It’s early morning in a quiet Gurgaon neighbourhood. Kavita, a 40-year-old homemaker, pauses before stepping out for her walk. At a corner, a few street dogs are barking — not aggressively, just exchanging their usual “street chatter”. Yet her heart races. She has feared dogs since she was bombarded with alarming stories.She’s far from alone….
Pune: The state education department’s Fee Regulatory Authority (FRA) has discouraged private professional course colleges in Maharashtra from collecting ‘caution deposits’ under multiple names or charging fees beyond the prescribed limit. Since July, the FRA has received several complaints from parents and students seeking admission for engineering, management, hotel management, law and other professional courses…
Mumbai: An 11-year-old boy died after falling off the 6th tier of a Dahi Handi pyramid during a practice session in Dahisar (E) late on Sunday, reports Nitasha Natu. The incident occurred days before the Janmashtami festival on Aug 15, plunging the neighbourhood into gloom. An FIR was registered against the Dahi Handi mandal president…
New Delhi: More than 40 years after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots followed Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination, resulting in brutal killings where the accused walked free, Delhi High Court on Monday ordered retrial in one of the cases. In three other acquittals, HC asked the trial court to “reconstruct” the case records as vital documents,…
Pune: Persistent glitches have marred the performance of the state’s new online deemed conveyance portal Pratyay MahaBhumi, launched by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in May to digitise the process for housing societies, forcing many back to the deputy registrar’s office.Many societies of Pune and Mumbai have complained to the cooperation department about the inability to…
A few months ago, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was shocked to learn that the entire agenda, along with the cabinet notes, was easily available to the print and electronic media, a day before the cabinet. He expressed strong displeasure over the manner in which the media released the agenda.Later, Fadnavis found that in the past…
New Delhi: In a move to curb the menace of narcotics and organised crime in the city, Delhi Police launched Operation Kavach 9.0 on the night of Aug 9-10. The operation, which was conducted across 15 districts, involved simultaneous raids at 794 locations, resulting in the arrest of 92 narco offenders and the seizure of…
Pune: A massive traffic jam on the Manikbaug-Vitthalwadi stretch of Sinhagad Road brought morning commutes to a grinding halt, with ongoing work on one wing of the flyover shrinking the carriageway width to barely half. In a desperate bid to escape, some motorists resorted to driving on the wrong side of the road, adding to…
Mumbai: Actor Nazima, who played the quintessential sister and best friend to several heroes and heroines in the 1960s and ’70s, passed away at age 77 Monday. She lived in Dadar with her two sons.Born Mehrunnisa in Nashik on March 25, 1948, Nazima hailed from a family of female actors including aunt Husn Bano who…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal upheld a Rs 25 lakh fine against Municipal Corporation of Delhi for causing environmental harm to visually impaired students at a school in west Delhi’s Raghubir Nagar. A dhalao (garbage collection point) run by MCD outside Akhil Bhartiya Nitrahin Sangh School was a source of suffering for decades as the…
