Mumbai: The Nehru Nagar police have booked the director of Roppen Transport Private Limited, the company operating the Rapido app, for allegedly running illegal bike-taxi services in Mumbai without any govt licence. The action follows a complaint filed on Dec 3 by the Regional Transport Authority (RTO). On Dec 2, an enforcement team conducted surprise…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested three alleged serial burglars believed to be behind a string of night-time break-ins in Vasant Kunj through Oct and Nov.According to investigators, the crime spree began on the night of Oct 17, when burglars broke into a flat in D-8, Vasant Kunj and fled with Rs 10,000 in cash…
Mumbai: The city’s air quality weakened again on Thursday, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) rising to 133, placing it in the ‘moderate’ category. Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) reported the worst readings at 232, slipping into the ‘poor’ zone. Other heavily polluted neighbourhoods included Bandra East (203), Ghatkopar (186), Shivaji Nagar (185), Chembur (180) and…
New Delhi: A 21-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly posing as a passenger and fleeing with a cab driver’s car near a petrol pump in outer Delhi’s Bawana, police said on Wednesday.The incident came to light on Tuesday when a cab driver from Tikri Border approached Bawana police station, reporting robbery. During the inquiry,…
Pune: Two dry cleaning units in Walhekarwadi were sealed and cases registered against their owners after Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) officials found them discharging untreated effluents into the Pavana river.Residents and activists raised an alarm on Nov 22 after white foam surfaced near Kejubai Bund in Thergaon, prompting PCMC to deploy vigilance teams for…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday granted bail to former Delhi University professor Hany Babu Tharayil (57), an accused in the Elgar Parishad Maoist-links case in Pune. The bail came five years after his arrest in the 2018 case. It was granted on the grounds of prolonged incarceration with trial completion not in sight….
Kirti Vardhan Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs and Christian Biever, Ambassador of Luxembourg The Embassy of Luxembourg in New Delhi recently hosted a reception to mark the Trounwiessel, the official change of throne in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The event was hosted by the Luxembourg Ambassador to India, Christian Biever, and brought…
Pune: At least two IndiGo flights to and from the city were cancelled over the past two days and several others were delayed, leaving hundreds of flyers stranded.Tuesday late night’s Nagpur-Pune (6E 835) flight was cancelled. So was the Pune-Bengaluru (6E 6564) flight on Wednesday early morning. Besides, IndiGo’s Pune-Delhi flight (6E 6675) was delayed…
Mumbai: In the wake of a surge in complaints about bogus disability certificates, including high-profile cases such as that of Pooja Khedkar, the Maharashtra govt ordered a fresh round of disability verification for all govt and semi-govt employees who received disability-based reservations, promotions, or concessions.The govt resolution GR) issued in Oct mandates that every department…
New Delhi: Police arrested a 21-year-old man and foiled his bid to attack two people in Delhi’s Sultanpuri on Wednesday using social media. Police had received a tip-off about a suspect roaming in the area with an illegal weapon, allegedly planning to attack two people he had quarreled with the previous night. He had reportedly…
