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,…
The Bombay High Court declared Hemang Shah’s arrest by the Economic Offences Wing illegal due to the failure to produce him before a magistrate within 24 hours. MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court vacation bench on Friday declared the arrest of Anchor Group director Hemang Shah, 50, by Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) as illegal,…
Anas allegedly broke into the girl’s house to steal, but when confronted, he strangled her and stole a mobile phone and tablet to fuel his drug addiction. NEW DELHI: Two days after a 13-year-old girl was murdered in Southwest Delhi’s Dabri, police arrested the accused, identified as Mohammad Anas, a neighbour of the victim. According…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said state govt will remove all undue beneficiaries of the Mukhaymantri Majhi Ladaki Bahin Yojana. Fadnavis was speaking to reporters after a book release event hosted at the Bal Gandharva auditorium on Friday. According to the CM, the state has initiated cross-verification of the scheme beneficiaries as some…
Mumbai: An accountant from Pune is among three people arrested by cyber police in two separate cases of digital arrest scams where two elderly women were cheated of Rs 1.7 crore and Rs 49 lakh, respectively. Police made the arrests after following the money trail from the victims’ bank accounts.In the first case, a 61-year-old…
Delhi reported its first Covid-19 death amidst a recent surge in cases, with a 60-year-old woman succumbing to the virus. While she had underlying health issues, the positive Covid-19 test was an incidental finding. NEW DELHI: A 60-year-old woman who tested positive for Covid-19 has died in Delhi, marking the capital’s first fatality amid the…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said all gun licences the Pune police issued would be reviewed — the day the firearm licences issued in Nov 2022 to Hagawane brothers, arrested in the Vaishnavi Hagawane dowry death case, were cancelled.“We cancelled these licences on the grounds of breach of conditions and will also take…
MUMBAI: The city’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW), probing the multi-crore Mithi River desilting scam, said that Rs 18 lakh were received by UBO Ridez, a company where actor Dino Morea’s brother, Santino, is a director, from arrested accused Ketan Kadam.“We are probing why the amount was transferred from Kadam’s account to UBO Ridez,” said an…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday sentenced former Madhya Pradesh MLA Kishore Samrite to six months in jail for threatening to blow up Parliament in September 2022 over his ‘unfulfilled demands’.Special Judge Vikas Dhull noted that the threatening letter and the suspicious substance were sent to Parliament “which is the temple of Indian democracy”.“It…
Pune: Animal welfare groups in the city have highlighted a sharp rise in pet abandonment cases as the monsoon sets in.Activists explained that damp conditions lead to a higher risk of illnesses — like tick fever, skin and gastrointestinal infections — making it more difficult and expensive for people to care for their pets. Faced…
