New Delhi: Two labourers died while working on a carbon filter system at Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute in west Delhi’s Paschim Vihar on Tuesday. The deceased, identified as Birjesh (26) and Vikram (30), both originally from Uttar Pradesh, were declared brought dead bythe attending doctor at the hospital.According to police officials, the maintenance work…
Pune: What began as light to moderate rainfall on Wednesday evening transformed into commuters’ nightmare, with extensive traffic gridlocks paralysing several key roads across the the city for hours. Major arterial roads, including JM Road and Airport road, the stretch from Wadia College to Pune RTO petrol pump, and areas such as Viman Nagar, Koregaon…
MUMBAI: Furious at being served “rotten” dal and rice, Shiv Sena‘s Buldhana MLA Sanjay Gaikwad assaulted a staffer and manhandled another at the Akashwani MLAs’ hostel canteen in Colaba Tuesday evening. A video of him forcing the staffers to smell the dal and hitting and punching one of them went viral, drawing condemnation not only…
Delhi culture and tourism minister Kapil Mishra NEW DELHI: Delhi culture and tourism minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday said that meat shops along the route of kanwar yatris, most of which he claims are illegal, will be shut during the yatra period in the month of Sawan.The kanwar yatra, scheduled from July 11 to 23,…
Pune: The state on Tuesday filed additional documents before sessions judge KP Kshirsagar in Pune stating that the teenage driver’s parents and a co-accused arrested in the case of blood sample manipulation at Sassoon General Hospital linked to the Porsche Taycan crash, also attempted to influence Aundh hospital doctors to swap the teen’s blood sample…
Mumbai: In a move that could help the Mahayuti govt’s prospects in the coming local body polls, the state has decided to scrap a law that prevents the fragmentation of land into tiny plots from being implemented in urban areas in Maharashtra. This will help the sale and transfer of land as small as a…
NEW DELHI: A man allegedly killed his 22-year-old former live-in partner and a six-month-old girl – daughter of the woman’s friend – by slitting their throats with a knife at a flat in north Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tila on Tuesday afternoon. The suspect, who worked at a restaurant in Timarpur, is yet to be arrested….
Pune: Two Metro routes, Vanaz-Ramwadi and PCMC-Swargate, will soon have more daily trips to tackle increased commuter footfall, officials told TOI on Wednesday.The latest assessment by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) has recommended an increase in frequency on both routes, with trains expected to run every five minutes over the next couple of…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MLA from Buldhana, Sanjay Gaikwad, defended his recent assault on a staff member at the MLAs’ hostel canteen, stating he acted out of frustration after being served allegedly substandard food.Gaikwad claimed he had complained about the quality of food at the canteen on four previous occasions. He said he had ordered dal,…
New Delhi: Public Works Department has cancelled a tender worth Rs 60 lakh for the renovation work at chief minister Rekha Gupta’s official residence, citing “administrative reasons”, stated official documents. The proposed work, according to the official document, was “renovation and upgradation of bungalow number 1, including replacement of electrical wiring, fittings and fixtures, and…
