New Delhi: In a large-scale, synchronised crackdown on cyber syndicates, hundreds of Delhi Police teams comprising more than 5,000 personnel have conducted raids across Delhi and other states, targeting the financial infrastructure of criminal groups.At the end of a 48-hour-long operation conducted on Dec 10-11, a total of 7,015 people were detained. Legal action was…
Pune: Seven gruelling hours and a minutely coordinated multi-agency effort led to the tranquilisation and safe capture of the adult male leopard at the city airport in the early hours of Friday. The operation was successfully carried out almost eight months after the animal was first spotted near the runway here. Forest officials said the…
Mumbai: Trump may have recently lowered duties on Indian spices but centuries before US tariffs, Roman-occupied England taxed Indian pepper heavily. The largest import from India to the Roman Empire, pepper was known as ‘Black Gold’ or ‘Yavana Priya’ (loved by the Romans), a precious commodity paid for with large quantities of precious metals. To…
New Delhi: Delhi govt is planning to empower district magistrates by bringing local officials of key departments under their supervision. As part of the ongoing restructuring of revenue districts — already expanded from 11 to 13, including the creation of three new ones and the scrapping of Shahdara — officials said govt is now working…
Pune: The state revenue department has suspended 10 officials — four tehsildars, four circle officers and two talathis — after it was found that 90,000 brass (unit of volume used to measure quantity of minor minerals) was excavated in excess in an area reserved for afforestation in Maval taluka.Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule told the assembly…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court Friday granted permission to BMC for a proposed Coastal Road North—a 26.3 km Versova–Bhayander DP (Development Plan) Road project—that would require a maximum of 45,000-odd mangroves to be felled. The HC was hearing BMC’s plea for the court’s approval for the project since it impacts mangroves. Accepting as salutary a…
New Delhi: Eighteen-year-old Aryan Yadav stepped out into the cold night for a friend’s wedding, taking the shortcut towards Shastri Nagar. Hours later, he lay bleeding on that very corner, stabbed during a robbery attempt after refusing to give up his phone. His family described him as the family’s “daring” child, a JEE aspirant who…
Pune: A 24-year-old software engineer from Baner lost Rs69 lakh to cybercrooks in an online share-trading fraud between Aug and Sept this year. Similarly, four more victims from different parts of the city were duped by the cybercrooks on the promise of good returns on their investments in the share market. Collectively, five people lost…
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has announced an immediate and urgent 50% water cut to the city on Friday over the next three days to necessitate repair works on a main supply line that was damaged during ongoing work undertaken by Mahanagar Gas Ltd at Kalyan Phata on Thursday.This is the second time in…
New Delhi: Delhi govt is set to release its electric vehicle (EV) policy soon, with special emphasis on the challenge of safely disposing of and recycling used lithium-ion batteries.According to senior officials, battery waste has emerged as a pressing concern as EV adoption, particularly among two-wheelers and commercial fleets, has risen sharply in the national…
