Mumbai: Two consignments of trafficked wildlife intercepted at Mumbai airport on separate occasions on Aug 8 and 11 were deported back to their place of origin and natural habitat, Bangkok, on Wednesday, whilst following the international standard and ethics protocol. The consignments comprised three meerkats, three lizards, two iguanas, one skink, one four-eyed turtle, over…
In the first seven months of 2025, the Supreme Court heard 14 death sentence appeals and ordered full acquittal in seven of them, the highest death sentence-to-acquittal ratio in a single year in recent history. Of the remaining seven, the apex court commuted four to life imprisonment. All told, SC has shot down the death…
Pune: Chakan police on Sunday, registered a case against a driver of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) on the charge of abusing police officials when he was prevented from driving in a no-entry zone. The man claimed that he was a relative of an MLA and abused the cop. The incident occurred at Manik Chowk…
MUMBAI: The Dadar Kabutarkhana controversy took a sharp communal turn on Wednesday as hundreds of Marathi Ekikaran Samiti members were detained while protesting against the Jain community’s demand to allow pigeon feeding. The Samiti members said that they were angered by remarks from Jain monk Nileshchandra Vijay, who threatened an indefinite hunger strike and said…
NEW DELHI: More than 10,000 police personnel and 3,000 traffic cops, aided by hi-tech surveillance, including under-vehicle systems, FRS and ANPR cameras, are being deployed in Delhi as the national capital gears up for Independence Day, an official said on Tuesday.With just two days left for Independence Day, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak…
Pune: The Ravet police on Monday claimed to have solved six robberies following the arrest of Balaji Umap (20) of Gultekdi from Swargate. The police also detained his minor accomplice and recovered the gold jewellery worth Rs 2.6 lakh and a scooter from the duo.The police solved four robberies registered with the Pimpri Chinchwad police…
MUMBAI: A 54-year-old man was arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) for filming an objectionable video of a woman commuter at Andheri railway station and making obscene remarks, police said. The accused, identified as Nasir Chaudhary, is a vegetable vendor.The incident occurred on Tuesday evening. The 30-year-old complainant was waiting at Andheri station to…
NEW DELHI: India’s most wanted illegal arms supplier, Sheikh Salim alias ‘Salim Pistol’, has been brought back to Delhi after being arrested in Nepal in a joint operation by the Delhi Police Special Cell, Indian security agencies, and Nepal Police.Salim, who had been on the run since 2018, is now in the custody of the…
Pune: A software engineer (32) with a private company in the Bund Garden area suffered head injuries after his motorcycle collided with a car driven by a drunk man in Baner in the early hours of Monday.The accident occurred when the victim, a resident of Pimple Nilakh, was returning home after meeting a friend in…
The Kalyan Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) organised a mega workshop themed “Harit Bappa – Phalit Bappa” at the Sant Sawalaram Maharaj Sports Complex in Dombivli East to promote an eco-friendly and awareness-driven Ganesh festival. The event, conducted in two sessions, attracted approximately 4,657 students from 80 schools within KDMC’s jurisdiction. Participants received hands-on, free training…
