New Delhi: During a Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s Standing Committee meeting on Friday, members highlighted concerns about inadequate monsoon preparedness and called for a detailed action plan.Committee members questioned MCD’s reported figures of silt removal from drains, noting that despite exceeding targets, waterlogging persists in their areas. Deputy chairman Sunders Singh tabled a short notice…
Kalyan: Manpada police have seized 2kg of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 2.1 crore from a flat in a Dombivli township and arrested three youths.Police said that all three are Mumbra residents who work in a call centre in Navi Mumbai and that they had taken the flat on rent specifically to peddle drugs. They suspect…
Shabir Ahmad Shah (File Photo) NEW DELHI: The Tihar administration has released a statement regarding the controversy surrounding the health of separatist Shabir Ahmad Shah and denied that he was detected with prostate cancer. Tihar has also rejected allegations that he is not being provided with treatment.“Rumours are being circulated on social media alleging that…
Pune: The ambitious Rs909-crore glass skywalk project in Lonavala is set to undergo a complete redesign and will be implemented on a new model, following directions issued by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday, a senior district administration official said. Pawar, who chaired a review meeting of the project monitoring committee, said there was…
Mumbai: The police busted an inter-state gang of heavy vehicle thieves and seized six stolen trucks and trailers from them, collectively worth Rs 1 crore.On June 8, a 10-wheeler cement trailer was stolen from Goregaon (East). After an FIR, a team supervised by DCP Mahesh Chemte and senior inspector Girish Bane tracked down the vehicle…
New Delhi: A Delhi court framed charges under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against a foreign national who allegedly smuggled 325g of cocaine by ingesting it as capsules.The court of special judge Gaurav Gupta on June 4 framed charges against the accused under NDPS Act sections 29 (punishment for abetment and criminal conspiracy),…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has criticised his party MLA Sangram Jagtap for his controversial statements against the Muslim community and said these are against NCP’s ideology.“NCP follows a secular ideology, and we will never compromise on it. I will personally speak to Jagtap on this matter,” the NCP chief said after chairing a…
Mumbai: Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik asked the urban development department (UDD) to make necessary changes in its regulations for integrated parking management in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) on Friday.He requested that a draft with 14 new guidelines be sent to the municipalities in the region. He was speaking at a meeting of municipal commissioners…
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor VK Saxena has approved a proposal for the linking and redistribution of police stations to hospitals across the city for handling medico-legal cases and conducting postmortem examinations.Officials said the reform was envisaged under the three new criminal justice acts and was designed to ensure quicker and more efficient medical and forensic…
Pune: The Bund Garden police station, constructed in 1951 near the district collector’s office, is expected to be demolished within a few weeks.The district administration wants to expand its premises on the land of the existing police station for beautification and other functions. The administration has allocated funds for the construction of a new police…
