Pune: State govt has given administrative approval to the construction of Bundgarden police station’s new administrative building at an estimated cost of Rs27 crore.Of the sanctioned cost, Rs26.17 crore has been budgeted for the current financial year. The remaining amount would be provisioned separately. “With the administrative approval through, we will have to appoint an…
Mumbai: BMC has banned the transportation of wet waste from bulk waste generators, including residential and commercial complexes, through third-party agencies. This decision follows BMC’s observation that such establishments were handing over large quantities of waste to third-party agencies for disposal elsewhere.BMC has also mandated bulk waste generator establishments to utilise its Domestic Sanitary and…
New Delhi: In the weathered doorway of his home in Raj Nagar in southwest Delhi’s Palam Colony, 81-year-old Sawarn Singh raised his trembling hands, eyes moist as he recreated the final moments of his 26-year-old brother-in-law’s life. “That’s how he died,” Singh said. “He put up his hands to surrender, but the mob shot him…
Pune: A motorcycle rider, Yogesh Choudhari (25) of Kharadi, died after a dumper truck hit his motorcycle from behind on the Pune-Nagar highway near Dargah Chowk in Kharadi around 11.40pm on Sunday, the Airport police said. Police have arrested the truck driver. Police said that Choudhari was heading towards Kharadi Chowk when the dumper hit…
Mumbai: PM Narendra Modi, along with his Singapore counterpart Lawrence Wong, will inaugurate the single-largest container port in India at Uran later this year. On Tuesday, CM Devendra Fadnavis, along with Singapore’s Dy PM Gan Kim Yong and transport minister Jeffrey Siow, held a review of the Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal Phase 2. The Port…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has sentenced a man to five years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2018, emphasising that a conviction can be based solely on the testimony of the child victim if it is found to be reliable and credible.Additional sessions judge Rohit Gulia noted that courts should…
Mumbai: A father-son duo that had ventured to a lake in Kandivli East to catch crabs on Saturday were later found dead. Police said Vaishnav Patil, 12, had slipped into Hari chi Bawdi at Ramgadh, Kandivli East, while catching crabs. His father, Maruti Patil, 50, rushed to his rescue. The two are believed to have…
New Delhi: LG VK Saxena has given his approval to notify all police stations in the capital as “designated places” from where police officers can provide evidence to the court through video conference, Raj Niwas officials said on Tuesday. This, officials said, will ensure that police officers dealing with various cases do not have to…
Mumbai: Weeks after the CPI(M)’s criticism of its observations while rejecting a plea to hold a rally in support of Palestinians, the Bombay high court has permitted the party to hold a “peaceful assembly” at Azad Maidan on August 20 between 3 pm and 6 pm to “express thoughts on genocide, purportedly occurring at Gaza.”…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested seven people allegedly involved in vehicle theft in the city, recovering nine vehicles, including six scooters and three motorcycles, from the accused. One of the accused, identified as Dinesh alias Teda, was caught during police patrolling on the service road of Rohtak Road, towards Punjabi Bagh. The 29-year-old has…
