Thane: The Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) awarded Rs 40 lakh in compensation to the family of a 38-year-old plumber who died after being hit by a speeding Innova on the Mumbai–Nashik Highway in 2018. The order was passed by MACT member K P Shrikhande. According to the case record, the victim was standing on…
New Delhi: Stranded at IGI Airport with luggage stacked next to them and a deadline looming, 21-year-old Nishchal and six teammates from Lucknow were desperately searching for any connecting flight to Karnataka’s Hubli on Saturday afternoon. Selected as finalists for Smart India Hackathon 2025, they hoped not just to bag prize money but also to…
Pune: Studying conditions in hundreds of abhyasikas and the cramped living spaces in the old city areas have been a concern for many years. The constant increase in the number of students has also put stress on local infrastructure, according to residents of the areas who met additional municipal commissioner Prithviraj B P earlier this…
Mumbai: When 34-year-old Sia started receiving sexually explicit messages from multiple numbers on her mobile phone, she didn’t realise until the police intervened that she was a victim of doxxing. Her estranged husband posted her name, phone number, and address on a porn site.Twenty-year-old Sujata, a rape survivor from Pune, slashed her wrists in front…
New Delhi: By the end of Oct, Delhi has recorded more than 1,100 fatal road accidents this year, many of which were officially attributed to speeding. However, anyone who drives here knows another truth — sudden braking isn’t always about recklessness. Sometimes it’s because a diversion or obstruction appears out of nowhere, a turn is…
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. Hundreds of stranded flyers were clueless about the whereabouts of their checked in baggage. IndiGo…
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court quashed and set aside an order of the assistant registrar, cooperative societies (S ward), that disqualified the entire managing committee of a housing society in Powai for not convening a special general body meeting (SGBM) amid the Covid pandemic. Justice Amit Borkar on Thursday noted that requisition for SGBM by…
New Delhi: A man and his wife allegedly died of suffocation after being trapped in a fire that broke out at their grocery shop in northwest Delhi’s Tikri Kalan on Friday night.The deceased were identified as Vineet (31) and his wife, Renu (29), who ran a general store near Lekhram Park, in a lane next…
Pune: The district administration will hold the final round of compensation talks with Purandar farmers for the proposed international airport on Monday. The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is planning to allocate nearly Rs 4,500 crore to acquire 1,285 hectares for the project.Pune collector Jitendra Dudi on Saturday told TOI that the compensation rate finalised…
Navi Mumbai: The satellite township of Navi Mumbai, often hailed as the Flamingo City for its vibrant flocks of pink-winged visitors, is facing a grave crisis that could strip it of this proud identity. Conservationists are raising alarms as the city’s vital wetlands, mangrove stretches and mudflats, which serve as crucial habitats for migratory flamingos,…
