MUMBAI: A 45-year-old woman has died from injuries suffered in a fire that broke out at a chawl in Andheri East last week, while two others remain in critical condition, civic officials said on Sunday.The fire was reported at around 7.16 am on December 21 at Vijay Nagar, Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar Chawl in Andheri East….
New Delhi: Former Tihar jail administrator and ex-law officer Sunil Gupta has challenged in Delhi High Court the provisions in the newly enacted criminal laws that allow prisoners to be kept in solitary confinement. Drawing on nearly four decades of experience at Tihar, Gupta has urged the court to implement the Supreme Court rulings and…
Pune: With just four days left for the deadline, the state govt has made it clear that there will be no further extension for completing e-KYC under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme. Women and child development department minister Aditi Tatkare told TOI on Saturday that beneficiaries must finish the process by Dec 31.“More than…
Chaitanya Marpakwar Mumbai: After almost a week of negotiations between the BJP and Shiv Sena for the BMC polls, Mumbai BJP chief Ameet Satam on Saturday said that the two parties finalised a 128-79 (BJP-Sena) formula, but talks on 20 more seats were still pending. Satam mentioned that a decision on these 20 seats would…
NEW DELHI: Three juveniles were apprehended after a scuffle erupted following an alleged eve-teasing incident involving two minor girls in northeast Delhi’s Farsh Bazar area on Saturday evening, police said. According to officials, a PCR call was received around 6 pm reporting eve-teasing and a brawl in the locality. A police team reached the spot…
Pune: As the Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance has urged NCP(SP) to join their alliance for the poll to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Sharad Pawar‘s party has demanded the Thackeray cousins increase its share of seats to a “respectable figure”.NCP(SP)’s former state chief Jayant Patil recently met Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray to discuss the…
MUMBAI: Most global cities have regulations to control micro-skylines within precincts. These are conscious decisions taken to ensure that the ‘look’ of the city is managed in a controlled and planned manner, while simultaneously permitting development to take care of people’s needs. But unlike many global cities, Mumbai is perhaps the only one where the…
NEW DELHI: Delhi continued to struggle with toxic air on Sunday, with several areas recording ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ air quality levels, as a dense layer of smog blanketed the city.The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi on Sunday reached 391, entering the ‘severe’ category, with some regions exceeding 400, according to the Central…
Pune: The Sharad Pawar faction of NCP went back to its MVA partners to jointly fight the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) election after the much-hyped talks for a possible alliance with the other camp led by his nephew and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar failed on Friday night. In the opposition bloc, Congress, NCP (SP)…
Thane: As preparations gather pace for the Thane Municipal Corporation elections, the civic administration has issued a strict warning to polling officials and staff against skipping mandatory election training, even as the nomination process got underway across the city. Municipal Commissioner and Election Officer Saurabh Rao said training sessions for polling personnel will be held…
