New Delhi: The season’s strongest thunderstorm yet rolled in to Delhi with the arrival of June, accompanied by widespread light to moderate showers. Unlike the storms in May, there was no widespread serious damage to life and property. The storm disrupted flights, impacted traffic and left many areas waterlogged.The storm’s intensity, with squally winds reaching…
Mumbai: Five days ahead of Bakr Eid, CM Devendra Fadnavis held a meeting on Monday to review preparations. The need for modernisation of the BMC-run Deonar abattoir, including building permanent sheds, was discussed.“We reiterated our demand to modernise the abattoir. Given the services the abattoir renders and the huge amount govt earns from it, it…
New Delhi: A Delhi court, while settling a 17-year-old commercial dispute, observed that the protracted trial was an example of the malaise of delayed commercial justice, which also had adverse repercussions on the country’s economy.The court of district judge Monika Saroha, in its May 26 verdict, noted that a govt bank and a company incurred…
Mumbai: A seven-year-old girl suffered serious injuries after an iron rod fell from an under-construction SRA building at Malad East and pierced the roof of her house while she and her family were indoors on Sunday. Kurar police have registered an FIR against an unknown person.The incident took place at Laxman Nagar in Kurar village,…
New Delhi: A Delhi court recently rejected Delhi Police‘s plea for permission to conduct a polygraph test, layered voice stress analysis test and psychological test on six murder case accused, including the parents of the deceased girl.The court of additional session judge Alok Shukla observed that they could not be forced to undergo the evaluations….
New Delhi: A 38-year-old woman was strangled to death by her husband in northwest Delhi’s Bawana on Sunday, after he found that she was allegedly having an affair with his cousin.According to police, PCR received a call reporting the murder at Bawana police station around 1.30 pm on June 1. “Police rushed to the spot…
New Delhi: Observing that the “next Covid-19 pandemic” is far from over, Delhi High Court has called for a status report from the Centre on what decision has been taken regarding the policy for sample collection, sample collection centres and sample transport.On May 28, a single judge bench of Justice Anish Dayal said that the…
Image used is for representational purposes only PUNE: For most of the 10 days that he was absconding from police, Nilesh Chavan, a co-accused in the Vaishnavi Hagawane death case, seemed confident the authorities had no idea where he was. But it was a single call from his girlfriend’s phone that helped police track him…
A Gap Too Loud: Damaged Barriers Fail To Screen Noise, Turn Eyesore NEW DELHI: To protect people living along the flyovers on Outer Ring Road from the constant noise of passing traffic, particularly at night when heavy trucks rumble along this route, noise barriers were installed a few years back. Due to lack of maintenance,…
Image used for representative purpose only PUNE: Air India and Air Mauritius have expanded their existing codeshare partnership to provide travellers with better connectivity across the Indian subcontinent and the African region. The two airlines signed the extended codeshare agreement on the sidelines of the 81st IATA AGM in New Delhi, in the presence of…
