NEW DELHI: Lack of mobile network coverage on highway and expressway stretches is not only causing inconvenience to commuters but is also a concern for NHAI as cellular connectivity gaps affect emergency communication to responders — such as ambulance services and patrol vehicles — in case of an incident.The national highway authority has identified 424…
Pune: BJP‘s Supriya Chandgude created history by winning unopposed from Ward No 10 of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, becoming the first woman candidate to achieve the feat, so far, in PCMC. Chandgude said her clear focus is on women’s issues.She further said she had never expected to be elected unopposed and described the result…
A man was rescued from a nullah near Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali East after a fall MUMBAI: A man fell into a nullah near Sanjay Gandhi National Park at Borivali East late on Sunday. A team from Dahisar police station rescued the man and rushed him to Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital in Kandivali. Police…
NEW DELHI: A dispute over a gym operating from a residential property in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar escalated into a violent assault in which a man was beaten, his wife allegedly molested and their son stripped naked and assaulted on the street, with the youth’s mother asking whether such public humiliation was “less than rape”.Recounting…
Pune: Armed dacoits looted gold jewellery worth Rs 52 lakh after threatening the store owner in Shewalwadi near Hadapsar on Saturday evening.The store owner lodged a complaint with the Manjari police on Sunday who registered a case against the five suspects. The shop is located on Pune-Solapur highway. Around 5.30pm on Saturday, four suspects entered…
MUMBAI: A digital calculator that can predict a tuberculosis (TB) patient’s risk of death awaited a national rollout for several months, even after a branch of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recommended its inclusion in India’s TB elimination programme. The tool reduced total TB deaths by 20% to 30% in 2024 in its…
Highly educated doctors linked to the Red Fort blast used a sophisticated network of “ghost” SIM cards and encrypted apps to coordinate with Pakistani handlers. SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: Investigations into the “white-collar” terror module linked to the blast near Delhi’s Red Fort on Nov 10 last year show that highly educated doctors used a sophisticated web…
Pune: Deputy chief minister and Pune guardian minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said neither the state nor the Union government was at fault for the city’s civic problems, blaming the local leadership of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) instead for failing to resolve civic issues.Pawar was speaking at the ‘Vijayi Sankalp Sabha’ in Balewadi, organised…
MUMBAI: The Malad Police arrested a man for blackmailing small suburban traders and extorting money from them. The accused has been identified as Sanjay Yadav. Police said he lives in the Prem Nagar slum at Goregaon. The FIR was lodged on the basis of statements given by small traders from the western suburbs. The traders…
NEW DLEHI: A 32-year-old man was found dead by hanging inside a room on the first floor of his in-laws’ house in southeast Delhi, police said on Monday. The man, identified as Ajab Singh, a resident of Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh. According to police, a PCR call was received around 9 am on Sunday reporting…
