Pune: The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has assured farmers in Maval taluka that no land will be acquired without their consent for the 15 proposed town planning schemes along the inner ring road, officials said.The schemes propose a 65-metre-wide bypass road network through villages, including Dhamane, Godumbare, Darumbre, Salumbre, Sangwade, and Nere. It…
NEW DELHI: Several prominent colleges in Delhi, including institutions under Delhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia, received bomb threats via email on Wednesday. Colleges that were mailed the threat included St. Stephen’s College, Satyawati College, Jamia Millia Islamia, Motilal Nehru and Aryabhatta College, among others. Around 20 colleges, including Jesus and Mary College in Chanakyapuri,…
Pune: The Khadki police said the four men who beat up an investment banking firm staffer and his friend following an argument over wrong-side driving on Monday evening were from good families with graduation or post-graduation degrees.Satyam Sukhsagar Bhargav, the investment banking firm employee, suffered fractures on his nose. He was returning to his home…
NEW DELHI: The death of 26-year-old Nikki Bhati in Greater Noida has once again brought the issue of dowry to the fore in India, highlighting how entrenched the practice remains despite being outlawed more than six decades ago. Nikki, who died after suffering severe burns on 21 August, was allegedly set ablaze in her in-laws’…
Pune: A teacher from Bhubaneswar in Odisha and a tax consultant from Mumbai were arrested in connection with an online share-trading fraud in which a software engineer from Wakad lost Rs69 lakh to cybercrooks. The arrested duo gave their bank accounts as mule bank accounts to the cybercrooks, said senior inspector Ravikiran Nale of the…
MUMBAI: The cost of fragrant rice used to prepare flour for ‘ukdiche modak’ during Ganeshotsav has attained a record high. Ambemohar rice, the small-grained fine variety which lends steamed modak its rare aroma, has come to cost Rs 220-260 a kg, up from Rs 150-160 in June.Dealers cite shortage of arrivals owing to rain. Shashikant…
NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru University’s move to install a facial recognition-based entry system at its BR Ambedkar Central Library has triggered opposition from students, with JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) protesting for the past two days.The matter escalated on Friday when students tried to enter the library to stop the installation. Videos posted by JNUSU circulating…
PUNE: Anticipating disruption in traffic movement as Marathahalli quota activist Manoj Jarange, along with thousands of supporters, is marching to Mumbai from Pune district, the Pimpri Chinchwad police diverted traffic at major junctions on Thursday.After paying homage to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at his birthplace of Shivneri Fort in Junnar tehsil of Pune district, Jarange started…
NEW DLEHI: A one-year-old girl’s birthday celebrations turned into a night of horror when the four-storey Ramabai Apartment collapsed in Virar in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, killing 17 people, officials said on Thursday.As per news agency PTI, the girl, whose birthday was being celebrated on the fourth floor, was among those who died when 12 flats…
NEW DELHI: Delhi University has asked its campuses, departments and centres to step up security following an alert from the Union ministry of education, citing possible sabotage by terror groups.The circular, based on a threat assessment by the central security agency, warns that higher educational institutions are “strategically vulnerable” and may be targeted.In line with…
