New Delhi: The Rules Committee, led by speaker Vijender Gupta, has approved a proposal to establish an independent secretariat and grant financial autonomy to the Delhi Assembly. According to sources, the committee is expected to submit its report during the upcoming monsoon session of the assembly for tabling in the house.Officials said the move aims…
Pune: Mahalunge MIDC police on Sunday detained a 17-year-old youth and are searching for his two accomplices, who assaulted and robbed two workers at Bhamboli in Khed taluka last month. A terrified victim (19), who works with a private company in Mahalunge MIDC, did not approach the police immediately after the robbery.“After detaining the minor,…
THANE: The Mumbra incident reignited long-standing demands for local trains to start from Diva, a move activists say could ease pressure on the overcrowded Thane-Diva corridor, which was second highest in commuter fall-related casualties last year.BJP MLC Niranjan Davkhare, among the first to reach Mumbra station, said commuters and activists requested him to push for…
New Delhi: Delhi University will teach its Gen Z students how to navigate red flags and heartbreaks in intimate relationships at a time when their lives are steeped in the heady cocktail of Tinder and Instagram.The new course, called “Negotiating Intimate Relationships”, will be a general elective one. This means all students across disciplines will…
Pune: A mobile cancer detecting van, making rounds of rural areas in Pune circle since Feb 9, has diagnosed 144 new patients till May 15. None knew they were suffering from the disease.The diagnostic cancer van has been deployed outside community halls in villages and rural hospitals to randomly screen people. The suspected patients were…
MUMBAI: Haj 2025 has concluded without any untoward incidents and is hailed as one of the safest and most efficiently managed pilgrimages in recent years.This year over 1.6 million pilgrims from 171 countries performed Haj.According to a release, this because possible through efficient security efforts and the use of cutting-edge technologies in crowd management.At a…
NEW DELHI: A massive fire at a highrise in Dwarka Sector 13 on Monday morning claimed the lives of a man and his two young children, who jumped from their eighth-floor flat in a desperate attempt to escape the flames.The deceased have been identified as 35-year-old Yash Yadav, who was in the flex board business,…
Pune: Chikhali police on Sunday arrested two scrap vendors on the charge of attempting to kill a 23-year-old man over suspicion of his involvement in thefts in their godown. The victim sustained severe injuries after the duo assaulted him with pipes and sticks. The duo was charged under section 109 (murder attempt) of the Bharatiya…
THANE: The Mumbra incident reignited long-standing demands for local trains to start from Diva, a move activists say could ease pressure on the overcrowded Thane-Diva corridor, which was second highest in commuter fall-related casualties last year.BJP MLC Niranjan Davkhare, among the first to reach Mumbra station, said commuters and activists requested him to push for…
Senior AAP functionary and former deputy CM Manish Sisodia (Photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: Senior AAP functionary and former deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Monday skipped the summons served by the anti-corruption branch in a case related to an alleged scam in the construction of classrooms in staterun schools. AAP stated that the former deputy CM’s…
