Pune: A 69-year-old man, retired from a private engineering company, lost Rs 1.07 crore after cybercrooks, posing as senior officials of Mumbai police’s crime branch, threatened to arrest him in a money laundering case.The incident occurred from Nov 26 and Dec 8. The victim lodged a complaint with the Pune cyber police on Saturday.Senior inspector…
FIR against 2 construction firm directors for cheating South Mumbai businessman of Rs 5cr MUMBAI: The Byculla police on Saturday registered an FIR against two directors of a construction firm involved in a proposed high-rise project in South Mumbai for allegedly cheating a 60-year-old businessman of Rs 5 crore.The accused, Aafiyah Realtors’ Munaf Wadgama and…
New Delhi: A 26-year-old bike taxi rider was crushed to death after being run over by a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) water tanker in east Delhi’s Geeta Colony on Sunday afternoon. The driver of the tanker fled the spot immediately after the incident, police said.On reaching the spot, police found a young man trapped under…
Civic poll setback raises questions over MVA’s future in Maharashtra PUNE: After suffering a crushing defeat in the 2024 Assembly elections, the civic polls were seen as a make-or-break test for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). However, the lack of coordination among opposition parties and the absence of an intensive campaign have indicated a possible…
MUMBAI: The BJP-led Mahayuti’s dominant win in the municipal council and nagar panchayat elections, in a repeat of its sweeping mandate in 2024 state assembly elections, has demonstrated the alliance’s strength in the face of the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) accusation of “vote chori” and multiplied the challenge for opposition parties ahead of the high-stakes…
NEW DELHI: Captain Virender Sejwal’s lawyer stated on Sunday that the altercation with a passenger at Delhi airport was “resolved” in the presence of CISF officials, with both parties having “voluntarily signed a statement” confirming they did not wish to pursue any legal action.Sejwal’s lawyer stated that recent reports and social media posts have “misrepresented…
Pune: GIS maps of properties would soon be an integral part of their registration process across India.These maps would replace the decades-old practice of describing plot boundaries using cardinal directions and nearby landmarks, senior officials from the central land records department told TOI. The Centre is in talks with all state govts, including Maharashtra, to…
MUMBAI: Thanking the people of Maharashtra for BJP’s resounding victory in the municipal council and nagar panchayat elections on Sunday, CM Devendra Fadnavis told the media in Nagpur: “I had predicted that 75% of the nagar [council] presidents will be from Mahayuti and the poll results endorse it. Nearly 3,300 corporators are from the Mahayuti….
NEW DELHI: Traffic personnel in the city face constant exposure to toxic fumes from petrol and diesel vehicles as well as the biting winter chill.For sub-inspector Sarita Shukla, who is posted at the Tughlaq Road Circle near the Indira Gandhi Memorial area, one of Lutyens’ Delhi’s busiest stretches surrounded by roundabouts, wide arterial roads and…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to step up vigilance along the Mula-Mutha river stretch in the Yerawada-Nagar Road area to prevent people from dumping construction waste and garbage. The issue came up for discussion during an inspection of roads, garbage collection points and the river bed by civic commissioner Naval Kishore Ram…
