Goa nightclub owners Luthra brothers say they ‘want to return’ NEW DELHI: Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane have approached a Delhi court seeking four weeks of transit anticipatory bail, claiming they are willing to return to India and cooperate with the investigation in to the Goa nightclub blaze that claimed…
Pune: A 53-year-old cyber consultant from Sahakarnagar allegedly lost Rs 5.6 crore after online fraudsters, impersonating officials from the Data Protection Board of India and a Nashik police inspector, threatened him with arrest in a terror-funding case between Nov 20 and Dec 5. “The victim approached us on Saturday. We registered his complaint on Sunday,”…
Mumbai: Observing that the relationship was “consensual” and the “educated, mature woman was fully aware of the situation at hand” and knew that that the accused was married, a sessions court on Tuesday acquitted a former corporate manager in a case involving a 13-year relationship and three terminated pregnancies based on an alleged false promise…
Goa nightclub co-owner Ajay Gupta. NEW DELHI: Ajay Gupta — co-owner of Goa’s ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub — was tracked down to a private Delhi hospital where he had allegedly checked in citing “spine-related issues” in a bid to buy time and evade arrest in the blaze that killed 25 people on December 6….
Pune: Koregaon Park police on Monday arrested a man for allegedly cheating several car owners from Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and other areas after promising them good resale value for their vehicles. Senior police inspector Sangita Jadhav told TOI on Tuesday: “The arrested suspect has been identified as Sumit Kawade (27), a resident of Koregaon Park….
Navi Mumbai: A teen from Uran, Mayank Dinesh Mhatre (12), swam the 24 km stretch from Bhaucha Dhakka to Karanja Jetty in 7 hours, 21 minutes and 6 seconds on Tuesday, setting a new record as the first swimmer to complete this route. The Maharashtra State Amateur Swimming Association has registered his achievement as a…
92 Rape Cases Point To Growing Problem; Troubled Childhood, Peer Influence To Blame NEW DELHI: In just the first week of this month, 13 minors in the city were accused of committing four heinous crimes: sexual assault of a boy at a govt school in Rohini, two murders in Shakarpur and Wazirabad, and killing a…
Pune: The city lost investment opportunities from nearly 100 global capability centres (GCCs) due to the inability of wide-bodied aircraft to land at Lohegaon airport, Kaustubh Dhavse, chief advisor (investments and strategy) to CM Devendra Fadnavis, said on Tuesday. A GCC is an offshore and wholly-owned subsidiary set up by a multinational company in a…
MUMBAI: Pilgrims intending to perform Haj 2026 through Haj Group Organisations (HGOs) and Private Tour Operators (PTOs) have welcomed the restoration of Haj quota (around 52000) through PTOs.Last year, only 10,000 pilgrims under the PTOs quota could perform Haj due to technical glitches in booking their accomodation. To avoid last minute difficulties, the Haj division…
NEW DELHI: Analysing responses received through RTIs, Warrior Moms, a network of mothers advocating for clean air, has found gaps in the enforcement of Delhi’s firecracker ban during Diwali 2023.As per the RTI data, the Central Police Control Room received 2,228 calls related to bursting of firecrackers on Nov 12 and 13, 2023. However, only…
