New Delhi: “Mere papa ka sapna hai, ki main CA banu,” said 13-year-old Sakshi, her eyes steady even as trucks groaned past and cars honked relentlessly. Beneath the Mayapuri flyover in Kirti Nagar in west Delhi, where dust hangs thick in the air and the din of city traffic never quite fades, dreams are being…
Pune: The State Information Commission (SIC) has issued a fresh reminder to the chief secretary to disclose disability certificates of employees recruited under the disability quota on departmental websites as its earlier directive issued three months ago remains unimplemented.State chief information commissioner Rahul Pande told TOI that despite his letter to the chief secretary (CS)…
Mumbai: Of the 26 lakh passengers who travel daily on the Central Railway (CR) Main line, nearly 11 lakh travel between Thane and Karjat or Kasara, highlighting the mounting burden on the suburban stretch.Kaustubh Shinde, an HR professional, said the chaos during rush hour was unbelievable on the CR. “I often can’t get off at…
New Delhi: A day after a nine-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered in northeast Delhi’s Dayalpur, a seven-year-old girl was reportedly molested by a man in north Delhi’s Subzi Mandi on Monday morning. The accused was beaten up by public before being handed over to police. He has been arrested.Police got to know…
Pune: Activists from the Muslim community on Monday submitted a letter to the district collector’s office requesting an enquiry into the closure of Sarasbaug on Sunday after Rajya Sabha member Medha Kulkarni wrote to PMC objecting celebration of Basi Eid by eating non-vegetarian food in the garden that also hosts a temple.Anwar Shaikh, director of…
Mumbai: Calling it “preposterous”, Bombay high court on Monday dismissed a drug trafficking case registered in 2021 against Dhruv Tahil, son of actor Dalip Tahil. The court held the law prohibits a merging of several minor aberrations over 18 months into one charge, a move that led to Tahil “being charged with an offence of…
New Delhi: On Saturday, in northeast Delhi’s Dayalpur, a 9-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and murdered by a neighbour. Her body was found stuffed in a suitcase in his second-floor house. The brutal crime has shaken the slum colony, but residents, especially young mothers, feel this has only exposed how, in tenements where one-room flats…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) continues its struggle to find a suitable location to establish a dedicated slaughterhouse in the city, amid strong public opposition.Currently, because of the absence of a local facility, animals from Pimpri Chinchwad are sent to slaughterhouses operated by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) or the Khadki Cantonment Board.In its…
Mumbai: In what is seen as a win for residents, an illegal religious structure (gurdwara) at the Joggers Park on Lokhandwala Back Road, Andheri (West) was demolished in the wee hours of Monday by those who had unauthorisedly built the structure in 2022. The action came following a legal battle waged by residents. The Chhatrapati…
New Delhi: Delhi govt plans to overhaul the city’s water distribution and billing systems by implementing smart meters across the city to address financial inefficiencies and improve Delhi Jal Board‘s (DJB) operations.Officials said that the smart meter implementation will address persistent billing inaccuracies. The current practice of meter readers submitting outdated or incorrect images has…
