The netted door of Noor’s room in Tihar village, where she was allegedly confined for days, with neighbours passing her food through a small opening above New Delhi: Two days after police halted the burial of a 19-year-old girl and registered a murder case, her 55-year-old father and brother have been arrested for allegedly killing…
New Delhi: Delhi govt said on Friday that it has implemented a multi-tiered strategy in coordination with the Centre for policy intervention, to ease pressure on LPG supplies.Additional commissioner Arun Kumar Jha said Delhi has around 56 lakh domestic LPG connections, and residents are being urged to ensure that their connections are registered under the…
Kolhapur: The Bombay high court’s Kolhapur bench on Thursday directed the district collector and the forest department to identify in seven days the “dangerous” schools prone to wild attacks in the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) and jointly deploy a 6am-6pm safe school transport for students, escorted by a dedicated rapid response team every day.The court…
New Delhi: A 19-year-old youth was arrested for allegedly stabbing a 35-year-old driver to death in northwest Delhi’s Azadpur Mandi following a dispute over the price of gutka.The victim, Nazim, a driver from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was attacked in the early hours of April 3 after an argument with a tea seller escalated into…
PUNE: Choked stormwater channels and drainage chambers turned city roads into shallow ponds within an hour of intense rainfall on Thursday afternoon, laying bare Pune Municipal Corporation’s glaring lack of preparedness.Activists and residents squarely blamed the waterlogging on construction debris and garbage dumped along roadsides, which were swept straight into stormwater and drainage lines, blocking…
Pune: A sharp, intense spell of rain lasting nearly 2 hours on Thursday afternoon threw life out of gear across the city, dumping 84mm rain over NDA and 65mm in Shivajinagar, catching people off guard and triggering widespread waterlogging, traffic snarls and power outage.The sudden downpour turned fatal in the Parvati area, where a 60-year-old…
A 60-year-old flower vendor tragically died in Pune after a tree collapsed on her during a sudden, heavy downpour (Representative image) PUNE: A 60-year-old flower vendor, Ranjana Navnath Giri of Ganeshmala off Sinhagad Road, died after a tree collapsed on her around 3.30pm on Thursday. Giri had taken shelter beneath the tree sudden heavy rainfall…
Pune: A retired army colonel (82), residing in Kondhwa, lost Rs 1.01 crore after cybercrooks lured him in investing in foreign exchange (forex) trading for handsome returns between Oct last year and Feb.The victim lodged a complaint with the Pune cyber police on Wednesday.Senior inspector Swapnali Shinde of the Pune cyber police told TOI, “The…
New Delhi: DDA on Thursday signed an MoU with Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) to undertake comprehensive documentation of historic structures across Delhi Ridge.The initiative will include listing and classification, development of heritage trails, installation of signage with the aim of preserving and promoting Delhi’s rich heritage.Spread over nearly 8,000 hectares,…
