Pune: The Kothrud police on Tuesday arrested a member of the Nilesh Ghaywal gang and seized 200 live cartridges, along with 200 spent shells. Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said, “The suspect, Ajay Sarode (35) of Kothrud, was wanted in two attempted murder cases registered at the Kothrud police station. He has now been arrested…
Mumbai: Air India on Tuesday evening informed its passengers about significant delays across its network after a third-party system disruption affected check-in operations at multiple airports. In a statement posted on X, the airline said the outage had led to longer processing times at airports. Airport teams were “working diligently to ensure a smooth check-in…
New Delhi: In a move aimed at improving infrastructure in govt schools while promoting inmate rehabilitation, Delhi govt has approved the procurement of 10,000 dual desks from the Tihar Central Jail Factory, CMO said on Monday.The decision was cleared at a Cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Rekha Gupta. According to the govt, the initiative…
Pune: State Election Commission (SEC) has directed all returning officers (ROs) to enforce round-the-clock security for nearly 50,000 EVMs stored across taluka-level strongrooms for the next 19 days. Counting for all 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats is now scheduled on Dec 21. This includes the 264 civic bodies that went to the polls on…
Mumbai: BMC additional commissioner Abhijit Bangar on Tuesday directed officials to complete the Sion flyover reconstruction work by May 31 next year. Civic officials said the work is gaining expected momentum. Bangar said an underpass on LBS Marg will be completed by this month and a second one on the Dharavi side by Feb-end. Girder…
New Delhi: Delhi home & urban development minister Ashish Sood visited the Vasant Vihar shelter Tuesday and said govt is considering giving financial aid to the victims’ families. The fire department and police are probing the blaze, he said. Sood ordered forensic and physical audits of all city shelters and said improved and safer heating…
Mumbai: Three burglars who targeted eight houses and shops in Dahisar in one night last month have been arrested. The key accused, Moinuddin Shaikh, has a history of 40 criminal offences. Police are planning to invoke BNS provisions that deal with organised crime. They said the gang smashed door locksand stole Rs 13,000 collectively. Dahisar…
New Delhi: Police have collected DNA samples from the families of the three men who went missing after a fire broke out at a residential building housing a footwear shop in south Delhi’s Tigri Extension-1, Sangam Vihar, on Saturday.The samples were sent for DNA profiling to help identify the two charred bodies that remain unidentified,…
Mumbai: The State Election Commission (SEC) continued to face criticism from both the ruling and opposition parties for creating confusion by postponing polling at select municipal councils and nagar panchayats at the eleventh hour. Parties saw Tuesday’s ruling of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court that postponed counting of votes to Dec 21…
New Delhi: Two men lost their lives after a fire ripped through a Delhi govt shelter for the homeless in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Vihar early on Monday.Police were alerted about the blaze at Coolie Camp at 3.15am. Four fire tenders, along with 24 firefighters, were scrambled. The blaze could be brought under control at around…
