Mumbai: A petty fight over cleaning of goat excrement left outside their house led to the murder of a 50-year-old man in Rafique Nagar in Govandi.The Shivaji Nagar police have arrested the two brothers-Mohammed Iliyas Qureshi 29 and his brother Riyaz Qureshi (27) on the charges of murder. The deceased is Qureshi’s neighbour identified as…
New Delhi: Delhiites woke up to a thick blanket of fog on Tuesday, with visibility plunging to just 50 metres for an hour in the morning. As a result, 550 flights were delayed and 10 cancelled.The visibility was below 200m from 5.30 am to 9.30 am. In between, it dipped to 50m for an hour…
Pune: Comprehensive victory in the first phase of the civic polls has multiplied BJP’s bargaining power among Mahayuti partners ahead of the municipal corporation elections, while controlling the exodus has become a major challenge for MVA.BJP dominated the polls to 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, bagging president posts in 117 civic bodies. Deputy chief…
Mumbai: For weeks, a shortage of cartridges for rapid tuberculosis tests has hampered the city’s ability to diagnose drug-resistant strains of the disease. This has forced frontline medical workers to resort to slower, decades-old methods that can delay results for months.Samples are now split between TrueNat molecular tests and traditional sputum smear microscopy. The issue…
New Delhi: Objections to the inclusion of topics such as intimate partner violence, domestic violence, workplace violence and crimes against women in a postgraduate Economics syllabus at Delhi University have led to the paper being sent back for revision. The decision was taken during a meeting of the standing committee, held Monday.The course, titled “Economics…
Pune: A special MCOCA court on Monday remanded gangster Suryakant alias Bandu Andekar (70) in police custody till Dec 26 in a case of grabbing a Bhavani Peth resident’s land since 2017, earning Rs5.4 crore rent from permanent structures on it, demanding Rs1.8 crore to vacate the property and threatening the property owner with dire…
Mumbai: The Congress has announced a list of 40 star campaigners who will campaign for the party in the upcoming civic elections in Maharashtra. the name included Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy, former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, Mohammed Azharuddin, Imran Pratapgarhi and actor Raj Babbar. Former MP Priya Dutt, Mukul Wasnik and former…
New Delhi: Sanitary napkins have not been provided to over six lakh girl students studying in classes VI to XII in Delhi govt schools for the past three months despite clear directions from Delhi High Court mandating their uninterrupted distribution under the Kishori Yojana Scheme, according to a civil rights group.A legal notice for contempt…
Pune: The fate of 57 local bodies in Maharashtra — 39 won by Mahayuti, 17 by MVA, and one by others/Independents — will now await the Supreme Court’s verdict on Jan 21, even after the results for president posts in the 40 municipal councils and 17 nagar panchayats were declared on Sunday.These 57 local bodies…
Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam (File photo) MUMBAI: The BJP on Tuesday downplayed the potential alliance between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for the Mumbai civic elections, saying the tie-up will have no impact on the poll outcome.Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam made the remarks after Shiv Sena (UBT) leader…
