NEW DELHI: Air India Express Captain Virender Sejwal, who got into a brawl with a passenger, Ankit Dewan, at Delhi airport‘s Terminal 1 last Friday, has accused the latter of making “casteist remarks” and issuing “absolutely unfathomable threats to female members of his family, including a child.” In a statement on the pilot’s behalf on…
Pune: Union home minister and senior BJP member Amit Shah’s instructions to party workers to ensure a victory from the Parliament to the panchayats is a target being taken quite seriously by the Maharashtra cadre. Once considered a party with an urban base, BJP has seemingly managed to expand its network into rural areas by…
Thane: A 55-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly possessing mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 7.2 lakh in Ulhasnagar, police said on Sunday.Ismail Mohammad Safhi Abbasi, a native of Indore, was caught with the contraband on Friday afternoon, an official said. “A patrolling team from Vitthalwadi police station spotted the accused moving around in a suspicious…
New Delhi: There was a time when the Delhi University vice-chancellor’s office had no barriers and classes spilled out into the open lawns. These were memories that resurfaced on Saturday evening as some notable alumni gathered to reflect on a campus that has evolved with the city that has grown outside it. The Delhi University…
Pune: This Christmas, there is a visible shift in decorations across Pune. Trees stand tall in malls, housing societies and living rooms, wrapped tightly in layers of light — but ornaments are sparse or even absent. The reasons are many — smaller urban homes, rising costs, changing aesthetics, global design influence and easier access to…
Mumbai: BMC is spending Rs 4.27 crores on an infection control product that infection control specialists do not seem to recognise. These are “anti-infective bed cover mats,” and 43,000 of them are being bought for four medical college hospitals.These mats are supplied by a real estate firm, Veer Housing Projects LLP, procured from an Uttarakhand-based…
New Delhi: We remember cinema in fragments — a scene, a song, a dialogue, a poster. Our memories inhabit the uncertain space between remembering and forgetting. At Arthshila, an arts centre in the industrial heart of Okhla, far from the capital’s art district, an ongoing exhibition, ‘Duniya Parchhaiyon Ki,’ (World of Shadows) takes visitors on…
Pune: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has flagged serious gaps in the implementation of welfare and regulatory measures for building and other construction workers in Maharashtra, reporting poor registration, weak safety compliance and large-scale under-utilisation of funds between 2017-18 and 2021-22.In its report tabled on the last day of the state legislature’s…
Thane: A Thane court has sentenced three people to three years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for kidnapping a baby of five months in the city. Additional sessions judge Suryakant S Shinde found the accused, including two women, guilty of charges under BNS for the crime that took place in Oct last year.As per the case…
New Delhi: Facing criticism over the deteriorating condition of internal roads, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has shared a two-year phased redevelopment plan with the Centre for roads less than 18 metres in width. According to a report outlining initiatives aimed at reducing dust and air pollution, the civic body submitted details of road stretches—…
