Thane: A special Pocso court convicted a 26-year-old man for molesting a 14-year-old schoolgirl but acquitted him of rape charges, pointing out serious lapses in the investigation and contradictory evidence. The accused was sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment with a Rs 5,000 fine.The minor alleged in March 2020 that the accused befriended her…
New Delhi: Public Works Department (PWD) minister Parvesh Verma on Saturday directed officials to expedite infrastructure projects across south Delhi during an on-ground inspection. The minister inspected key stretches from the MSO Building at ITO to Sarai Kale Khan, Ashram, Lajpat Nagar, Moolchand, Chirag Delhi, IIT Delhi and RK Puram. Accompanied by IAS officers and…
Pune: A 20-year-old wanted criminal suffered a bullet injury to his left thigh in an exchange of gunfire between police and him at Awhalwadi in Chandannagar around 6.30pm on Saturday.Police said criminal Omkar Dilip Bhandare fired the first shot in a crowded area, prompting the officers chasing him to retaliate. One bullet struck his left…
Thane: Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw assured deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde that the long-pending work on the new suburban railway station, constructed between Thane and Mulund stations, would resume at the earliest, Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske mentioned that he, along with party colleague and MP Dr Shrikant Shinde, met Vaishnaw regarding the project,…
New Delhi: The much-awaited nine-kilometre stretch of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway between DND Flyway and Meethapur is likely to become operational by June 2026. The information was shared by Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, BJP MP from South Delhi.Bidhuri said he raised a question in Parliament regarding the status of the expressway project. In response, Union minister for road…
Pune: Shiv Sena (UBT) member Aditya Thackeray on Saturday said BJP has no concrete development work to show and hence it is changing names of projects introduced by the previous govt to present them as its own. He made this statement in reference to the Centre renaming MGNREGS as VB-G RAM G.“BJP is the world’s…
New Delhi: INS Sindhughosh, the lead submarine of her class with the Indian Navy, has been decommissioned after 40 years of glorious service to the nation, the Western Naval Command (WNC) said on Saturday. The decommissioning ceremony was held at the Naval Dockyard in the presence of WNC’s Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief vice admiral Krishna Swaminathan.The…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has chalked out an action plan to control air pollution in 2026 and shared it with Union environment ministerBhupender Yadav. “It includes increasing the number of charging stations for electric vehicles, maintenance of roads, improving green cover in the city and strict enforcement of dust-mitigation measures,” corporation commissioner…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) raising concerns over the operation of ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants in Kurla. The court observed that the petitioner failed to include necessary parties whose rights would be directly affected by any court order.A division bench of Justice Advait M. Sethna and Justice M.S….
New Delhi: The process of issuing Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates slowed down across several parts of the capital on Friday as increasing demand led to an overload on the central server. This led to long queues at pollution-check centres at fuel pumps.People operating the centres said the problem started around 11 am, with the…
