Pune: BJP and Shiv Sena — alliance partners at the Centre and in Maharashtra — have locked horns in most of the state’s 29 municipal corporations going to the polls on Jan 15.The saffron parties are going solo in over 15 municipal corporations after the last attempt for an alliance between the number one and…
Mumbai: Municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, who is also the district election officer, on Friday warned officials that any negligence or violation of election laws during the BMC elections 2025–26 would not be tolerated, as he called for strict enforcement of rules at every stage of the poll process.Chairing a meeting of the election main coordination…
New Delhi: A 60-year-old retired govt employee was injured in his head and legs after being allegedly hit by a speeding bike coming from the wrong side in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Vihar last week. The biker has been apprehended. The injured man is a resident of Najafgarh area of southwest Delhi. The incident took place…
Pune: Farmers across Junnar and Ambegaon tehsils in Pune district and parts of Ahilyanagar (Nagar) and Solapur districts had for decades been demanding repairs to the 250-km-long Kukadi left-bank canal. The state water resources department has now sanctioned Rs240 crore for restoration work and concrete lining on multiple vulnerable stretches of the network, with renovation…
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. He left the city and went into hiding after the crime. The court…
New Delhi: A 25-year-old man was killed after he was allegedly beaten by a group of people on suspicion of theft in South Extension Part-II. The incident took place on Thursday night.Police received information at 10.30 am about a body lying near the wall of an under-construction site in the south Delhi area. On reaching…
Pune: Thieves stole three gold chains worth Rs87,000 from three devotees who came to ‘Jai Stambh’ at Perne Phata on January 1 to pay their tributes at Koregaon Bhima on the Pune-Nagar highway.Three separate cases were registered with the Lonikand police.An officer from the Lonikand police said that a large number of people came to…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said the Ajit Pawar-led NCP should merge with the NCP (SP) headed by his uncle Sharad Pawar, pointing out that both factions have come together for the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad civic body elections. Raut also questioned Ajit Pawar’s presence in the Mahayuti government, a day…
NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown on visa and passport fraud, the IGI Airport unit of Delhi Police arrested over 130 people in 2025, including travel agents and facilitators involved in illegal immigration, officials said on Friday. According to a press release issued by the IGI Airport Police, the operation marked a significant change in…
Pune: Once the curtains fell after weeks of lobbying for nominations, several days of filing of papers and the withdrawal of 969 candidatures on two days, as many as 1,165 candidates remained in the fray for the PMC polls from 41 wards. Friday was the last day for the candidates to pull out from the…
