PUNE: Even as BJP emerged as the single largest party in the municipal council and nagar panchayat elections across the state, Congress managed to halt BJP’s juggernaut in several municipal councils and nagar panchayats in Vidarbha. In Maharashtra’s sugar bowl of western Maharashtra, BJP battled its own Mahayuti alliance partners as Congress and NCP (SP)…
NEW DELHI: Delhi airport’s passenger advisory on Monday confirmed that all flight operations at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) were functioning smoothly, despite low visibility caused by dense fog. The airport advised passengers to contact their respective airlines for the latest updates.The advisory, “Low Visibility Procedures are still in process at Delhi Airport. All flight…
Pune: A construction work supervisor was on Saturday arrested after the death of a young migrant worker a fortnight prior at a site in Punawale. The 18-year-old worker died after he fell from the 15th floor of an under-construction building on Dec 7, at which time the Ravet police had registered a case of accidental…
Mumbai: Three persons were injured of whom one suffered over 95 percent burns, following an explosion of accumulated gas and accompanying fire in a chawl at Andheri East at around 7.15 am on Sunday. “The three injured were on the ground floor plus one chawl structure, and one of the injured women was trying to…
New Delhi: Security was stepped up outside the Bangladesh embassy in Chanakyapuri following the volatile unrest currently sweeping across Bangladesh after the death of Inqilab Moncho leader Sharif Osman Hadi and the brutal mob lynching of Dipu Chandra Das.The cops also removed some protesters who reached near the embassy on Saturday night and were raising…
Pune: The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has dominated the Phursungi-Uruli Devachi municipal council election, winning 19 of the 32 seats in play, when the results were announced on Sunday. Phursungi-Uruli Devachi went to the polls for the first time since it was formed following its demerger from Pune Municipal Corporation in 2024.NCP’s Mahayuti…
Mumbai: Fire broke out in the kitchen of a Colaba bar and restaurant, behind Taj, on Sunday evening. It was extinguished in a few minutes. Two people suffered around 5-15% burn injuries. The fire started in the basement of the Hotel Diplomat Building, housing the Social Bar and Restaurant. The building is a basement plus…
Delhi air pollution crisis NEW DELHI: Delhi on Monday woke up to hazy skies, with overall air quality in the ‘very poor’ category, while four areas of the city recorded severe AQI levels. According to Sameer app, city’s average Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 366 at 7am.According to the Central Pollution Control Board…
Pune: Residents of Pisoli, Undri, Mohammadwadi and NIBM Road have demanded basic dignity in the form of civic facilities before the upcoming Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections.Mohammadwadi-Undri Residents Welfare Development Foundation has highlighted the needs in a citizens charter. It includes a call for continuous supply of PMC water plus an end to the dependency…
Mumbai: An FIR has been registered against a man for allegedly stealing jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh from a woman after claiming to perform rituals to ward off ‘black magic’ at her residence.According to police, the accused identified as Ramchandra Sutar, told the complainant that somebody had cast a black magic spell on her family,…
