New Delhi: Several parts of Delhi recorded light to moderate rain on Friday, bringing temporary respite from the hot and humid conditions. The spell of rain is likely to continue with the India Meteorological Department issuing a yellow alert for light to moderate rain during the weekend.The city saw uneven rainfall. Safdarjung, which is the…
Pune: In the last three years, around one lakh dog bite cases have been treated in govt hospitals around the city, as per data from the civic body and Sassoon General Hospital.Civic officials attributed this rise in numbers to higher reporting of cases and even smaller scratches being reported as dog bites.However, an RTI activist…
Pune: Deputy CM Eknath Shinde on Friday raised a ‘Jai Gujarat’ slogan in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah at an event of a Gujarati organisation in Pune, triggering a fresh controversy amid the language row in the state. While concluding his speech, Shinde raised the slogan ‘Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra‘. After a…
New Delhi: After a long-awaited CUET exam, thousands of students logged in to check their results on Saturday, only to be met with frozen screens, error messages and endless buffering. What was meant to be a gateway to India’s top universities quickly spiralled into a digital nightmare.“I kept refreshing all afternoon, but the screen just…
Pune: Two people, including a woman working as a neuro technician in a city-based private hospital, collectively lost Rs45 lakh in online share trading frauds between March and May.Separate complaints were registered with the Shivajinagar and Kharadi police in this connection on Thursday. A 41-year-old woman stated in her complaint with the Shivajinagar police that…
Mumbai: The Ghatkopar police probe into a woman pilot’s complaint that she was molested by two men who were given a ride by an aggregator cab driver without her permission has reached a dead-end with the woman expressing no inclination to pursue the case and police finding no evidence to pinpoint the location or identity…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will build a boundary wall surrounding the cleared land at Bhoomiheen Camp in Kalkaji to prevent it from being re-encroached upon after demolition of jhuggis last month.Following Delhi High Court’s directive, DDA demolished around 350 dwellings spread across the five-acre settlement on June 11, amid resistance from dwellers.“Agencies applying…
Pune: Cybercrooks, posing as officials from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), duped a 44-year-old woman from Chikhali of Rs7.30 lakh by instilling fear that her Aadhaar was being misused for money laundering. The fraud occurred between June 21 and 24, during which the woman not only transferred her savings to the crooks but…
Mumbai: A public interest litigation filed in Bombay high court seeks reliefs against Italian luxury fashion label Prada after it showcased open-toe leather sandals at the recent Milan Fashion Week that are “deceptively similar” to the Kolhapuri chappal.“The Kolhapuri chappal is the cultural symbol of Maharashtra and has special public sentiments attached to it. The…
New Delhi: It has been 18 days since the stretch in front of Ghazipur mandi, connecting with Kaushambi Road near National Highway 9, became waterlogged and two full days since TOI spotlighted the civic crisis. Yet, the authorities remained unmoved.On Friday too, the road remained submerged in deep, putrid water—a dark blend of sewage and…
