Pune: Ghaziabad resident Rajesh Kumar Tyagi boarded an Air India flight to Delhi from Pune on Saturday evening. He sensed something was wrong and realised that the window panel near his seat was dislodged.“I was travelling on AI-874 and my seat number was 10A. I boarded the aircraft around 8.30pm and as I sat down,…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Alleging that the Maratha community was being targeted, activist Manoj Jarange called on chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to cease such activities. He warned that a single misstep could damage the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.“You (Fadnavis) can assume that your career is already ruined, but don’t act in a way that would…
NEW DELHI: A 60-year-old man died after he was set ablaze, allegedly by his son-in-law, in east Delhi’s Ghazipur, police said on Sunday. While seeking treatment for his burns, Singh told police he was trying to protect his daughter from her husband who, he alleged, used to physically assault her.The victim, Ranvir Singh, was a…
Pune: The founder of an IT company in Hinjewadi was arrested on Saturday while a case was registered against the director by the Hinjewadi police on the charge of duping at least 300 freshers under the pretext of training and placement with the firm.The establishment had appointed over 300 IT freshers through different consultancy firms…
Mumbai: Two railway police attached to Vasai Road Railway Station were suspended on Aug 1 for allegedly extorting Rs 5000 on June 13 from a man who was conversing with his female friend on the railway foot over bridge.The case was registered after a complaint from Ashwain Prabhu and his female friend, who were standing…
New Delhi: An action plan prepared to make city buildings earthquake-proof is “binding in nature”, Delhi High Court has said, asking civic agencies to implement it.Hearing a PIL seeking policies and guidelines “to save the residents of Delhi from the ill-effects of earthquakes”, HC noted that the “action plan is, in fact, in the shape…
Broken bones & 3 metal plates laterMusician and former IT professional Swapnil Thakur (41) was on his way home from Hinjewadi to Wakad around two-and-a-half years ago, when he suffered an accident that changed his life. His bike went over an uneven patch of road at Bhumkar Chowk, causing him to lose balance and fall….
For a few hours, I forget everything — work, chores, kids.”Amid gullies lined with gutters, goats, gutka packets and gritty women fanning themselves with plastic hand fans in Turbhe’s infamous ‘Red Area’, a dimly-lit classroom offers daily escape to an oval of nightie-and-dupatta-clad mothers. Despite the clockwork lack of electricity in this afternoon mehndi class,…
New Delhi: Parts of the capital received light rain on Sunday, offering brief respite from the humid conditions that prevailed over the past week.The showers, accompanied by overcast skies, brought down the temperature marginally. Although light to moderate showers are expected on Monday, scattered light rain is predicted from Tuesday till the end of the…
Pune: Deputy director of health, Pune circle, Dr Nagnath Yempalle on Sunday sent a notice to Sahyadri Hospitals seeking an explanation on the cause of the deaths of the Koamkar couple following a liver transplant. He also sought a report on the ailments the recipient had which necessitated the transplant. The hospital has been given…
