Navi Mumbai: Mantra Mangesh Kurhe (16), a student at Father Agnel Junior College, Vashi, and a swimmer at Navi Mumbai Sports Association, achieved first position in a 2 km international Oceanman swimming competition held recently in Malaysia. Competing in the 12 to 19 age group, she took 36 minutes and 23 seconds to complete the…
Gurgaon: A man was killed by unidentified assailants, who fired at least eight bullets on him, near the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) in the Kherki Daula area on Monday night.The incident took place around 8.30pm. The victim was rushed to a local hospital, where he died, Manesar ACP Virender Saini said.The deceased, whose identity remains…
Pune: Two men on a motorcycle forcibly stopped a woman’s scooter on Spine Road near Moshi on Saturday and snatched her gold chain worth Rs90,000. The robbery occurred when the woman and her son were on their way to their relative’s house. The victim lodged a complaint with the Bhosari MIDC police.An officer from the…
Mumbai: The state govt has set up a committee to recommend reforms in the MHT-CET, including the feasibility of holding the test twice a year, with probability of having the first one in January. The MHT-CET for admissions to engineering, pharmacy and agricultural courses, is currently held in April and May over a period of…
New Delhi: Thousands of Congress workers, led by Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Devender Yadav, protested outside the Delhi Assembly on the first day of the monsoon session against the demolition of over 3,000 JJ clusters that displaced nearly 15,000 families. Recently, a series of demolition drives in areas like Wazirpur, Jailorwala Bagh, Shalimar…
Mumbai/Thane: Three persons were killed and four others suffered injuries in three separate incidents in Vikhroli and Thane over the weekend.In the first incident that took place in Vikhroli (E) on Saturday evening, an autorickshaw driver fatally knocked down a pedestrian and injured three others within a span of 30 minutes. Vikhroli police constable Jyoti…
New Delhi: A 37-year-old man was allegedly shot dead in the early hours of Monday by a 19-year-old youth following a heated argument over the closing of a property gate in south Delhi’s Dera village. The deceased was identified as Santlal, a resident of Baba Mohalla in Dera village. He was working as a caretaker…
Mumbai: The Mumbai metropolitan magistrate court on Saturday granted bail to Falgun Shroff, a key accused in the Rs 30 crore customs duty evasion racket unearthed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Shroff, the owner of Di Lusso Furniture LLP, was arrested on July 20 for allegedly importing high-end Italian luxury furniture by grossly…
New Delhi: With Delhi soon to set up its first e-waste eco park, industries and environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa visited the internationally acclaimed Revac e-waste processing facility in Norway’s Revetal on Monday to look at its infrastructure and understand its functioning.The minister’s office said the visit was a key milestone in Delhi govt’s plan…
Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police booked the directors of Ashapura Group for allegedly duping their partner, Arihant Realtors, of Rs 70-80 crore in a slum redevelopment project in Panchshali Nagar, Chembur.The complaint was filed by Chaitanya Mehta, a partner in the joint redevelopment venture, Arihant Ashapura project.According to the FIR, the…
