Mumbai: A businessman from Vile Parle lost Rs 80 lakh as the cash he was supposed to send to his business associate in Bengaluru was collected from his house by a scamster, who even showed the code number to his wife to make her believe that he was genuine, officials said. The police have registered…
NEW DELHI: Delhi witnessed a marked improvement in air quality on Thursday morning, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 221 around 8 am. Despite the improvement, the air quality remained in the ‘poor’ category, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.The AQI showed a sharp drop compared to Wednesday, when it…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shravan Hardikar has issued show-cause notices to 1,329 polling staff members for failing to attend the mandatory training programme organised ahead of the upcoming civic elections.Most of the notices have been served to teachers appointed for various election-related duties on polling day.The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) conducted a two-day…
Mumbai: Flights from Mumbai to Nanded will restart from Thursday after a gap of over five years. The route was shut down in Feb 2020. Officials said Star Air will operate three flights per week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Nanded’s Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport (NDC) is a domestic airport that is now…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for levying 18% GST on air purifiers and HEPA filters at a time Delhi and nearby areas are choking on pollution. Terming the situation a “health emergency”, HC said at a time when citizens need the most basic protection against foul air, the very…
Pune: A sessions court in Baramati has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for brutally killing a young woman, Shital Barate and her father, Ramesh, at Hinganigada near Baramati on March 22, 2016.Additional sessions judge SR Patil accepted the prosecution’s case that the murder motive arose from accused Vishal Vatre’s interest in marrying Shital, a…
Mumbai: A special NDPS court sentenced a 29-year-old man to ten years rigorous imprisonment for the possession and intended sale of a commercial quantity of codeine-based cough syrup. Bablu Gupta was arrested on the night of Dec 31, 2021, when a team from the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) was on patrolling duty. Cops spotted Gupta standing…
New Delhi: A day after TOI reported that sanitary napkins were not provided for the past three months to over 6 lakh girl students studying in classes VI–XII in Delhi govt schools, the directorate of education (DoE) directed the schools to continue distribution under Kishori Yojana.In an order dated Dec 24, DoE stated, “This office…
Pune: A washing centre worker, Javed Pathan (34) of Bhokar in Nanded, died on Tuesday early morning after he was assaulted by his two neighbours at Gaymukh Chowk in Ambegaon around 6.45pm on Monday.Pathan’s brother, Rauf (34), lodged a complaint of murder with the Ambegaon police. A police team took Pathan to a private hospital…
Mumbai: With New Year celebrations and the Dec 31 rush approaching, FDA has been directed to carry out intensive inspections of hotels, restaurants and food establishments to ensure that food served to customers is clean, safe and unadulterated.Food safety officers have been asked to conduct thorough checks, FDA and special assistance minister Narhari Zirwal said…
