Mumbai: Khar police on Wednesday registered a case of impersonation and identity theft against an unknown person who created a fake Instagram account of film director Vikas Bahl, used it lure many women with the promise of work in films, misbehaved with them and pushed them into sharing their photos under the pretext of auditions.Police…
NEW DELHI: Lakhs of passengers have been hit by massive flight delays and cancellations at India’s largest airline, IndiGo, since Tuesday, primarily due to a pilot shortage.On Wednesday, over 200 flights were cancelled, after nearly over 100 cancellations daily for the past 4-5 days. Some of Wednesday’s delays were up to 10 hours. DGCA has…
Pune: A magisterial court in the city on Tuesday directed Rahul Gandhi’s lawyer not to comment on unchallenged summons in an ongoing hearing of a defamation case filed by Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, against the Congress MP.The case relates to Gandhi’s alleged defamatory remarks against Savarkar during a speech in…
Mumbai: Observingthat the jail authority even fears a law and order problem on a communal aspect, which is more serious in this case, a special NIA court recently rejected a plea by terror accused Shamil Nachan seeking transfer back to Taloja Central Prison from Nagpur, following a violent altercation within the jail premises.“…there are a…
New Delhi: Delhi University has introduced new rules requiring its faculty members to submit their research papers for approval before they present them at any national or international seminar, conference or symposium. Under the revised procedure, a university committee will also review the credentials of the organising body before granting permission and approval for travel…
Pune: At PILF 2025, books share space with paws and puzzles, while children find a place firmly at the epicenter of the proceedings. This year, one of the most popular activities at the Pune International Literature Festival returns — reading sessions alongside a trained dog. Festival director Manjiri Prabhu told TOI, “With children, we focus…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday criticised the BJP-led Centre, saying the Sanchar Saathi app is another version of Pegasus spyware. Uddhav said the BJP is trying to spy on the people who voted it to power. “Instead of putting people under surveillance, the govt must focus on how the Pahalgam attack…
New Delhi: The Nov 10 blast has prompted Delhi Police to resurrect a crucial set of public-safety warnings.For the past 14 years, Delhiites had grown accustomed to a state of relative calm, with the last major terror attack in the city — a 2011 blast at the high court that claimed 15 lives and left…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday issued guidelines urging residents to avoid over-the-counter (OTC) medications in its bid to curb the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within the community. The move followed similar directives from Union govt.AMR is the ability of microorganisms — bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites — to survive exposure to…
Thane: The ongoing survey of the ambitious and delayed elevated Airoli–Kalwa railway corridor is likely to face a red signal after the Thane unit of the NCP–Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) warned to stall the process unless a written rehabilitation agreement is provided for all project-affected slum dwellers.The issue, lying dormant for the last several years, was…
