Mumbai: The body of a 24-year-old woman was found in the sea near Nariman Point on Monday afternoon. The woman was missing since the previous night when she left home to answer nature’s call, said police. She stayed in a slum in the Cuffe Parade area.Satish Gaikwad, Senior Inspector of the Cuffe Parade police station,…
New Delhi: Failing internal assessments will now cost Jamia Millia Islamia students an entire academic year, with the university making it compulsory for students to clear the internals if they are to sit for the end-semester exams.Jamia’s Executive Council has made sweeping changes in the examination system, including extending the sciences’ 40:60 evaluation model —…
Pune: Senior officials of the state health department on Monday said Sahyadri Hospitals did not inform them about the death of a healthy woman donor on Aug 22, a week after her husband passed away hours after a liver transplant surgery.“The health department’s deputy director’s office for Pune circle is the relevant authority in this…
Mumbai: Twenty-eight years after an 8-year-old boy was killed by a stone that flew in from a quarry near his school in Kandivli, a civil court recently ordered a compensation of Rs 6.5 lakh — Rs 2 lakh relief with 8% interest/annum since 1998 —to his mother.The court directed the man who had set off…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has introduced a draft startup policy, promising to establish a venture capital fund of Rs 200 crore and offering a range of incentives to new entrepreneurial initiatives across various sectors — science and technology, information technology and IT-enabled services — aimed at transforming the capital into a global innovation hub over…
Pune: The practice of bursting firecrackers mainly by supporters of local politicians for birthday celebrations and other events at midnight or later across the city has irked citizens, who have termed it a growing menace. People also said police have largely turned a blind eye to the problem.The nuisance is particularly bad for children and…
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) will set up eight additional EV charging points on the 94.5km Pune-Mumbai expressway.“Presently, there are five spots on the expressway where there are EV charging stations. We plan to install eight more. A study on this has been initiated, and we should be able to identify these locations…
New Delhi: Travelling by Delhi Metro became costlier from Monday as fares were increased after eight years. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said the increases were minimal, ranging from Re 1 to Rs 4, depending on the distance of travel. A similar increase has also been implemented for the Airport Express Line, where the increase ranges…
Pune: Developers in the city have seen an increasing number of inquiries and pre-bookings coming in from interested buyers as the festive season has once again proven to be a seasonal catalyst for the real estate market. “There are many new project launches in the market, and we will be paying a token amount for…
Stan Swamy (PTI file photo) MUMBAI: The Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture, which was earlier cancelled by St Xavier’s College, will now be hosted by two social organisations – Samanvaya and People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). The lecture will be delivered by the same speaker, Fr Prem Xalxo, SJ, associate lecturer, faculty of theology at…
