Pune: A 31-year-old multi-tasking staff member of the National Defence Academy (NDA) died by suicide in one of the squadrons on the academy campus on Thursday evening.Police identified the deceased as Mayur Pawar, who worked as a cadet orderly at the NDA. According to an official statement issued by the Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO),…
MUMBAI: The BJP on Thursday suspended 26 office bearers, including former corporators, and those who are fighting the BMC polls as rebel candidates for 6 years. Mumbai BJP chief, MLA Ameet Satam, in his suspension order, said they have been suspended for not cooperating with Mahayuti candidates in the BMC elections 2026 despite repeated requests…
NEW DELHI: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has caught a mail overseer posted at a post office in Jharkhand while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.”The accused has been identified as Prabhu Munda, posted at the Ramgarh post office. According to the CBI, the case was registered on Wednesday based on a complaint alleging…
Pune: While older localities such as Pashan, Sus, Sutarwadi, Someshwarwadi, and other parts of Ward 9 are witnessing more door-to-door meet-and-greet campaigns throughout the day and night, the upmarket areas of Baner, Balewadi, and Mhalunge are seeing a greater number of evening rallies and housing society meetings. These areas are home to a large IT…
Mumbai: A sessions court on Thursday rejected the bail of 60-year-old nurse allegedly involved in a child trafficking racket operating out of a local hospital in Govandi. Anita Sawant is accused of conspiring with a doctor to sell a newborn baby for Rs 5 lakh. According to the prosecution, the incident took place in Nov…
A green corner for children amid Safdarjung hospital’s daily rush NEW DELHI: In the middle of crowded OPDs and overflowing wards, Safdarjung hospital has added a sensory garden on its campus, carving out a quieter space for children who need more than routine clinical care.Named Umang Vatika, the garden has been developed as a supportive…
Pune: More than 30 housing societies and complexes in the Sus Road-Baner area have placed a list of 19 demands before the candidates contesting the Jan 15 poll to the Pune Municipal Corporation. Safer travel and improvements in public transport, augmentation in daily water supply to reduce dependency on tankers, and provision of a police…
Mumbai: The Malwani police registered a case under Pocso Act against a man after he hugged a school-going girl waiting on the street with her friends and made lewd remarks. Police said the accused was inebriated. He was produced before a sessions court at Dindoshi and remanded in police custody.The incident was reported on Tuesday….
NEW DELHI: ‘Bol ke lab azaad hain tere,’ scribbled across a yellow chart paper, fought for space alongside a poster exhorting freshers to join the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. During the high-decibel Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) polls in Sept, the walls of democracy at North Campus gave opposing student parties the opportunity to stand…
Pune: City Member of Parliament (MP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary Muralidhar Mohol on Thursday claimed that the city’s Metro project proposal failed to move ahead in the 2001–2014 period when the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in power at Centre and Ajit Pawar was the district guardian minister. Delays in approvals also led…
