Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Congress city president and former corporator Kailas Kadam resigned on Monday citing personal reasons. Kadam, who headed the city unit since 2021, said he would continue to work as a ‘devoted member’ of the party.The resignation is a setback for the Congress at a time when it is gearing up for the…
New Delhi: Ahead of Christmas, Delhi govt has allowed churches to store up to 4,000 litres of wine annually, a significant increase from the earlier cap of 91 litres. A notification issued by the finance department said the govt has amended Rule 20 of the Delhi Excise Rules, 2010, substantially enhancing the quantity of sacramental…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) expects to generate approximately Rs 200 crore annually by granting building permissions in the merged areas, following the transfer of authority from the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) to the civic administration.PMC officials said this revenue would ease the strain on civic finances and fund infrastructure projects in…
New Delhi: An Air India Boeing 777 with about 335 people on board had an engine failure soon after taking off from Delhi on Monday morning for Mumbai. Twin engines planes can land safely on one engine and the aircraft (VT-ALS) operating as AI 887 safely returned to Delhi. IGIA had made preparations for this…
19-year-old arrested for QR code tampering fraud NEW DELHI: Police arrested a 19-year-old youth for allegedly tampering with merchant QR codes and cheating customers and shop owners by diverting digital payments into his own bank account. Mobile phones seized from the accused reportedly contained more than 100 edited and original QR codes, along with chat…
Pune: The nine-day Pune Book Festival ended on Sunday on a high note, recording its highest-ever footfall of over 12.5 lakh visitors and sales surpassing Rs50 crore, with nearly 30 lakh books sold, the organisers said.The festival was held from Dec 13 to 21 at the Fergusson College grounds. It featured many publishers and book…
Mumbai: Bombay high court told a brother (59) and a sister (54), both residents of Ghatkopar West fighting over their parents’ property, that it would be in their interest to resolve their dispute amicably thereby restoring peace and harmony in their relationship.“After all, the bond between a brother and a sister is sometimes tightly woven,…
NEW DELHI: A fake call centre was busted in Dwarka for cheating victims of nearly Rs 1 crore. Ten people, including a woman, were arrested for allegedly duping insurance policyholders by posing as officials from regulators and banks.The racket came to light after police analysed complaints uploaded on the NCRP, which showed a suspicious pattern…
Pune: What began as an effort to replace plastic lunch boxes and water bottles with more sustainable alternatives has evolved into one of the city’s largest school-led environmental movements, reaching over 80,000 students.Mission City Chakra, an initiative of the Centre for Sustainable Development at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, is steadily transforming school…
Mumbai: Wars of the future, India’s Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan warned, will come without warning, unfold at breakneck speed, and stretch far beyond the battlefield—into cyberspace, outer space, electromagnetic spectrum, and, most critically, the human mind.Speaking at IIT Bombay Techfest on Monday evening, Chauhan described a new grammar of conflict—and termed it the…
