Pune: A total of 50 IndiGo flights — 25 departures and 25 arrivals — were cancelled at the Pune airport on Sunday, Pune Airport director Santosh Dhoke said. “A total of 64 flights of the airline were operational on Sunday. Other flights were operating as per their schedule, and there were no delays,” he told…
Mumbai: Amboli police registered an FIR on Friday, against Ola and Rapido on the basis of a complaint given by an RTO officer regarding illegal operation of bike-taxi services.Motor vehicle inspector Babu Teli, attached to Andheri RTO, stated in the FIR that four riders associated with Rapido and one with Ola was found running bike-taxi…
New Delhi: On average, around 26% of Delhi govt school students who fail in Class IX enrol at the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), according to govt data from the past five years. The project was introduced in these schools as a safety net for teenagers struggling in Classes XI and X or repeatedly…
Pune: The Central Railway (CR) has announced special trains to assist passengers unable to travel by air amid the IndiGo crisis.CR chief public relations officer Swapnil Nila told TOI that the special trains would go to Madgaon, Nagpur, Bengaluru, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Hyderabad, Gorakhpur, Howrah, Sealdah and Bilaspur. “The trains will include AC first, second and…
Mumbai: A 65-year-old woman lost her life after being knocked down by an autorickshaw while she was out for a morning walk at Khar recently. The auto driver, Kailash Singh, brought her to the Bhabha Hospital but she succumbed to her injuries at 5.30 am. Police have registered an FIR against Singh. The victim would…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has shared its waste management plan with the National Green Tribunal (NGT), stating that the capital will be able to process an additional 7,750 tonnes per day (TPD) of municipal solid waste by Dec 2028 through the expansion of four Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants and two new biogas facilities. The additional capacity,…
Mumbai: The sinking of the passenger-cargo liner, SS Tilawa, which sailed from Mumbai in 1942, was commemorated on the 83rd anniversary at a public function in Leicester, UK, recently. The 80th commemoration was held at the Bombay Yacht Club in Mumbai in Nov 2022.As many as 280 passengers died, and 670 survivors were rescued when…
Navi Mumbai: A foreign national jumped from a building in Sanpada on Sunday past midnight. Despite sustaining severe injuries to his shoulder and internal bleeding, he walked to another building nearby and again jumped off from second floor.Devidas Kathale, senior inspector of Sanpada informed that, the foreign national’s identity is yet to be ascertained. On…
Mumbai: A local court acquitted a 70-year-old businessman from Bhopal accused of attempting to smuggle gold jewellery, liquor bottles and Indian currency into the country at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in 2012 after prosecution failed to prove the case.Additional chief metropolitan magistrate KS Zanwar acquitted Ghanshyam Das of offence punishable under various sections of…
Palghar: A 20-year-old motorcyclist was killed and his friend was seriously injured after their bike fell off the Naigaon flyover in Palghar district on Sunday, police said.The deceased rider has been identified as Rohit Ramesh Singh. His friend, Vignesh Katkirwa, who was riding pillion, is currently undergoing treatment.Singh reportedly lost control of the motorcycle, which…
