Pune: A shepherd (33) was hacked to death with sharp weapons in Charholi on Saturday. The Dighi police found the body and identifies the deceased as Dhanu Lakde.Lakde was currently residing near Kale Colony on Alandi Road and hailed from Daund taluka. His brother, Somnath Lakde (21), lodged a complaint against unknown person(s).An officer from…
Mumbai: An accused in the 1993 Mumbai communal riots case on the run for the past 32 years has been held from Wadala area of the metropolis, a police official said on Sunday.The Wadala police station official identified him as Arif Ali Hashmulla Khan (54).“After the communal riots of 1993, a case was registered at…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to immediately stop construction activities on a designated water body in Najafgarh, southwest Delhi, following allegations of illegal encroachment.According to the plea before the tribunal, DTC constructed a terminal and a multi-storey commercial building on a gram sabha-owned pond (johar) without obtaining…
Pune: Two MSEDCL high-voltage power line poles collapsed on the road at Teen Hatti Chowk in Chavannagar, Dhankawdi, and caused a blast-like sound causing panic among local residents around 8pm on Sunday. No one was injured.There was power disruption in the area and vehicular movement on the internal roads of Dhankawdi and Chavannagar was disrupted….
Mumbai: A day after Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin tweeted to back the rally by the Thackeray cousins in Mumbai and said BJP had been forced to retreat for the second time against Hindi imposition in schools, Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday welcomed his support. However, he said his party was…
New Delhi: A massive blaze that broke out at Vishal Mega Mart in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh on Friday evening was finally brought under control after nearly 33 hours of relentless firefighting.The fire, which started around 6.30pm on July 4, was doused by 3am on Sunday, leaving behind a gutted building and two fatalities.According to…
Mumbai: After the state culture department asked Urdu Sahitya Academy to vacate its premises in a govt building in Fort and look for a rented office, SP MLA Rais Shaikh urged deputy CM Ajit Pawar and minority development minister Datta Bharane to stay the eviction notice. The academy will mark its golden jubilee this year….
New Delhi: A businessman was allegedly duped of Rs 40 lakh in a fake investment scheme in south Delhi’s CR Park area, police said on Saturday. The complainant claimed he was promised double the amount—Rs 80 lakh—in return for his investment but was instead handed a suitcase full of counterfeit currency.According to police, the man…
Mumbai: A day after the estranged Thackeray cousins shared a political stage, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut cautioned Raj Thackeray against straying from the path of unity while reminding him that past forays into the BJP camp had brought him no dividends.Raut’s comments in a column in the Sena (UBT) mouthpiece, coming after a…
New Delhi: Three men were arrested in connection with a fatal road rage incident in north Delhi’s Kashmere Gate area, where they allegedly assaulted a man, leading to his death.The accused identified as Ritesh Kumar (27), Vicky (25), and Anil (27) were reportedly intoxicated and returning home in an e-rickshaw when the incident occurred.According to…
