New Delhi: The recent murders of 21-year-old Komal, 19-year-old Vijaylaxmi and 18-year-old Mehek Jain are grim reminders of the twisted ways of possessive partners. These young women, full of life and promise, were killed by individuals who claimed to love them.While Komal was strangled and her body dumped in the Chhawla canal on March 12,…
Pune: The city airport is expected to receive 13 acres from the Indian Air Force by the end of Aug or in Sept, airport director Santosh Dhoke told TOI on Tuesday. The land will be used to set up basic infrastructure, including additional aircraft parking bays, and this will allow more flights to take-off and…
Mumbai: This monsoon, the BMC will spend nearly Rs 154 crore on pothole repairs. BMC officials said this sum is allocated for roads which are yet to be concretised and are under asphalt or paver blocks. Large-scale road concretisation works have been going on in the city for the past two years to make roads…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority has released comprehensive policy guidelines to ensure transparency, fairness and efficiency while marking parking spaces for the flats allotted under its housing schemes. According to DDA, the policy considers the specific requirements of different flat categories and the needs of persons with disabilities (PwD) as well as cases requiring special…
Pune: The court of judicial magistrate first class Amol Shinde on Tuesday extended the custodial remand till June 7 of Nilesh Chavan, business associate of Shashank Hagawane and co-accused in the dowry death case of Vaishnavi Hagawane. The court sent Vaishnavi’s father-in-law Rajendra Hagawane and brother-in-law to magisterial custody remand till June 16. They were…
Mumbai: Mhada will provide a monthly rent of Rs 20,000 to tenants and residents of 96 dangerous buildings who independently arrange for their own alternative accommodation. The housing board will also arrange to lease 400 tenements for them.Mhada had declared these 96 cessed buildings as “extremely dangerous” during its annual pre-monsoon survey.The board has decided…
New Delhi: Mehak Jain’s 19th birthday was just five days away and for over a month she had been preparing for the celebration for a month, meticulously planning every detail. But her life was brutally cut short by her boyfriend, Arshkrit Singh, on Sunday. The promising BA Honours in English student aspired to become a…
Pune: Against the odds of scorching desert winds and a fraught geopolitical backdrop, a new documentary brings to light an unexpected story of the resilience of wildlife along the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan. ‘Living with Border Security’, the first film in the upcoming ‘Living with Nature’ documentary series, will launch on YouTube this World Environment…
Mumbai: In a move that may change equations for FYJC aspirants, the state has added provisions on the govt-run admissions portal for introducing SC/ST/OBC quotas in minority institutions. The state says it had notified the decision through a GR last month, reports Yogita Rao.With 50% of seats already reserved for religious and linguistic minorities, the…
New Delhi: In an initiative to involve young minds in environmental conservation, the directorate of education has launched a nearly year-long awareness campaign, Maa Yamuna Swachhta Abhiyan — A Clean Yamuna Awareness Campaign. It aims to sensitise and educate school students about the importance of cleaning the Yamuna and actively involve them in environmental conservation…
