Mumbai: Pointing to the need to protect the woman as the accused’s friends and relatives pressurised her to take back the case after his arrest, a sessions court rejected the bail plea of a senior software developer (28) accused of sexually exploiting a woman under the false promise of marriage.“The offence is serious in nature…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Saturday welcomed the Centre’s move to release draft Social Security Rules for gig workers under the new labour codes, calling it a first step towards “recognition, protection and dignity” for their work. The Ministry of Labour and Employment earlier this week released the draft…
Pune: A total of 15,931 candidates are finally on the state municipal corporation poll pitch, after scrutiny and withdrawal of nominations.These candidates will contest for 2,869 seats of corporators across 893 wards in 29 municipal corporations. The elections are slated for Jan 15.A total of 33,427 nomination papers were filed initially. Of these, 24,771 were…
Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray (File image) MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday demanded that civic elections in wards where candidates—mostly from ruling parties—were elected unopposed be cancelled and the polling process restarted. Addressing a joint event with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray, Uddhav alleged that democracy in the country…
New Delhi: A Delhi govt-sanctioned and officially accepted TERI report on Yamuna frothing has thrown up serious discrepancies with Delhi Jal Board’s water quality claims, raising questions over monitoring credibility and public safety.The report, made public in Dec 2025 by Delhi govt, recorded ammonia levels of 27.4 mg/l upstream of Wazirabad and 30.6mg/l downstream of…
Pune: If the much-delayed Nov payout of Rs1,500 late this week to nearly 2.5 crore beneficiaries under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana has brought temporary relief to the Mahayuti partners, the uncertainty over the Dec disbursement has created unease, with civic elections less than two weeks away. They fear this could upset women voters,…
Mumbai: School education in India rarely changes all at once. Yet through 2025, a series of reforms that had moved gradually through policy pipelines began appearing simultaneously in classrooms, examination systems, and administrative frameworks. Structural reorganisation, shifts in assessment patterns, and the expanding role of technology unfolded in parallel across school boards and states. The…
New Delhi: An analysis by the fire department has brought to light a concerning number of fire incidents erupting on premises that were operating without valid fire no-objection certificates (NOC).According to data for FY 2024-25, a total of 7,312 fire incidents were reported from such buildings. Residential properties accounted for 5,506 of these incidents. Only…
Pune: Parts of Maharashtra, including Pune, are experiencing dry winter conditions characterised by low humidity, colder air and weak evaporation, district-level analyses by India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed on Saturday.IMD’s latest maps for the Aridity Anomaly Index, Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) and Standardised Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) for the period ending Dec 2025 indicated that…
Mumbai: Dinesh Jagtap, office secretary of BJP, Mumbai, lodged a complaint against one Shilpa Keluskar for allegedly stealing an AB form and submitting it to the election officer for the BMC elections. The Sion police registered the case for theft against Keluskar.The complaint stated that Keluskar was initially given party’s AB form as a candidate….
