New Delhi: A 25-year-old contractual labourer allegedly got electrocuted while cleaning a pump at a Delhi Jal Board treatment plant in north Delhi’s Civil Lines. Police have registered a case of negligence.The deceased was identified as Sanju Yadav, who lived with his family in Noida and worked at the Chandrawal plant.Police were informed about the…
Pune: The urban development department has cleared four of the six town planning schemes proposed more than one year ago by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority, officials said on Saturday. Of the remaining two, the proposal for Maan-Mhalunge — once showcased as a model scheme in 2018 — is still under assessment. The Manjari…
Mumbai: A portion of a tin-sheet enclosure at a construction site fell on the road near Mala Gardens, Pratiksha Nagar, Sion, on Saturday. Fire brigade officials said the sheet damaged two four-wheelers. No one was injured. BMC F-North ward officer Arun Shirsagar said that MHADA was carrying out construction at the site and details were…
New Delhi: From the next academic session, 2026–27, children will need to be at least six years old to be admitted to Class I, according to a circular issued by Delhi govt’s Directorate of Education.In line with the National Education Policy, 2020, and the Right to Education Act, 2009, DoE also announced a restructuring of…
Pune: Various social organisations, as well as residents, are providing a wide range of services to warkaris staying in the city overnight before beginning their pilgrimage to Pandharpur on foot on Sunday morning.Local residents are generously providing accommodation in their homes, wadas, and housing societies. Many of the housing societies and mandals have set up…
Mumbai: City police have detained the driver of an aggregator cab for re-rerouting his vehicle, stopping it, and allowing two men to step inside who went on to sexually harass a 28-year-old passenger, a female pilot, on Thursday. A hunt is on for the other two accused.The woman hired the cab in Fort on Thursday…
New Delhi: Delhi AAP convener Saurabh Bharadwaj and BJP’s South Delhi MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri sparred on Saturday over Delhi govt opening Ayushman Arogya Mandirs across the city.Bharadwaj claimed the BJP-led Delhi govt “repainted” the mohalla clinics set up by the previous AAP govt and rebranded them as Ayushman Arogya Mandirs. Bharadwaj posted on X…
Pune: Over 1.2 lakh students have applied for Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) with an intake capacity of 1.4 lakh seats this year. Applications are 10% higher in state-run ITIs as compared to private institutes. Over the past 5-6 years, ITIs have seen a rise in demand due to work opportunities. A guaranteed apprenticeship after completion…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said a decision on loan waiver for farmers would be taken at an appropriate time.He said guidelines and set procedures must be followed while taking such a decision. The Mahayuti govt would not backtrack from any of the assurances it had given, Fadnavis told reporters here after attending…
New Delhi: A BTech graduate and four others have been arrested by Delhi Police‘s crime branch for running a massive fake degree racket spanning several states.Acting on a tip-off, the inter-state cell (ISC) of the crime branch busted the network, recovering 275 forged academic documents and over 5,000 soft copies of fake credentials of various…
