Pune: The Faraskhana police on Wednesday arrested a 19-year-old man from Mangalwar Peth and searching for his two accomplices after the trio robbed a shopkeeper (33) after befriending the latter using a dating application.The shopkeeper is a resident of Shagun Chowk on Laxmi Road. He lodged a complaint with the police on Tuesday morning.According to…
Thane: Commuters travelling to Mumbai and Thane from beyond Thane don’t exactly like to hang on to footboards of local trains, but the compulsion to be on time at their workplace forces them to enter packed locals during crush hour in the morning.Several commuters TOI spoke to after the Mumbra tragedy spoke of the ordeal…
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday alleged that BJP-led Delhi govt’s ordinance on regulating fee hikes favours private schools and decried it as an attempt to “fool” parents. There was no immediate reaction from the ruling BJP to the allegations.On Tuesday, Delhi Cabinet approved an ordinance empowering the govt to impose fines up…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad cybercrime police have arrested three mule bank account holders from New Delhi following an investigation into a complaint of a 45-year-old manager of a private firm in Pimpri Chinchwad, who lost Rs3.16 crore in a matrimonial scam between June 2023 and Sept 2024.The scam started when the woman, victim in the scam,…
Mumbai: A day after Bombay high court ordered the BMC to pay Rs 50 lakh compensation each to the families of eight victims killed in the 2015 fire at Kurla’s Hotel City Kinara, many of them said the ruling was a case of justice delayed but not denied.Seven of the victims were students—five of engineering…
New Delhi: A demolition drive was held at the Bhoomiheen camp in Kalkaji amid a heavy deployment of cops on Wednesday morning. Calling the demolition a “deliberate assault on the marginalised”, AAP alleged that BJP govt defied its own chief minister Rekha Gupta’s promise of “not a single jhuggi will be touched”.Local MLA Atishi alleged…
Pune: The civic administration on Wednesday decided to set up height barriers to curb movement of heavy vehicles on Gangadham Road after a woman riding pillion on a scooter died and her father-in-law was injured when a truck hit their two-wheeler at Gangadham Chowk on the same day.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) also wants the…
Mumbai: Winter alone doesn’t have the biggest chokehold on Mumbai’s air quality. The levels of suspended pollutant PM10 were above the national ambient air quality standard on 49 of 89 monitored days in Feb-April this year, shows an analysis of Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) data.PM10 levels were above the standard of 100µg/m³ on all…
New Delhi: Every afternoon, Shanti balances water bottles on her head and walks across the construction site at Sarai Kale Khan. There’s no drinking water where she works, so she walks to the tap at the bus stand. “Paani toh mil jaata hai bus stand ke kone se, lekin dhoop se jaan nikal jaati hai,”…
Pune: In separate cases, two men, including an engineering company owner from Kothrud and a private company official from Pimple Saudagar, collectively lost Rs 80 lakh to cyber crooks in online Forex and share trading frauds. Separate cases were registered with the Kothrud and Sangvi police.A 41-year-old resident of Kothrud came into contact with cyber…
