Pune: The Sant Tukaramnagar police on Sunday registered a case against a man and his son from Chikhali on the charge of duping nine people of Rs20 lakh after promising to help them obtain homes at cheaper rates in govt and private schemes. The duo took money from the victims between July last year and…
Thane: A label on the shirt of an 82-year-old man helped the Government Railway Police (GRP) trace his family within two hours of finding his body at a railway station in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said on Tuesday.The octogenarian was run over by a train, and his body was found on the tracks at…
New Delhi: Nearly two years after revamping the Nehru Place District Centre, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has initiated the process of hiring a dedicated agency for its cleaning and maintenance. The agency will deploy around 40 sanitation workers and provide routine upkeep services. The scope of work includes cleaning of the plaza, its internal and…
Pune: The Talegaon Dabhade police on Sunday registered one more case against a medical practitioner for duping an insurance company of Rs 3.5 lakh by creating fake claims of patients.A branch manager of a private insurance company lodged a complaint with the Talegaon Dabhade police. Last month, the same accused and another medical practitioner were…
Mumbai: An IIT-Bombay team will visit the Veer Savarkar flyover site in Goregaon on Thursday to evaluate the BMC’s latest proposal. The proposal involves constructing a new connector above the existing seven-year-old flyover using monopile technology, thereby avoiding its demolition.The site visit comes amid sustained public backlash and political pressure ahead of the key civic…
NEW DELHI: A new analysis of early winter trends in Delhi-NCR by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) revealed that particulate matter 2.5 rose and fell almost in tandem with nitrogen dioxide during morning (7-10 am) and evening (6-9 pm) hours, as both pollutants surged with traffic emissions before being trapped near the surface by…
Pune: Parts of central India, including Maharashtra, face a higher probability of below-normal minimum temperatures this winter (Dec 2025-Feb 2026), India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its seasonal outlook on Monday.IMD’s report, which used a multi-model ensemble system, projected that maximum temperatures were expected to be largely normal to below normal across much of the…
Mumbai: Observing that the minimum sentence of 10 years would meet the ends of justice as this was the first offence of the accused, a sessions court on Monday convicted and sentenced a 31-year-old auto driver to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the brutal rape, physical assault and robbery of a 62-year-old woman in 2018….
New Delhi: Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport Police has dismantled an interstate syndicate accused of supplying counterfeit French D-type visas to Indian job seekers. Four individuals—an agent from Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, and three passengers—have been arrested, officials said. The racket surfaced on Oct 28, when immigration officers at Terminal 3 intercepted three Indian-origin passengers attempting…
Pune: Fire brigade officials from the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) rescued six students trapped inside a private coaching institute on Monday afternoon after a fire broke out in a commercial building on Kunal Icon Road in Pimple Saudagar around 2.45pm.The fire broke out near the coaching academy on the building’s fourth floor and quickly…
