Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Thane, awarded Rs 36.5 lakh as compensation to the family of a 20-year-old labourer who died after being hit by a speeding truck on the Mankhurd–Ghatkopar Link Road in Dec 2020.Member Rupali V Mohite held the truck driver solely responsible for the accident and directed the vehicle owner…
NEW DELHI: Mass flight cancellations by IndiGo have sent fares on competing airlines soaring as passengers scramble for alternatives on routes dominated by India’s largest carrier.One-way economy tickets for Sunday on Delhi-Mumbai sector range from Rs 21,577 to Rs 39,000 across airlines other than IndiGo. Bengaluru-Kolkata tickets cost between Rs 20,000 and Rs 23,000 each…
Pune: A leopard was spotted moving through two adjacent housing societies in Pashan–Sutarwadi early on Friday morning, adding to a series of leopard sightings reported in the city in recent weeks. CCTV footage from the two societies showed the leopard climbing a gate and boundary wall. It was then seen strolling along an internal society…
Mumbai: Three years after scrapping tenders worth Rs 291 crore to build exhibits for exotic animals at Byculla zoo following allegations of cartelisation and cost escalation in bids, BMC has once again floated a tender worth Rs 500 crore for their development.The exhibits are to house emus, wallabies, black swans, lorikeets, tortoises, jaguars, chimpanzees, pumas,…
New Delhi: In an unprecedented nationwide appeal, over 80 Padma awardee doctors warned that India’s air pollution crisis has escalated into a full-blown public health emergency, causing widespread disease, genetic harm and nearly 1.7 million deaths every year. Calling the situation “medically unacceptable,” some of the country’s top physicians said toxic air is now claiming…
Pune: A chartered accountant (61) from Hadapsar, who wanted to recharge his OTT service app, lost Rs 3.76 lakh to cybercrooks on Sept 20. Next day, he submitted a complaint application to Pune cyber police. After preliminary investigations, an FIR was registered at the Hadapsar police station on Wednesday.A police officer said the elderly man…
Mumbai: Since an arrest is an individual act, the reasons for it must reflect an accused’s personal role, not collective conduct, Bombay high court has held. Finding individual reasons for an arrest absent in a cybercrime case, it directed the immediate release of an accused on a personal recognisance bond of Rs 50,000.Justices Bharti Dangre…
New Delhi: As Delhi University‘s first batch of four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) students approaches graduation in 2026, the university has finalised detailed guidelines to introduce a one-year postgraduate programme — a key restructuring of the master’s framework under National Education Policy. The new format will run alongside the second year of the existing two-year PG…
Pune: Two more cases of extortion attempts have been registered against a Kothrud-based woman (42) with Mundhwa and Uttamnagar on Wednesday and Thursday, after the Kothrud police had earlier registered a Rs 2 lakh extortion case against her.Inspector Anil Mane of the Kothrud police said three cases have so far been registered against the woman….
Thane: A birder found bodies of 107 Grey Francolin (titar in Hindi) near the creek in the Saptapul area of Motagaon, Dombivli (West). The sight of such a large number of dead birds created concern among locals, with the forest officials sending samples to National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, to check for infections.The incident…
