New Delhi: A 24-year-old man suspected of snatching Congress MP R Sudha’s gold chain in Chanakyapuri two days ago was arrested Wednesday. The chain has been recovered, police said.The accused, Sohan Singh Rawat, is a resident of Okhla. Police said he has been involved in several other cases of thefts and snatchings in the past,…
Pune: The civic administration has withdrawn the revised water supply schedule to various parts of Nagar Road within a week, after residents complained that it was unsuitable.PMC had commissioned water supply from two new overhead tanks to improve the water pressure in areas of Lohegaon, Wadgaonsheri, Dhanori, Nagpur Chawl, and Yerawada. Subsequently, changes in water…
New Delhi/Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader and Dy CM Eknath Shinde on Wednesday announced his party’s “unconditional support” to the NDA candidate for vice-president, potentially setting the line for other alliance partners to follow and increase chances of BJP getting one of its own appointed to the constitutional position after the Sept 9 election to the…
New Delhi: A 50-year-old woman was brutally killed with a hammer inside her home in south Delhi’s Neb Sarai in the early hours of Wednesday, allegedly by her husband, who had been living separately for the last 10 years. Police have launched a manhunt for the suspect, identified as Pramod Kumar Jha, who fled after…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad police on Tuesday, arrested a 29-year-old criminal on police records and detained his three minor accomplices on the charge of thrashing and robbing a 30-year-old private security guard near Shinde Vasti in Ravet late on Sunday night. The gang threatened the victim with a sharp weapon and thrashed him with an umbrella…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan may soon get a face recognition system for the entry and exit of all visitors, similar to the one operational at Mantralaya, the state secretariat. The move comes in the wake of the scuffle between supporters of NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad and BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar on Vidhan Bhavan premises…
New Delhi: A member of the Tillu Tajpuria gang was nabbed after he was shot in the leg during an encounter with Delhi Police‘s Crime Branch in southwest Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar on Tuesday. The accused is believed to be involved in the murder of a rival gang member, Karan Thapa. Thapa, affiliated with the Gogi…
Pune: Around 140 passengers of an Air India Express’ Pune-Bhubaneswar flight (IX-1098) on Wednesday afternoon had a close shave as the aircraft aborted take-off because of a bird hit after it started rolling on the runway.Mohammad Nadeem, the passenger on seat number 22D of the plane, told TOI, “Flames started coming out of the engine…
Mumbai: BMC’s deputy municipal commissioner (DMC) Sharad Ughade has been divested of his charge in the Information Technology (IT) department. Additional municipal commissioner Ashwini Joshi had pointed out that Ughade did not take any concrete action on the findings and recommendations made by the vigilance department regarding serious financial irregularities in the Rs 25-crore computer…
New Delhi: Delhi University has confirmed the allocation of over 71,000 undergraduate seats following the release of the upgraded admission list. The third allocation list is set to come out Aug 13. This comes after the university reopened its upgrade window from Aug 2 to 3, allowing students admitted in earlier rounds to reorder their…
