Pune: The deadline to withdraw nominations ended on Friday, leaving four BJP candidates elected unopposed as corporators — two each in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).BJP candidates Manjusha Nagpure and Shrikant Jagtap were elected from ward number 35 ؙSun City-Manikbaug (Sinhagad Road area). PMC election officer Prasad Katkar…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered cases after complaints from 18 banks that nearly 11,000 counterfeit currency notes, valued at Rs 34 lakh, were deposited with them. The cases were registered on Dec 31 last year, and the notes were recovered during the period from Jan 1 to June 30. Delhi Headlines Today — The…
Pune: The court of judicial magistrate first class, AC Bagal, on Friday reserved its order on power of attorney (PoA) holder Sheetal Tejwani’s bail application in the Mundhwa govt land parcel deal case registered with the Khadak police, after hearing arguments from either side.“The court is likely to pass an order on Saturday,” district govt…
Navi Mumbai: A week after arresting nine accused for the murder of Mangesh Kalokhe (45), the husband of newly elected Khopoli councillor Manasi Kalokhe of Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde), the Raigad police have arrested two more accused contract killers, while one key contract killer is at large.Mangesh Kalokhe was hacked to death by five assailants…
New Delhi: University of Delhi has invited nominations for Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma (former President of India) gold medal, which will be awarded at the upcoming annual convocation, scheduled in Feb. The medal is awarded annually to a student adjudged best for general proficiency, considering character, academic excellence, extracurricular achievements, and social service. The awardee…
Pune: Candidates from across party lines in the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal elections have hit the ground with intensive outreach campaigns to attract voters ahead of a packed weekend.While a few candidates flagged off their campaigns on New Year’s Day, many formally began on Friday, setting the tone for a demanding schedule aimed at…
New Delhi: As classrooms across Delhi prepare for the new academic cycle, the city’s education department has fanned out hundreds of surveyors into lanes, labour clusters and informal settlements to answer a critical question: Which children are still missing from school? In a renewed push to bridge learning gaps, Delhi govt has launched a 15-day…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The probe into the murder of Aslam Shabbir Sheikh alias Bunty Jagirdar (53) — one of the accused in the 2012 Pune’s JM Road bomb blasts case — revealed that two country-made pistols of different calibres were used to kill him, police said on Friday.Empty cartridges recovered from the crime scene in Shrirampur…
Mumbai: A total of 850 types of industries will now be largely exempt from routine environmental clearances after the state govt on Friday issued a new classification list adding 628 industries to the ‘White Category’.According to a press note issued by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), the newly added industries are considered to have…
New Delhi: Free electricity and water as well as unlimited free public bus rides for women, among other schemes, account for around 35% of Delhi govt’s budgetary expenditure, according to an analysis of the govt’s budgetary transactions prepared by the directorate of economics and statistics.The report, which provides a clear picture of govt activities, expenditure…
