New Delhi: Sukesh Chandrasekhar, in judicial custody in a Rs 200-crore extortion case, has approached a Delhi court seeking permission to pay Rs 217 crore to complainant Aditi Singh as part of a proposed settlement.Chandrasekhar sought the court’s permission for the parties to explore a settlement arising out of an FIR registered by the special…
Nearly seven months of 2025 witnessed significant rainfall, leading to overflowing dams that supply water to the city. Yet inexplicably, at the turn of the year, several areas of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad are facing a severe water crisis.Residents of neighbourhoods including Aundh Road, Kharadi, Bavdhan, Mhalunge, Tathawade, Model Colony, Kalyaninagar and many more are…
Thane: As many as 16,574 voters from Thane were marked as ‘duplicate’ after their names and photographs appeared more than once in the electoral rolls, following a scrutiny by the Thane election department, officials informed on Sunday.The administration started a review of around 83,645 potential duplicate voters in the rolls. The examination revealed that in…
Seven Nigerian nationals detained for overstaying: Seven Nigerian nationals were detained for illegally overstaying in India during a Dec 24 crackdown in Uttam Nagar area, police said on Sunday. The district-wide operation targeted drug traffickers and foreign nationals without valid documents. The seven were found to have violated immigration norms, DCP (Dwarka) Ankit Singh said….
Pune: The Bhimashankar temple will remain closed for three months for devotees starting January 9 as the district administration is set to carry out renovation works. However, the temple will remain open during the Maha Shivaratri period from February 12 to 18.District collector Jitendra Dudi, in an official statement, said that the decision was taken…
Mumbai: The Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi will contest 62 of the 227 seats in BMC polls as part of the Congress-led alliance, the two parties announced on Sunday. Congress, meanwhile, continued discussing seat-sharing with NCP (SP) until late Sunday.Congress is reportedly keen to contest 150 seats, leaving only 15 for NCP (SP) and other…
New Delhi: Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has told National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it found multiple instances of illegal dumping of municipal solid waste as well as construction and demolition (C&D) debris in Mundka, near Urban Extension Road-2. The findings came after an inspection prompted by a complaint from a resident, who alleged rampant…
Mumbai: The Ajit Pawar led NCP declared its list of 37 candidates for the BMC polls on Sunday even as its MahaYuti partners Shiv Sena and BJP are yet to declare their candidates. Among the candidates there are three relatives of NCP neta Nawab Malik on the list. Nawab Malik’s brother Kaptan Malik will contest…
New Delhi: Citing Delhi’s air pollution as the reason, the president of finance of a pharmaceutical manufacturing company has resigned. An internal email from Akums Drugs revealed that Rajkumar Bafna resigned effective Dec 31. In a message sent to a senior official on Dec 3, Bafna said, “I would like to inform you that due…
Mumbai: An FIR has been registered after a BMC official and an election videographer were allegedly assaulted and obstructed while performing election-related duties ahead of the BMC elections. According to complaint filed by Suresh Janu Rathod (37), a BMC’s junior inspector, the incident occurred on the night of Dec 27 where Rathod was deployed as…
