Pune: A 45-year-old technical writer working with an IT company lost Rs25 lakh to an online task fraud in March this year. Additionally, three more victims fell prey to task frauds and collectively lost Rs25 lakh more to such crooks. Separate complaints have been registered in these cases with the Baner, Chatushrungi, Khadak and Chandannagar…
Thane: Thane’s MNS has alleged that trees in Thane regional mental health hospital are being discreetly killed using chemicals to clear the space, paving way for the vast area to be handed over to private developers. Close on the heels of the NCP-SP and green activists taking up the issue, the MNS has now jumped…
New Delhi: Every year, National Street Food Festival draws sizeable crowds with its dependable favourites — dahi jalebi, ragi dosa, nadru ke kebab, egg tikhari, sticky rice and golgappas. But the real charm of the festival lies in the flavours tucked away in corners, where lesser-known regional recipes and unique fusions steal the show.Being held…
Pune: As many as 53 workers at Regional Mental Hospital staged a day-long protest on Friday demanding that the management take strict action against the contractor who they said had been paying them less than the stipulated minimum wages for the last eight years. They were supported by representatives of the Aam Aadmi Party-affiliated labour…
Mumbai: About a third of the resident doctors in state-run medical schools borrow money as they don’t receive their stipends on time. Every 10th resident doctor works in “genuine fear” and 50% of them suffer from chronic stress.This picture of stressed, “broke” doctors, who have an 80-hour work week in unsafe places, has emerged from…
New Delhi: Education minister Ashish Sood on Friday announced that all procedures and rules specified under Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act 2025 would be implemented immediately. The measures include the scrutiny of schools, evaluation of fee proposals, issuance of permissions, and systematic reporting and monitoring. “We will issue the…
Pune: A sessions court in Pune granted bail to Hyderabad resident Oves Malik, one of the accused in a Rs 561-crore GST evasion case involving creation of fictitious entities without the supply of actual goods and services. The Directorate General of GST Intelligence’s Pune unit unearthed the alleged fraud and arrested Malik on Sept 13…
Thane: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) chairman Siddhesh Kadam on Thursday took cognisance of the unusually high 200+ AQI recorded at the Upvan monitoring unit in the last week of Nov and sought reasons for the numbers before directing the local MPCB and TMC officials to immediately take corrective action. The Upvan air quality monitoring…
New Delhi: A 52-year-old woman and her two sons were found dead at their Kalkaji residence in southeast Delhi on Friday afternoon. Police suspect it to be a case of suicide. Investigators also found an alleged suicide note, indicating that the family had been struggling with financial difficulties. After receiving a PCR call around 2.47…
Pune: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is looking to open its account in all major municipal corporations and will go solo in the civic polls expected to be held in Jan 2026.The move comes nearly 15 years after AAP launched its Maharashtra chapter.AAP is a member of the INDIA bloc at the national level. While Congress,…
