New Delhi: Delhi govt’s labour department has come under scrutiny after senior officials found many employees frequently absent during office hours and unresponsive on official channels, affecting service delivery. The department has warned of disciplinary action and made branch and district heads responsible for enforcing discipline. Senior officials have received complaints that many staff members…
Pune: A 62-year-old housewife from Pimpri was allegedly duped of Rs 4.5 lakh by a cybercrook who posed as a bank official while offering assistance to deposit a cheque worth Rs 5 lakh, police said.According to the Sant Tukaramnagar police, the incident occurred on Dec 24. The woman on Monday lodged a complaint with the…
Mumbai: BMC carried out fire safety inspections at 2,703 establishments across Mumbai ahead of new year celebrations, taking action against 136 premises for violations, officials said on Wednesday.The inspections were conducted by the Mumbai Fire Brigade as part of a ‘Special Fire Safety Drive’ between December 22 and December 28, 2025, in view of large…
New Delhi: In an age of emails and emojis, letter writing is both a lost art and a forgotten habit. Once postcards, inlands, envelopes were essential home accessories; so was the man who brought them to everyone’s doorsteps, the postman. Writing letters and waiting for them were Side A and Side B of life’s routine…
Pune: As PMPML services continue to falter, autorickshaw and cab fares skyrocket, and the Metro reach staying limited, commuters are increasingly turning to their own vehicles. The result? A relentless rise in private vehicle ownership — clogging roads but offering a sense of independence.RTO data highlights the trend — a staggering 3.3 lakh vehicles registered…
Mumbai: An RPI (A) delegation met the CM on Wednesday. Athawale told mediapersons: “We gave him a list of 17 seats and he spoke to his party’s Mumbai chief Ameet Satam asking if we can be allocated 5-6 seats from their party. We also got one seat from Shiv Sena and we will request Eknath…
New Delhi: Rooftop solar expansion under PM’s Surya Ghar: Free Electricity Scheme, power infrastructure beneath flyovers and a Rs 17,000-crore upgrade of transmission and distribution networks form the core of Delhi govt’s roadmap to meet the capital’s rapidly rising electricity demand.At a review meeting of the power sector chaired by CM Rekha Gupta, officials outlined…
Pune: The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (Nafed) received an encouraging response from soyabean growers in Junnar taluka following the launch of its support price procurement at the Narayangaon sub-market yard.It purchased nearly 70 tonnes of soybean at the govt-declared minimum support price (MSP) of Rs5,328 per quintal recently, offering much-needed relief to…
Mumbai: A court in Maharashtra’s Beed district on Wednesday rejected a plea against former state minister and NCP leader Dhananjay Munde filed by a woman claiming to be his first wife, alleging concealment of vital information in his 2024 election nomination papers.Judicial Magistrate (Parli Vaijnath) Dipak Borde ruled that the complainant, Karuna Munde, has not…
New Delhi: The entrepreneurship development cell of IIT has partnered with domestic think tank CyberPeace to organise a national-level hackathon on cybersecurity, defence AI, and digital safety. The event, scheduled at IIT Delhi from Jan 16 to 18, will bring together student innovators from across the country to develop deployable solutions to emerging digital threats….
