New Delhi: The first day of the academic session at Delhi University (DU) is usually a whirlwind of laughter, chaos and overflowing energy. However, this year, the 2025-26 session opened on a surprisingly quiet note. The streets of North Campus were not as crowded, the canteens had shorter queues, and the usual buzz of freshers…
Pune: A 20-year-old college student suffered a bullet injury in stomach on Friday afternoon when a man shot at him in his father’s store in the Pimpri Camp area. The student, Bhavesh Kakrani of Prem Lane in Pimpri Camp, is undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Pimpri. “Prima facie, it was a case of…
Mumbai: With 88% of the city’s total solid waste being sent to the Kanjurmarg landfill, civic officials on Thursday confirmed that no alternative site is available currently. The relief granted by the Supreme Court has allowed operations at the landfill to continue.A team of BMC officials was present in Delhi for the court hearing. Mumbai…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta issued orders on Friday to all departments, including the railways and Delhi Development Authority, that no slum will be demolished in the city unless its residents are provided with pucca houses.Gupta said Delhi govt would amend the existing policy on JJ clusters, if required, and even move court to…
Pune: Metro’s ridership jumped to 59.58 lakh in July from June’s footfall of 52.41 lakh, recording the highest monthly footfall so far since operations began in the city.With this rise of 7 lakh travellers month on month, frequent Metro users said that it is the right time to improve train frequency or add coaches to…
Mumbai: Following allegations that the minister of state for home, Yogesh Kadam, was running a dance bar with a licence in his mother’s name, the Kadam family reportedly surrendered the orchestra licence of Savali bar in Kandivli on Friday.Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab criticised the licence surrender, stating it proves his allegations were right…
New Delhi: Is sport only for the chosen few? No, according to the Isha Foundation. Now returning for its 17th edition in 2025, Isha Gramotsavam — India’s largest rural sports festival — is set to reach over 35,000 villages across Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Puducherry, and, for the first time, Odisha. Organised…
Pune: Residents of Hinjewadi have passed a resolution during a gram sabha on Friday, opposing the proposed widening of roads to 36 metres in their village and in the Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, which falls under the village jurisdiction.Villagers objected to the plan citing that expanding roads in the gaothan (village settlement) area would impact…
Mumbai: In the 1,036-page judgment in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the special NIA court, while acquitting all seven accused, has dismissed claims that senior officers from Maharashtra ATS had directed one of the investigating officers to arrest RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in the case.Special judge A K Lahoti said the court didn’t find force…
New Delhi: The Delhi zoo is considering increasing its ticket prices from Rs 80 to Rs 100 as part of modernisation efforts and also align with other zoos in India. Officials stated that a final decision has yet to be made.The most recent ticket price hike occurred in 2021 when the entry fee was doubled…
