schools, with several institutions struggling without reliable access to water or electricity. The report, based on inputs from 799 schools, listed more than 100 that were compelled to depend on water tankers and six with no electri-city connection.The findings…
Pune: The PMRDA has asked residents and business owners in Chakan to voluntarily remove unauthorised constructions choking key roads in the industrial hub, else demolition drive would be conducted next week. An official of Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) said structures built illegally along the Chakan MIDC belt were causing severe traffic snarls, disrupting…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court recently issued a notice to the Union education ministry, JNU, UGC and others while hearing a petition from a former JNU teacher alleging theft of his research by two scholars he supervised for six years.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gadela issued the…
Pune: A 20-year-old youth, who got married a month ago, became a chain-snatcher because of financial difficulties after losing job and landed behind the bars with his accomplice.Two arrested men — unemployed Rohan Tupare and his aide Keshav Kumbhar (18) — snatched a gold chain, worth Rs1.1 lakh of a woman on Aug 15 in…
New Delhi: A Delhi court recently accepted the unconditional apology of a woman who faced perjury proceedings for hiding the fact that she received Rs 10 lakh from her husband during divorce proceedings. Both sides submitted before the court of judicial magistrate first class (Mahila Court) Anam Rais Khan that the dispute between them was…
Pune: Satara police fatally shot Lakhan Bhosale, a criminal on record, near Shikrapur after he allegedly refused to surrender and charged at the police party around 6.30pm on Saturday. Pune Rural SP Sandeep Singh Gill said, “A Satara police team reached the Malthan Phata area in search of Bhosale, a resident of Vadgaon Pusawale in…
Thane: More than 191 families are continuing to live in 37 buildings deemed extremely dangerous by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), risking their lives possibly amid fears of losing their rights over the flats.The concern was highlighted during a review meeting held by Thane Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao late on Friday, following the recent tragic…
