New Delhi: A bilateral meeting on electric mobility cooperation was held on Thursday at Delhi Secretariat between Delhi govt and representatives from Oslo and leading Norwegian e-mobility institutions. Transport minister Pankaj Kumar Singh exchanged policy presentations with Linn Siri Benjaminsen of the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Audun Garberg (vice-director & head of climate change, Oslo), and…
Vasai: A phone call moments before a portion of Virar’s ill-fated Ramabai Apartment building collapsed early Wednesday, saved one of the residents who stepped out to speak in private. Pankaj Jeena was among the four men from Uttarakhand who shared a flat on the second floor of the Virar building. His three flatmates were killed…
NEW DELHI: Police booked the sister of a 16-year-old boy on Wednesday, four days after a factory worker died when a car driven by the minor hit and dragged him for nearly 600 metres in northwest Delhi’s Samaypur Badli.The sister, 21, was booked under Section 180 of the Motor Vehicles Act, which pertains to allowing…
Mumbai: The state govt has approved land acquisition for the Maharashtra-Goa Shakti Peeth Highway from Wardha to Sindhudurg. In a govt resolution (GR) issued on Thursday, approval was given to immediately commence land acquisition for the project, and administrative nod was granted for around Rs 20,787 crore, comprising Rs 12,000 crore (principal) and Rs 8,787…
New Delhi: A 30-year-old man was beaten and fatally stabbed following an alleged altercation over a cigarette in east Delhi’s Vinod Nagar (west) on Wednesday. Police have arrested four men in connection with the incident, while a fifth suspect remains at large.The incident occurred around 8pm at Rajinder Park, where the victim—identified as Narender, a…
Mumbai: Observing that the facts and circumstances of the case indicated the accused acted mercilessly, believing they were above the law and that their financial and physical power would allow them to do as they pleased, a sessions court recently rejected the bail pleas of Borivli businessman Mihir Shah (24) and his driver Rajrishi Bindawat…
New Delhi: A member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was shot in the leg during an encounter with Delhi Police‘s Special Cell in east Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar on Thursday. His associate was also arrested at the scene.According to police, they had received intelligence that the two suspects—identified as Jhakar and Phutela—had been sent to…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Milk Producers Association has increased the wholesale rate of buffalo milk from Rs 89 to Rs 91 per litre effective Sept 1, 2025 to Feb 28, 2026. The retail rate which is Rs 100-110 per litre will rise by a few rupees. C K Singh, who presided over the association meeting in…
New Delhi: Delhi industries minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday said that the BJP govt in the capital prepared a Rs 170-crore programme to transform 15 state-run Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) into technology-rich centres of excellence. Sirsa made the announcement during the regional conference of skill ministers hosted by the Union ministry of skill development…
Pune: The Shirur police on Tuesday arrested two men in Saradwadi in Shirur taluka on the charge of bludgeoning a 50-year-old man to death at Kavathe Yamai village near Shirur, about 75km from the city, on August 19.The murder was the fallout of a dispute over money, inspector Sandesh Kenjale of the Shirur police said….
