Pune: The state home department on Friday transferred special inspector general of police (prisons) Jalindar Supekar as deputy commandant general of Home Guards in Mumbai in the wake of allegations that the IPS officer tried to shield the in-laws of alleged dowry death victim Vaishnavi Hagawane and played a role in securing gun licences for…
MUMBAI: BMC, which has floated tenders for the design, construction, and commissioning of a 200 million litres per day (MLD) desalination plant for the fourth time, plans to draw water from 2.5 km into the sea due to the rocky terrain closer to the shoreline.BMC officials said that the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA)…
Driving over 100 kmph, Harsh lost control, hitting a cyclist and then a roadside shanty. One cyclist and a shanty resident died, while others, including a pregnant woman and child, are critically injured. NEW DELHI: The car involved in an accident that killed two persons in west Delhi’s Janakpuri on Thursday was being driven at…
Pune: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will soon begin taking action against unregistered safe-making units in Pune. This initiative follows a period of raising awareness among manufacturers and the public about the importance of BIS registration for home and commercial safes. BIS deputy director Nikhil Chandatre said that while few units have registered so…
MUMBAI: The Vehicular Underpass (VUP), a part of the Coastal Road project near the Worli end of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, was opened to traffic on Friday. The underpass, which goes below the existing Abdul Gaffar Khan Road, connects JK Kapoor Chowk, handling traffic from Prabhadevi and Dadar to the Mumbai Coastal Road.After the cut-and-cover…
NEW DELHI: A three-year-old girl was killed after being hit by a negligently driven Creta car in Northwest Delhi’s Bawana on Friday. The girl went to a factory where her mother was working and was playing outside when the accident occurred. No arrests have been made.The deceased lived with her family in Pooth Khurd. The…
Pune: Doctor’s in a city hospital recently performed a full endoscopic internal gibbectomy on a 12-year-old patient suffering from a rare spinal deformity.The boy could walk again within12 hours of surgery without needing any support.Twelve-year-old Divyansh* (name changed) started facing nagging backache, difficulty in walking and loss of bladder control almost three years ago. After…
In a tragic incident at a Borivali West residential building, a car parking lift collapsed, resulting in the death of 30-year-old Shubham Madamlal Dhuri. Another man, 45-year-old Sunjeet Yadav, sustained a head injury and was hospitalized. MUMBAI: A 30-year-old man was killed and another injured after a car parking lift collapsed into a 7-metre-deep pit…
India’s active Covid-19 cases have reached 2,710, with seven deaths reported across states, primarily among individuals with pre-existing conditions. Kerala leads in active cases with 1,147. NEW DELHI: India’s active Covid-19 caseload has climbed to 2,710, with 1,170 patients discharged, according to the Union Health Ministry. Seven fatalities were reported across multiple states, with most…
Pune: The first batch of women cadets of the National Defence Academy (NDA), marching in perfect synchrony with male contingents, scripted a new chapter in the history of the Indian Armed Forces on May 30.The 17 trailblazing women cadets proudly crossed the ‘Antim Pag’ after going through three years of intense military and academic training,…
