New Delhi: A 30-year-old garment businessman has been arrested for allegedly speeding his car into a minivan, injuring five women in southwest Delhi’s Bhikaji Cama Place. Over two weeks after the incident, two of the injured women are still admitted to the ICU.Police said the incident occured on Nov 23 in front of Hanuman Mandir…
Nagpur: State forest minister Ganesh Naik said he has asked officials to release goats in large numbers in forests to stop leopards from entering human habitats in search of prey. “We will soon implement this in areas where the leopard menace is being reported.” He said bamboo will be planted around dense forests to act…
New Delhi: Nearly 100 high school girls completed an intensive, multi-phase STEM learning journey at IIT Delhi as part of the fourth edition of Manasvi, a flagship mentorship programme designed to introduce young women to the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.Running from May to Dec, the programme guided students through summer, autumn and…
Pune: Three men travelling in an SUV were injured after a bus belonging to a school in Narhe rammed the four-wheeler along the Bhumkar bridge slope near Navale Bridge on the Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass on Monday morning.“Eight students were on board the bus. All of them are safe,” said senior inspector Dilip Dhaingade of the…
Vasai: The owner of a jewellery store in Waliv, Vasai East, was left critically injured after an unidentified person stabbed him on Tuesday afternoon. The attack was so brutal that the jeweller was seen holding his exposed intestines. His brother, a few neighbouring shopkeepers and locals took him in an autorickshaw to the nearest hospital,…
New Delhi: Delhi Police‘s Crime Branch has arrested three men allegedly involved in a fatal road-rage assault on a DTC bus driver in Aman Vihar. On Dec 6, 38-year-old Vikas, a DTC driver from Jhajjar, Haryana, was dragged out of his bus and beaten by a group of wedding guests near City Vatika, Shiv Chowk….
Pune: The Pune Rural police arrested three members of a gang of criminals involved in a series of thefts in Gujarat and Maharashtra.A team led by senior inspector Avinash Shilimkar nabbed the trio last week while they were preparing to commit a dacoity in the Rajgurunagar area.A police team on patrolling duty noticed a truck…
Mumbai: A person travelling for work in suburban trains during peak hours has no choice but to risk his life by standing near the train door, and this cannot be termed negligence, the Bombay high court said, upholding the compensation granted to the family of a man killed in a railway accident.A single bench of…
New Delhi: Delhi University has revised its BEd syllabus to train future teachers to question — not replicate — systemic bias in classrooms, textbooks and policy. The move was approved by vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh, who exercised the discretionary power vested upon him in Sept.The decision comes following reports of student suicides in educational institutions linked…
Pune: A 26-year-old man sustained 45% burns after a fire broke out while transferring Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) illegally to small cylinders at Dhavade Vasti in Bhosari on Saturday night.During the process, one cylinder exploded, injuring the worker, Pramod Dole, in the shop. The blaze spread quickly because of the plastic material kept in the…
