Pune: There is no need for any individual to possess firearms in Maharashtra, NCP (SP)’s working president Supriya Sule on Saturday said and urged chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to order a ‘jumbo review’ of all such licences issued across the state.Her remark comes in the backdrop of the Vaishnavi Hagawane murder case in which police,…
MUMBAI: RannSamar Foundation, a Mumbai-based all-India NGO, on Saturday organized a fund distribution program for families who have lost loved ones to manual scavenging—lives lost while cleaning septic tanks.Between 2018 and 2023, over 400 lives were lost while cleaning septic tanks and sewers across India. The year-wise figures are alarming: 76 deaths in 2018, 133…
New Delhi: Education minister Ashish Sood on Saturday said Delhi govt would, for the first time, officially host International Yoga Day on June 21 by organising events at 11 different locations.Reviewing the preparations for the Yoga Day celebrations and the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0 campaign, the minister said the celebrations would be held…
Pune: A fortnight after the discovery of three murdered victims — a woman and her two children — at Khandale village near Ranjangaon, the Pune Rural police took Gorakh Popat Bokhare, the woman’s 36-year-old brother-in-law, into custody.Bokhare, a resident of Saradwadi village in Shirur, was charged with killing the three between May 23 and 24….
Mumbai: A silent “Save Powai Lake” human chain scheduled for Sunday by local residents and nature lovers was cancelled after the BMC demanded a nominal “event fee” of Rs 11,000 to organise it at the lakeside. Green activists alleged they tried in vain to explain to civic officials that this was not an event but…
New Delhi: Neelesh’s family was joyfully preparing for her wedding just five months away. On the afternoon of May 28, she left her Trilokpuri home, telling her 75-year-old father, Ahivaran Singh, that she was going to the bank to complete KYC formalities and withdraw money for the wedding. She never returned home.Neelesh was living with…
Pune: To help senior citizens safeguard their property rights and prevent inheritance-related disputes, the district registration and stamp duty department has launched a doorstep service to assist the elderly in drafting and registering their wills.The initiative is part of the state govt’s 100-day administrative reform programme and is being implemented under the ‘respect’ (sairam) project…
Mumbai: Observing that it was difficult to believe that only five women overpowered 10 to 12 policemen and assaulted them, a sessions court recently acquitted the women accused of causing an affray and assaulting police officers inside Bhandup police station in 2015. The judge cited lack of credible evidence and inconsistencies in testimonies of police…
New Delhi: The underground tunnel between Maa Anandmayee Marg and Tughlaqabad railway colony station has been completed on the Tughlaqabad-Aerocity corridor of phase IV, also known as Golden Line. A tunnel boring machine (TBM) broke through on Saturday morning at Tughlaqabad railway colony station after boring a 0.79km-long tunnel. This tunnel breakthrough was achieved using…
Pune: Hospitals in Pune have started reporting an increase in dengue cases among children following recent heavy rainfall and intermittent showers. Conditions are now ripe for mosquito breeding, experts said, as they warned citizens to ensure there’s no waterlogging or stagnant pools near homes and offices. “Dengue is typically seen first in children as they…
