NEW DELHI: Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, Goa, are being transported to Goa by the state police on Wednesday following their arrest at Delhi’s IGI Airport immigration. The brothers were deported to India from Thailand, ending a 10-day international search after the deadly fire at their…
Pune: The Ahilyanagar-Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar highway is in tatters with a 42km stretch between Wadala and Ahilyanagar being peppered with massive potholes — some as wide as five feet. This has halted weekend traffic and forced drivers onto a 60-km detour via the Samruddhi Expressway, a route that has also drawn criticism for safety issues like…
Mumbai: Bombay high court has directed three housing societies in Andheri (east) to forthwith remove three structures obstructing the opening of a development plan road connecting Sahar Road and Sai Mandir Road.Justice Milind Jadhav on Monday said the DP Road is bound to “ameliorate and redress congestion and legitimate grievances” of residents of nearby areas…
New Delhi: Hemant, 35, had just pulled down his shop shutter and was about to head home when he noticed his phone battery had dropped to 5%. The last metro was minutes away. Panicking, he went in search of a charging point and spotted a public charging station in Connaught Place. He plugged in his…
Pune: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) city unit joined the MVA meeting for the first time on Tuesday, hinting at a potential entry into the alliance for the municipal polls. The development comes as deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar-led NCP continues to weigh the possibility of an alliance with NCP (SP) for the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal…
Mumbai: The state govt has approved the revision to the development plan (DP) for Backbay Reclamation Scheme (BBRS)—covering blocks III to VI between Nariman Point and Colaba —clearing the way for a series of infrastructure, connectivity and land-use changes in south Mumbai’s premium waterfront zone.Prepared by MMRDA, the revised draft DP looks at planning the…
New Delhi: From deploying extra traffic personnel and clearing encroachments to planning subways, foot overbridges and parking facilities, authorities have rolled out a set of measures to ease congestion at 62 recently listed ‘hotspots’ across the capital.The hotspots, identified jointly by Delhi Traffic Police (DTP) and corroborated by Public Works Department (PWD), Municipal Corporation of…
Pune: The death of an eight-year-old boy in a leopard attack in Pargaon village of Junnar tehsil on Monday triggered widespread anger among residents, who accused forest officials and political representatives of failing to take effective, on-ground measures to prevent repeated fatal encounters between humans and big cats. On Tuesday evening, Junnar division forest officials…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday said it was inclined to allow human rights activist Gautam Navlakha to shift to his house in Delhi till the trial in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case begins.Navlakha is not a “flight risk” as there have not been any instances where he tried to escape, the high…
New Delhi: Two brothers were gunned down, allegedly by their cousin, in a lane near their house in northeast Delhi’s Jafrabad early on Tuesday. Police believe the shooter is part of a gang and that he possibly suspected the two, Faizal (31) and Nadeem (33), who was disabled, were members of a rival gang and…
