Pune: The lack of regulation in the animal welfare sector in India has allowed for the emergence of a breeding ground for fraudsters that exploit both animals and volunteers.In the absence of proper oversight, there has been a disturbing proliferation of spurious animal shelters nationwide, operating as profit-making ventures while charging exorbitant monthly fees from…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Tuesday questioned state govt on what basis had it issued the govt resolution (GR) including SC, ST and OBC reservations for FYJC admission in minority institutions in the state. “Justify your stand,” said Justices Makarand Karnik and Nitin Borkar and posted the hearing on Wednesday.They heard a petition by Solapur’s…
NEW DELHI: A second-year woman DNB resident doctor from the gynaecology department at Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, Rohini, was allegedly brutally attacked in broad daylight by relatives of a newborn baby who died on Monday.According to the Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA), the attendants tore the doctor’s clothes and attempted to strangle her with her…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Tuesday listed its Rs200 crore green municipal bonds on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai.The listing ceremony was attended by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, and state chief secretary Sujata Saunik.PCMC has become the first civic body in Maharashtra to…
MUMBAI: Central Railway on Tuesday set up a five-member committee of senior officials to investigate the sequence of events leading to the Mumbra tragedy. The probe panel includes the senior divisional security commissioner, senior divisional mechanical engineer, senior divisional electrical engineer, senior divisional engineer, and the senior divisional operations manager. CR’s chief public relations officer…
NEW DELHI: Three members of a family, including two children, died after jumping from a balcony in a desperate attempt to escape a fire that broke out in their ninth-tenth floor duplex flat at Shabad Apartments in Dwarka’s Sector 13 on Tuesday. Two people suffered burn injuries.Eleven family members and a domestic help, gathered for…
Pune: The Pune city police have questioned Angadias, who ferry cash between Pune-Ahmedabad and Pune-Jaipur, in connection with the transfer of money to the illegal call centre in Kharadi that extorted millions of dollars from American citizens by posing as US law enforcement officials.However, the police are yet to trace the main cash peddler in…
Thane: A day after the Mumbra tragedy and after railways said they would introduce more AC and non-AC locals with closed doors, a number of angry passengers forcibly entered an AC local at 9.03 am at Dombivli railway station following the cancellation of their regular 8.59 am train. Overcrowding of the AC train resulted in…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court is likely to examine on Wednesday a plea against the proposed demolition of alleged illegal constructions in southeast Delhi’s Batla House. Earlier, a bench of Justices Girish Kathpalia and Tejas Karia declined to grant an immediate stay on a public interest litigation filed by AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, challenging the…
NEW DELHI: Residents of Pimpri’s Premlok Park area gathered in large numbers to worship a gulmohar tree that appeared to be emitting water, believing it to be a miracle. The crowd offered garlands, turmeric, and flowers, and some even tried to sip the “holy water” flowing out of the tree. However, the phenomenon was soon…
