New Delhi: Police examined a domestic help in connection with the murder of 85-year-old British national Pauline Crowther Ann, who was found dead at her Jantar Mantar Lane residence, popularly called White House, on July 30. According to sources, investigators are also expected to seek court permission to conduct a polygraph test.The help had gone…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has begun work on establishing a Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority, launching a 21-member task force to design the framework for a central body that will coordinate and streamline the capital’s fragmented transport network. Officials said the proposed Delhi Urban Metropolitan Transport Authority (DUMTA) is intended to bring together multiple agencies that…
Pune: A worker was found dead under the debris of a wall about two hours after it caved in on Saturday evening at J Block of MIDC in Bhosari.The deceased worker was identified as Maruti Raghoji Bhalerao (32) of Chakan. The Pimpri Chinchwad fire brigade officials carried out the search and rescue operation, and found…
Navi Mumbai: Technical glitches in the EVMs were reported four times in polling stations under ward numbers eight and nine in Karjat. Similar problems were faced by the residents voting at Khopoli municipal council polls. Murud-Janjira recorded the second highest polling of 73.89% while Karjat remained third with 72.37% voting. A fair number of Karjat…
New Delhi: Two friends died and six others were injured in a collision between a car and a motorcycle on Bawana Road in Outer Delhi late Friday night.The incident took place around 11.43pm. According to police, the car, which was travelling from the Bawana side, collided with the motorcycle carrying two riders.The motorcycle riders were…
Pune: Four youngsters hacked an unemployed teenager to death over an old rivalry at Jijau Oxygen Park in Chandanagar around 7pm on Saturday in the presence of some visitors and fled, once again exposing the city’s deteriorating law and order situation. Police identified the victim as Lakhan Sakat (18) from Chandannagar. A friend accompanying him…
Navi Mumbai: An FIR has been registered against more than four persons in the illegal transaction of 78 acres of land in Karanjade node belonging to the Shri Swami Hatiram Mutt – Tirupati. The illegal transfer through registration was done in 2006. The Mutt owned the land parcels before 1973. The accused have been booked…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has granted a 21-day furlough to Balwan Khokhar, a convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, noting that temporary release plays a crucial role in upholding the rehabilitative aims of criminal justice. Khokhar, who has been serving a life sentence since 2013, has spent about 11 years and 10 months…
Pune: As many as 42 IndiGo flights cancelled between midnight and 5am, wild goose chase for checked-in baggage — distressed flyers were stretched beyond the limit of their patience on Saturday.Of the cancelled flights, a total of 28 were departures. IndiGo announced cancellation of 50 flights for Sunday. Hundreds of stranded flyers were clueless about…
Thane: An Additional Sessions Court in Thane on Thursday acquitted a 35-year-old woman of murdering a nine-year-old girl who was brought from Aurangabad to live with her. However, the court convicted her and a male co-accused for destroying evidence in a case that stretched over five years.Additional Sessions Judge A S Bhagwat held that the…
