New Delhi: Over four out of five Indians suffering from psychiatric disorders do not receive timely or adequate treatment, leaving millions to cope without professional care, Indian Psychiatric Society warned on Saturday, flagging one of the widest mental health treatment gaps in the world.The concern was raised at the curtain-raiser of the 77th annual national…
Pune: Additional sessions judge SB Shelar in Junnar has convicted and sentenced a 32-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a four-year-old girl in a public toilet near the market yard of a village in Junnar tehsil around 1pm on April 20, 2018.Apart from the life sentence, the court on Dec 29…
Mumbai: A wanted accused who was on the run for over three decades was arrested recently by the Oshiwara police from Uttar Pradesh. Police said the accused, H Yadav, had been booked in a case of attempted murder in Oshiwara in 1994. The accused left the city and went into hiding after the crime. The…
New Delhi: In an effort to attract more tourists, especially high-value visitors, Delhi govt will conduct an infrastructure gap analysis, develop new tourism circuits, curate city tours, cultural and heritage experiences, strengthen tourism branding, roll out festival programming, promote the concert economy and medical tourism, and step up hospitality and investment promotion. Investment in hotels,…
Pune: In a high-stakes battle for the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, NCP chief Ajit Pawar has formed an alliance with his uncle Sharad Pawar’s NCP(SP) in a bid to reclaim the civic body, once considered his political bastion. BJP, on the other hand, has decided to contest the poll independently, aiming to retain its hold…
Thane: Court has acquitted a 69-year-old man and his son accused in a 2022 murder case, citing a lack of evidence against the duo. Principal district and Ssessions judge S B Agrawal on Friday found Avinash Rambadan Yadav and his father Rambadan Barsan Yadav not guilty of murder and assault charges. The duo were accused…
In govt with those who once accused me of corruption, says Ajit Pawar in defence of NCP backing gangsters’ kin in Pune PUNE: NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Friday cited his own example of facing irrigation scam allegations to justify his party’s support for the candidature of gangsters’ kin in the Pune Municipal Corporation poll…
Vasai: Waliv cops have arrested 45-year-old Shivshankar Vishwakarma after he fired at his sisters house on Saturday around 2.30 am. No one was injured in this shooting. The cops have arrested the accused and shall produce him in local court.Previously, Shivshakar was jailed under charges of murder in 2018. He had requested his sister to…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police sealed two spas in Sangvi and one in Hinjewadi for a year as they were found to be engaged in flesh trade, after the commissioner of police (CP), Vinoy Kumar Choubey, recently issued an order.A Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch team, led by senior inspector Nitin Gite, raided two spas in…
Mumbai: A Central Railway ticket checker was assaulted by two commuters at Sewri station following a dispute over tickets on the first day of the new year. Wadala Govt Railway Police has registered an FIR against two individuals, one of whom remains unidentified.On Jan 1, the complainant, Dhananjay Yadav, and his colleague, Sudhir Manjhi, were…
