New Delhi: Amid TV news alerts, ringing telephones and a live stream of social media complaints, the newly set up Passenger Assistance Control Room at Udaan Bhawan in the Safdarjung Airport area works round the clock to address distressed airline passengers’ grievances.For an average flyer, the control room is intended to cut down the waiting…
PUNE: Even as citizens across Maharashtra continued to face issues with Aadhaar-based online verification for property registrations for over a week, state registration officials on Monday told TOI that they were in constant follow-up with the state information technology department to restore the service. Citizens’ groups raised the issue last week.State registration officials, after reviewing…
MUMBAI: Former Nepal prime minister Baburam Bhattarai on Saturday offered a wide-ranging critique of South Asia’s political economy, arguing that the region’s persistent poverty, inequality and instability are the result of extractive institutions, weak state capacity and a failure to build inclusive democracies. Speaking at IIT Bombay’s TechFest, Bhattarai said Nepal’s own turbulent political history…
New Delhi: Public Works Department aims to utilise this dry season to improve the stormwater drainage and overall drainage system across key stretches in the city. The focus is on locations that routinely bear the brunt of monsoon flooding due to heavy traffic, dense activity or natural low-lying terrain. Four major projects, costing over Rs…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Saturday claimed to have solved 12 burglaries committed by three criminals on police records who were nabbed near Somatane toll plaza near Talegaon Dabhade on Pune-Mumbai highway on Nov 27.One of them fired at the police team. Two country-made pistols, seven cartridges, gold jewellery, and a car which…
AI-generated representational image. PALGHAR: The husband and sister-in-law of a 35-year-old woman were arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing her following a domestic dispute in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said. The incident took place in the MB Estate area of Virar West. The victim, Kalpana Soni, lived with her husband and in-laws, according to news…
New Delhi: Rapping investigating officers on the knuckles, a court pointed out lapses in a case linked to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots and acquitted the accused, while cautioning police to take “corrective measures to ensure that personal liberties are not undermined” without “enough evidence”.Additional sessions judge Parveen Singh said this while acquitting Deepak and…
Ajit Pawar’s NCP & Sharad Pawar’s fraction to contest together in Pimpri Chinchwad PUNE: Deputy chief minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Sunday announced that NCP and NCP (SP) will contest the upcoming Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation elections in an alliance.Addressing a campaign rally in Talawade for party candidates, Pawar said, “In Pimpri Chinchwad,…
Shiv Sena’s UBT faction leader Anand Dubey. MUMBAI: The Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena on Monday lashed out at the Congress ahead of the crucial BMC polls, accusing the party of “backstabbing” them after the Grand Old Party formed an alliance with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA).UBT leader Anand Dubey openly criticised the…
New Delhi: Commuters in and around Connaught Place are likely to face traffic disruption for nearly a week as Basant Lane — often suggested as a shortcut by navigation apps — has been closed to all vehicles for a sewer line replacement by Delhi Jal Board (DJB).The work is being done from the night of…
