Mumbai: Metro One services were disrupted Wednesday evening after a train developed a technical snag near Azad Nagar station, leaving the rake stuck for nearly 25 minutes around 5 pm. The snag caused delays and crowding on the Versova–Andheri section. Officials said the faulty rake was later moved to the depot, and services normalised gradually…
Pune: Panic ensued in Wadgaon Shinde, a village on the outskirts of the city, on Wednesday morning after several residents claimed to have spotted a female leopard accompanied by her cubs. The sighting triggered immediate alarm among villagers, who alerted forest officials about the potential presence of the big cat in their vicinity. However, the…
ED arrests Amit Katyal in Gurgaon housing ‘scam’ Earlier, in Nov 2023 he was arrested in the railways jobs-for-land scam in which Lalu, his wife, three daughters and son and former Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav are accused, facing bribery and money laundering charges. A third real estate project, Krishn Buildtech Pvt Ltd, in which…
MUMBAI: The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai Police has summoned social media influencer Orry in connection with the Rs 252-crore drug manufacturing and trafficking case. The summons to Orry, whose real name is Orhan Awatramani, follows disclosures made by arrested drug supplier Mohammed Salim Sohail Shaikh alias Lavish, who was recently deported from Dubai for…
Pune: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has informed the NGT that PCMC’s waste-to-energy (WTE) plant does not comply with the solid waste management rules.The board stated that the plant is among four such facilities across the country that do not act in accordance with the norms. Maharashtra figured on the list with two plants…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate is looking into the visit of Al-Falah University chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui to Pakistan as part of a widening probe into the affairs of the tainted educational institution at the centre of the conspiracy behind the Red Fort blast.Siddiqui, who was sent to 13 days of ED custody by a special…
Mumbai: A week after a 56-year-old man died by suicide at his Borivli residence, the police have registered a case of abetment against his business partner and two others on Nov 18. The 56-year-old deceased had overdosed on pharmaceutical drugs. He was found lying in the bathroom of his residence on Nov 11.According to the…
Pune: A sharp dip into single-digit temperatures— dropping as low as 8–10°C, well below normal for Nov — has begun to batter Maharashtra’s early grape and vegetable belts. Growers across the region are reporting berry cracking, delayed harvests, and mounting concerns over yield quality. The grape harvest, particularly in Nashik’s Satana region, has been hit…
NEW DELHI: Investigators are still grappling with three central mysteries surrounding the Nov 10 suicide bombing near Red Fort that had killed 15 people. The first mystery concerns the logistics: where and when the bomber, Dr Umar Un Nabi, assembled the improvised explosive device. Another critical question is how he managed to detonate the device….
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has objected to the alleged display of a Gujarati signboard at an eatery in Girgaon area of Mumbai and given it a 15-day ultimatum to change it to Marathi.MNS functionary Dinesh Punde on Wednesday stated that a complaint was received from locals about Sakhi Gruha Udyog maintaining a Gujarati…
