Pune: The collective stock in four Khadakwasla circle dams reached halfway-mark of 14.5 TMC against their total capacity of 29.15 TMC on Monday, marking their highest June-end storage in over a decade. Irrigation department officials said the surplus offered a huge relief, especially since the storage exceeded PMC’s sanctioned annual quota of 11.5 TMC.The officials…
Pune: The state common entrance test (CET) cell has initiated the admission process for nine major degree and postgraduate courses across Maharashtra, bringing relief to many students. But admissions to many other courses, like BCA, BBA and pharmacy, are still pending.The process has commenced for master’s courses in business administration and management science, and graduate…
New Delhi: Overruling a medical board of AIIMS, Delhi high court on Monday permitted a minor sexual assault survivor to terminate her over-26-week pregnancy, noting it was “not difficult for this court to comprehend the grave mental trauma and deep injury inflicted” on the girl due to the assault, reports Abhinav Garg.Justice Manoj Jain directed…
Pune: Maharashtra is likely to receive above-normal rainfall in July, India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) latest monthly forecast stated on Monday. The Met department has advised increased monitoring of rivers and urban areas across the state during the month.“The pattern you see in the forecast map shows deep blue colour in many parts of India, including…
Mumbai: The state govt has introduced a bill granting sweeping powers to the Nasik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority for managing the Simhastha Kumbh Mela, scheduled to be held in Nasik next year. The bill follows an ordinance introduced in June. The Kumbh Mela is organised every 12 years, and the last event in 2015 attracted 2.5…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi has now invited applications from mobile food trucks and vans, in addition to kiosk vendors, from across the city under its revised plan for the Khau Gali pilot initiative. The selected vendors will display and sell Delhi’s delicacies at a food night market behind Salimgarh Fort in central Delhi….
Pune: Two men on a bike robbed two women travelling in a private van of their ornaments worth Rs1.5 lakh and one of them sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl, who was also in the vehicle that had halted in front of a tea stall on the outskirts of Swami Chincholi village near Bhigwan on Pune-Solapur…
Mumbai: A 22-year-old from Mangaluru, Bilal Ahmed Teli, who had been allegedly caught residing illegally on the IIT Bombay campus for nearly three weeks, was driven by an intense fascination with the IIT brand rather than any sinister motive, the crime branch has concluded.After extensive interrogations by Mumbai Police, Mangaluru Police, Intelligence Bureau, and Maharashtra…
New Delhi: A court on Monday allowed CBI to close the case of former JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing on Oct 15, 2016. Central Bureau of Investigation probed all plausible aspects and exhausted all options, it observed. “The truth may elude us, but the quest for truth must go on—unwavering and undeterred,” observed…
Pune: Residents and activists from the Dhayari area on Monday warned of a strong agitation over long-pending civic issues including unfinished road expansion works, shifting of the garbage plant in the locality, announcement of relief from heavy property tax and chronic traffic congestion.“We expect these issues to be discussed during the ongoing assembly session,” said…
