Pune: Audio clips of candidates on social media and campaign songs blaring from autorickshaws and vans are now familiar sounds. Campaigns by candidates across parties have intensified, and amid this political whirlwind, audio-visual artists are contributing across multiple formats, which include campaign songs, audio clips, videos, short documentaries of two to three minutes, street plays,…
The Congress has suspended all its municipal councillors in Ambernath, along with the block president of the area, after they decided to align with the BJP-led Ambernath Vikas Aghadi to secure power in the civic body. MUMBAI: The Congress has suspended all its municipal councillors in Ambernath, along with the block president of the area,…
NEW DELHI: Two people were killed and another critically injured after a car collision near Siri Fort in south Delhi early Wednesday, police said.A PCR call was received around 4.20 am reporting a crash on August Kranti Marg. Police said a car travelling from Panchsheel Flyover towards Andrews Ganj allegedly rammed into a taxi that…
Pune: Unindentified menbroke into the house of a grocery store owner in Rajgurunagar in Khed taluka and made off with cash and gold jewellery, collectively worth Rs 68 lakh, in the early hours of Jan 3when the family was away in Akkalkot in Solapur district.The grocery shopowner (59) from Pabal Road in Rajgurunagar lodged a…
She Says Have Sought UN Refugee Status; Not Recognised In India: FRRO MUMBAI: Bombay HC’s vacation bench recently denied interim relief against deportation to an Ethiopian national, who has eight children and has allegedly resided without a valid visa in India since 2017. The woman has claimed that she “is likely to be executed” if…
Sources said Samajwadi Party MP Mohibbullah Nadvi was present in the area when the incident occurred. NEW DELHI: Delhi police have arrested five people in connection with a stone-pelting incident that broke out near the Faiz-e-Elahi Masjid in the Turkman Gate area of the capital, where a demolition drive was carried out by the Municipal…
Pune: Civic elections in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad have turned into a family contest in several wards, with political parties fielding local strongmen and their spouses, effectively turning campaigns into joint efforts aimed at securing each other’s victory. At least six husband-wife pairs are contesting the civic polls across party lines.The couples represent the same…
MUMBAI: At a press conference on Monday, a citizen-led civic platform unveiled a “humane, science-based alternative” to the Supreme Court’s order directing the corralling of stray dogs into shelters. Animal welfare activists, health practitioners, and citizens–united under the newly formed collective Jeev Sabha-argued the ‘catch-vaccinate-sterilise-release’ model is a more effective animal management strategy than mass…
Delhi Police is now registering FIRs against wrong-side drivers, escalating penalties beyond simple fines. (File photo) Cops tighten screws on wrong-side driving If you have the itch to avoid a U-turn and drive against the flow of traffic, be warned: Delhi Police has escalated its crackdown from simple fines to criminal proceedings. In a significant…
Pune: There is a surge in demand of booking choppers as political parties look forward to give their star campaigners maximum comfort while planning itineraries for rallies in different cities across Maharashtra. Polls to the 29 municipal corporations are scheduled to be conducted on Jan 15.Representatives of aviation firms said nearly 12 choppers had been…
