Thane: Two persons were attacked with choppers in Thane’s Castlemill area on Sunday evening, with a witness also alleging gunfire during the violent incident over old enmity.The police said that the attack occurred around 9:30 PM on Sunday when a complainant, a resident of Azadnagar in the Castlemill area, reported hearing gunshots while walking through…
New Delhi: At 4.30am on Monday, police received a PCR call about an attempted burglary and rushed to a house in southeast Delhi’s Batla House, only to discover a murder. A woman, identified as the second wife of a man who stays away from Delhi due to his work, was found dead on the floor…
PUNE: Two new species of millipedes have been added to India’s arthropod diversity after their discovery in Western Ghats regions, namely Karad in Maharashtra and in Kerala.The discovery of the two species — named Polydrepanum xiphosum and Polydrepanum spinatum — by a team of Indian scientists was published in the New Zealand-based journal Zootaxa on…
Mumbai: Senior Congress neta and former revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat on Monday asked chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to grant an urgent relief package of Rs 50,000 per hectare to farmers in thestate. “Instead of waiting for the formalities, such as on-the-spot survey and panchanamas, the revenue department should release a financial assistance of Rs 50,000…
Image used for representative purpose only NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old student, missing since Sunday, was found murdered in south Delhi’s Mehrauli. Police claimed her boyfriend was jealous over her interactions with other boys and murdered her. The victim’s family, however, alleged harassment by the boy and claimed they were friends. The victim’s father and sister…
Pune: Central and state govts gave approvals for 23 clusters in the last financial year — 12 proposed by former and 11 by latter — aimed at supporting micro and small enterprises in Pune region. Of the total granted funds of Rs62 crore, Centure contributed Rs44 crore while state’s share was Rs18.7 crore, Shailesh Rajput,…
Thane: Animal sightings during the recent annual wildlife census in the Yeoor range of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) dropped by over half compared to last year, forest officials revealed. Notably, no leopards were spotted during the 12-hour count, raising concerns among few locals and wildlife enthusiasts.A forest department report confirmed sightings of several animals…
Footpaths, Cycle Tracks And Crossings — All Up For Grabs in Delhi’s traffic New Delhi: It is a familiar sight in the city. Roads that should see a steady flow of traffic are clogged with stationary vehicles, stubbornly occupying every inch of space. From upscale neighbourhoods like Greater Kailash and Nehru Place to the bustling…
Pune: Around 150 passengers travelling from Delhi to Pune on an Air India (AI-2971) flight spent more than three hours inside the aircraft on Sunday afternoon waiting for it to take off.The passengers were stuck without any refreshments or proper information about take-off time.This incident is a repeat of last week when passengers of a…
Mumbai: Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad met chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday and submitted a letter demanding that the govt’s approval given last week for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project’s (DRP) masterplan be scrapped. She also challenged “Fadnavis and his Adani Sarkar” to hold a public hearing on the masterplan. Posting TOI’s ground reports on local…
