Pune: The city police on Wednesday filed a case against a gambling den operator and his two aides, who were found selling liquor outside a bar in the Khadak area, where sale of liquor has been banned for the 10 days of Ganeshotsav. The Pune district collector last week issued an order directing closure of…
VASAI: Seventeen people, including six women and three children, were killed and nine injured after the rear wing of a 13-year-old, five-storey unauthorised building collapsed in Virar (E) around Tuesday midnight- an indication of rampant illegal constructions over years in the Vasai-Virar belt. The victims included a one-year-old girl, whose birthday party had just ended.Ramabai…
NEW DELHI: The Railway Board has decided to add more coaches to Vande Bharat trains on seven operational routes in view of high passenger occupancy, officials said.The seven routes include Mangaluru Central–Thiruvananthapuram Central, Secunderabad–Tirupati, Chennai Egmore–Tirunelveli, Madurai–Bengaluru Cantt, Deoghar–Varanasi, Howrah–Rourkela, and Indore–Nagpur.Officials said the released trains will also be deployed on some new routes. At…
Pune: As many as 2,555 Ganesh idols were immersed in the river and makeshift tanks set up by PMC on Thursday, marking conclusion of one-and-a-half days of the festival. Devotees also donated 216 idols to various NGOs, which had appealed for donation as part of eco-friendly festival. The civic officials said that the administration has…
MUMBAI: With the high court and state govt having lifted multiple curbs on plaster of paris (PoP), giant creative Ganpati idols have risen across Mumbai this Ganeshotsav. TOI launches its annual series on festive sarvajanik Ganesh pandals that display remarkable grandeur and creativityChinchpokli Cha ChintamaniThe venerable 106-year-old Ganpati of the Girangaon (mill land) belt lords…
New Delhi: More than two years after Delhi University student Nikhil Chauhan was fatally stabbed outside his college in South Campus following a past dispute, a Delhi court has held that one of the minor accused will be tried as an adult.The order was passed by additional sessions judge (Pocso) Pawan Singh Rajawat at Rouse…
Pune: Sinhagad Road commuters can finally breathe easy. After months of traffic chaos, missed deadlines and mounting frustration, the civic administration on Thursday promised to complete the remaining works on one wing of the flyover on the key thoroughfare within a week. While one wing of the flyover (Vitthalwadi to Fun Time Theatre) was opened…
MUMBAI: A row has erupted within India’s scientific community over the conduct of faculty members at the recently concluded International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in Mumbai. What was meant to be a showcase of young talent and India’s scientific leadership has turned into a flashpoint over academic activism, with nearly 300 scientists petitioning…
New Delhi: Two persons were arrested for duping a jewellery showroom using fake e-vouchers. They initially purchased Rs 2 lakh worth of gold coins and then attempted to scam the shop by producing fake vouchers of Rs 8 lakh in central Delhi’s Rajendra Nagar.According to police, the duo visited a gold showroom on Pusa Road…
Pune: Donning a pink kathpadar sari, 21-year-old Yashasvini Ghodke attended the Atharvashirsha Pathan at the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganapati Trust’s pandal at dawn on Thursday, seeking to keep her promise to Bappa. After doctors confirmed that her mother tested negative for breast cancer, Ghodke wanted to thank the deity for listening to her prayers. “Attending…
