Badlapur: Ahead of the municipal council elections, the Shiv Sena in Badlapur has allotted six tickets to members of one family. Waman Mhatre, Shiv Sena’s city president and a strongman in local politics, has fielded his wife, son, brother, sister-in-law and nephew, as well as himself, making one family the dominant force in the ticket…
New Delhi: Under fire for failing to operationalise two recently inaugurated multi-level parking facilities at Greater Kailash-I and the Punjabi Bagh crematorium, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Monday opened both sites to the public after securing the necessary approvals. The civic body has also fixed accountability for the delays, terminating the services of the…
Pune: Wildlife experts have said that the leopard spotted in Aundh’s RBI Colony in the early hours of Sunday may have walked along the Mula river from forested defence land to reach the spot. The animal most likely followed a narrow but continuous ecological corridor that links the College of Military Engineering (CME)–Bopkhel defence forests…
Mumbai: Three people were arrested by North Region Cyber Police for cheating an elderly couple of Rs 4.5 crore in a digital arrest fraud. Six cellphones were seized from them.In Aug 2025, the complainant received a call from an individual posing as a telecom representative. He claimed that the complainant’s documents had been misused to…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has questioned two teachers in connection with the suicide of a Class X student of St Columba’s School at Rajendra Nagar metro station. A senior officer said the teachers were among the four named in the suicide note, in which Shourya Patil alleged that they were harassing him. “The teachers denied…
Pune: Pune collector Jitendra Dudi has directed all revenue officials — from circle officers to tehsildars — to physically inspect every govt land parcel across the district, verify its current status, cross-check its record of rights, and document details through an on-site panchnama. The move, one of the most extensive land verification drives undertaken in…
Mumbai: The city will be transformed in the next five to seven years, said CM Devendra Fadnavis at a town hall discussion at NSCI Dome in Worli on Monday.Many important projects that will give impetus to east-west and north-south connectivity of Mumbai are going to be completed on a war footing, he said. “All major…
New Delhi: Citing the expected onset of biting winter chill, Delhi High Court on Monday stepped in to protect 32 families left homeless after MCD razed their hutments in south Delhi. “We will not let you leave them out in the cold,” a bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela told…
Pune: A car crashed into a road divider between Wadgaon Bridge and Navale Bridge around 5am on Monday, adding to a series of accidents, including the Nov 13 fatal accident that left eight dead, on the stretch. According to Sinhagad Road police, after hitting the divider, the vehicle swerved left, broke through the safety railings…
Thane: The body of an unidentified woman in her late 30s was found stuffed inside a suitcase on the banks of Desai Creek near Palava area in Thane district on Monday, a police official said.Prima facie, the woman was beaten to death and the body was stuffed in a suitcase for disposal at the creek,…
