Pune: The civic body on Monday extended the deadline for paying property tax at discounted rates to July 7 from the previous date of June 30.According to PMC officials, citizen facilitation centres (CFCs) will be open for residents to pay this tax in person. “The administration has also provided an online facility for the ease…
Mumbai: Just three months into the financial year, the cash-strapped Mahayuti govt which faces local body polls across the state, tabled supplementary budgetary demands worth a steep Rs 57,509 crore in the state legislative assembly on Monday. This will add to the financial strain of the state which not only faces its highest-ever debt projection…
New Delhi: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) told National Green Tribunal that it followed all rules while building Urban Extension Road (UER) over a village pond near southwest Delhi’s Goyal Khurd.The reply came after NGT took cognisance of a TOI report from last Sept, which highlighted that a natural pond, listed by Delhi govt…
Pune: A sessions court in the city on Monday rejected the bail application of Swargate bus rape case accused Dattatray Gade. The incident was neither a case of “consensual sex”, as claimed by the accused, nor a case of physical relation for money, the court held. “Under such a scenario, it appears that the accused…
Mumbai: Three children aged 12 to 16 died of disseminated tuberculosis (TB) at one of the major public hospitals in the city over the last month not due to lack of treatment but because private general practitioners failed to diagnose the disease early.Disseminated TB refers to the spread of the disease from the lungs to…
New Delhi: The anti-corruption branch (ACB) of Delhi govt has arrested a now-suspended executive engineer and a private contractor in connection with a major scam in the irrigation & flood control (I&FC) department. The accused are alleged to have fraudulently released public funds worth several crores for works that were never executed.According to ACB’s investigation,…
Pune: A 50-year-old irrigation contractor from Airoli in Navi Mumbai and his two friends were arrested in the early hours of Sunday on charges of drunk driving, and abusing and threatening a traffic police constable when the latter stopped their car at Pulgate for reckless driving. The three were released later after being served with…
Mumbai: Bombay HC on Monday issued notice on two petitions filed by MLA Abu Asim Azmi to quash FIRs against him for allegedly praising Mughal emperor Aurangzeb during the assembly’s budget session.Justices Ajey Gadkari and Rajesh Patil will hear the matter after four weeks. A sessions court had granted Azmi anticipatory bail.The June 7 FIRs…
New Delhi: A day after the southwest monsoon officially arrived, the city experienced patchy rainfall ranging from very light to moderate intensity, bringing further relief from the heat. Thick, dark monsoon clouds blanketed Delhi and its surrounding areas throughout Monday, contributing to a noticeable dip in daytime temperatures.While the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted…
Pune: The political landscape in Beed is once again heating up — this time over the alleged sexual harassment of a NEET aspirant (17) by two teachers of a tuition centre.Though the Beed city police have arrested the two teachers after a case under Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) was registered against…
