BJP drops candidate after old videos surface showing her slamming Fadnavis PUNE: The BJP has withdrawn the candidature of Pooja More-Jadhav for the Pune civic polls following opposition from party workers, party leaders said to news agency PTI.More-Jadhav had received the party’s AB form for Ward No 2 under the quota of alliance partner Republican…
Mumbai: BJP politician Kirit Somaiya could not contain his joy on Thursday. He took to social media to express it: “Neil Somaiya ward 107 in Mulund. 1. Uddhav Thackeray Sena UBT 2. Raj Thackeray MNS 3. Sharad Pawar NCP 4. Rahul Gandhi Congress did not put up candidates. God is Great.” Somaiya’s confidence in his…
NEW DELHI: In the last year, Delhi Police found 1,303 missing persons, including 434 children and 869 adults, under Operation Milap in the southwest district. Of these, 102 missing persons were traced in Dec alone, including 35 children and 67 adults, reflecting sustained efforts by district police teams throughout the year.“Local informers, along with records…
Pune: A manager (44) of a private company in Talegaon MIDC lost Rs 70.7 lakh after cybercrooks promised good returns on investing money in cryptocurrency between June 2024 and March 2025.The victim filed an online complaint and after preliminary investigations, a case was registered with the Kalewadi police on Wednesday.An officer from the Kalewadi police…
Mumbai: In a ratty turn of events in a “high-stakes” narcotics trial, the prosecution’s ganja samples in the case against five alleged drug traffickers were literally “devoured by rats” while sitting in storage. By the time the trial reached its conclusion, the envelopes that once supposedly held smaller samples of the nearly 130kg of ganja…
New Delhi: A 44-year-old man allegedly strangled his 37-year-old wife to death before taking his own life at their home in central Delhi’s Anand Parbat on New Year’s Eve. The woman had sought help from her elder sister as an argument had escalated. When the sister reached the house, the man refused to open the…
Pune: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has rolled out a self-guided digital audio tour system at two major heritage sites in Maharashtra — Kuda Caves in Raigad district and Lohagad Fort in Pune district — allowing visitors to explore monuments independently using QR codes and their mobile phones.The initiative, introduced by ASI’s Mumbai circle,…
MUMBAI: In view of the forthcoming municipal elections in Maharashtra, the Muslim Welfare Association has said its policy and priorities are clear.The organisation’s national Saleem Sarang, in a statement, stated that the Association will extend full support to those candidates who place fundamental issues such as education, reservation and protection and upliftment of Muslim, Bahujan…
New Delhi: In 2025, city courts have, for the first time, disposed of more cases — 1,792 — under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act than were registered — 1,006 — in a year. This, however, has not translated into relief for child survivors waiting for justice as a large and old backlog…
PUNE: The Bombay high court (HC) has taken an exception to the MHADA officials “overstepping their authority and jurisdiction” to misconstrue the chief minister’s (CM) remark on a letter by BJP’s Kasba Peth MLA Hemant Rasne as a stay on the redevelopment of Sunglory housing cooperative and on a redevelopment proposal of the Nutan housing…
