NEW DELHI: Delhi govt has set up a committee to inquire into its irrigation and flood control department’s plan to procure two ‘VIP boats’ amid questions over their necessity, price and the approval process.The boats were proposed to be used by dignitaries for frequent inspections of the health of the Yamuna.The probe panel will be…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, in a written reply to the state assembly, has said no irregularities were found in the 433 firearm licences issued during the tenure of Amitabh Gupta and Jalinder Supekar as commissioner and additional commissioner, respectively, of the Pune police.While the CM made the written reply on July 8, 2025, in…
Pic for RepresentativeNew Delhi: A Delhi Police sub-inspector and a constable have been arrested for allegedly robbing a jeweller of Rs 8.4 lakh in central Delhi’s DBG Road area, police said on Wednesday.The case came to light after Deepak Soni, a resident of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh, lodged a complaint stating that the incident…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) managed to earn only around Rs 9,200 crore in overall revenue during the financial year 2025-26 ending on March 31, missing its Rs 12,600-crore revenue target by nearly Rs 3,400 crore. The major shortfall came from the building permissions department, income of which shrank to Rs 2,341 crore against…
New Delhi: The police team investigating Tuesday night’s hit-and-run in south Delhi’s Greater Kailash I suspects that a white Ciaz car knocked down the motorbike of a 41-year-old man, who was killed.Local people told police that a Ciaz was seen speeding through the neighborhood around the time of the accident. Witnesses said the vehicle was…
Pune: The four dams in the Khadakwasla circle now hold 14 TMC of water — 1.2 TMC more than 12.9 TMC recorded on April 1 last year — a surplus that effectively stretches Pune’s water security by nearly a month. Irrigation department officials, however, cautioned against complacency, with PMC officials admitting that the city needed…
New Delhi: Special cell of Delhi Police has arrested another accused in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a businessman, whose body parts were recovered from a canal in Mathura in Feb.The accused has been identified as Neeraj (27), who was apprehended from Jhajjar in Haryana. During interrogation, Neeraj allegedly disclosed that he, along…
Pune:The state forest department recently launched a pilot project for immuno-contraception of leopards at the Manikdoh Leopard Rescue Centre in Junnar tehsil to scientifically regulate the population growth of the big cats in the region, about 100 km from Pune and long affected by human-animal conflict.Senior forest officials toldTOIthat the drug controller general of India…
A waste-laden truck from the Okhla landfill dumps garbage in an open ground in Madanpur Khadar Extension, located barely 10km away NEW DELHI: One of Delhi’s three garbage mountains — the Okhla landfill — is supposed to be flattened in the next four months. But where is the waste going? In an open piece of…
Pune: A recent letter signed by NCP chief Sunetra Pawar and sent to the Election Commission of India (ECI) has surfaced on social media without the designations of party seniors Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare. Sunetra reached Delhi on Wednesday evening where she is expected to meet key NDA members.After the split in the NCP…
