Pune: Union home minister Amit Shah will be in Pune on Friday and is expected to unveil a life-size statue of Peshwa Bajirao I at the NDA campus in the morning.The unveiling ceremony will be held at NDA’s Trishakti gate where the statue has been installed. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and the Peshwa’s family…
Mumbai: Over 2,000 paan shops close to schools and colleges suspected of selling drugs were raided in the city and their encroachments removed, said CM Devendra Fadnavis in the legislative council on Thursday. He mentioned that such shops are being closely monitored.The issue of narcotic drugs such as mephedrone and brown sugar being sold at…
New Delhi: An underaged teenage survivor of rape seeking to immediately end her unwanted pregnancy of 27 weeks will have to wait until the fetus reaches the gestational period of 34 weeks so that the child can be born, Delhi High Court ordered on Thursday.“Don’t ask us to be a part of foeticide. Every endeavour…
Pune: As per Pune Municipal Corporation’s latest Environment Status Report (ESR) 2023–24, the city houses as many as 55,81,578 trees, with the figures showing a steady annual increase.But for a city that claims to host over 55 lakh trees, deteriorating air quality makes the essential act of breathing rather difficult for residents.Even as the civic…
Mira-Bhayander: A shopkeeper’s assault by MNS workers for not speaking Marathi led to a ‘bandh’ by Mira Road-Bhayander traders who demanded the arrest of the assaulters. An FIR was filed, but no arrests have been made as charges invoked are minor. This has prompted calls for invoking the IT Act as the assaulters made a…
New Delhi: Mukesh, the 24-year-old employed at the Sewani garment shop, led a life shrouded in mystery. Despite working at the family’s garment shop in Lajpat Nagar for three years, little was known about his personal life, family or background.To his employers, he seemed like a quiet, unassuming young man who mostly kept to himself….
Pune: A woman (64) from Pashan lost Rs6 lakh on Wednesday after she tried to return and get a refund on a household article she had ordered from an e-commerce website on June 5.The victim, a housewife, lodged a complaint with the Chatushrungi police station on Wednesday after she secured all the bank transactions done…
Mumbai: The state government plans to implement a new SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) to streamline treatment priority in charitable hospitals, prompted by the growing numbers of poor and underprivileged residents. This decision follows concerns raised during a calling attention motion in the state legislative assembly on Thursday, highlighting the failure to provide 20% reserved beds…
New Delhi: The BJP and AAP have both distanced themselves from the current action against end-of-life (EOL) vehicles, which includes refusing fuel and seizing such vehicles. The enforcement pattern on the ground reflects the sentiment, with the initial crackdown seeing the seizing of 80 vehicles on Day One and then a drop to seven vehicles…
Pune: A group of MNS workers on Thursday held an agitation outside a Kothrud resident’s house over an alleged derogatory post on social media against party chief Raj Thackeray.Police had to step in and pacify the MNS workers, who were turning aggressive. Kothrud cops said no offence was registered in the matter till Thursday night.Later,…
