Pune: The Bombay high court has quashed and set aside Pune municipal commissioner’s orders of April 16 and 25, 2019, that rejected an open inquiry by the state anti-corruption bureau (ACB) against former city engineer Prashant Waghmare on the allegations of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.The bench of Justice AS Gadkari…
NEW DELHI: Two people were killed in separate accidents involving Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses in the city on Sunday. While a 25-year-old autorickshaw driver died after a DTC bus rammed his vehicle on Humayun Road in central Delhi, a 19-year-old youth was hit by a DTC bus while crossing a road in north Delhi’s…
Pune: A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) of Pune district has granted Rs 14.02 lakh compensation with an interest of 7% per annum to a job inspector (35) with an engineering firm who lost his right leg in a road accident on Jan 17, 2018.The tribunal held that the inspector did not suffer any loss…
New Delhi: Delhi Police crime branch has busted an online investment fraud syndicate involving over 2,567 complaints across the country and an estimated fraud exceeding Rs 300 crore, with the arrest of its alleged mastermind, who had links to Cambodia.The case originated from a complaint by a man who was duped of Rs 31.4 lakh…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Four people died in two separate drowning incidents at the Harsul lake, near Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, on Sunday afternoon, the police and fire brigade officials said.Two teenagers drowned around 3.30pm after entering the lake from the Jambhulban side. An unidentified man, who had entered the water to rescue the teens, also drowned, the officials…
New Delhi: Delhi Police’s special cell has arrested at least two suspects and detained a few others as part of a pan-India sweep on a terror module. The duo, held in Mumbai, were part of a highly radicalised “Islamic State (IS)-inspired” module, allegedly planning to carry out attacks using remote-controlled toy car bombs, police said.Sources…
Pune: The discovery of a large number of dead fish in the Nira river over the last two days has sparked widespread concern among villagers of Baramati tehsil. Preliminary findings are pointing to industrial pollution, prompting villagers to accuse the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) of failing to act despite repeated warnings.A team from MPCB’s…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has imposed a ban on the sale of LPG cylinders directly from godowns, warning of tough action against violators, as part of efforts to streamline distribution and curb irregularities, govt said on Sunday.Officials said oil marketing companies have issued clear instructions to distributors, making it illegal to sell cylinders from storage…
New Delhi: Comprehensive physical and drone surveys along with GIS and 3D mapping to identify unassessed properties are among the measures planned this financial year by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to expand its taxpayer base.In a report submitted to the CM office last month, MCD outlined both short-term and long-term measures to strengthen the…
New Delhi: A 50-year-old grocery shop owner was allegedly stabbed to death, and four others were injured after a neighbourhood dispute spiralled into a violent clash in northwest Delhi’s Shakurpur on Saturday evening. Police have detained two accused.The deceased was identified as Rajkumar, a resident of Shakurpur. One of the injured, Sumit Gupta, is the…
