New Delhi: This is the first time Delhi has witnessed an SVBIED (Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device) attack. That’s bad news for anti-terror agencies as these blasts are not only extremely difficult to prevent but are deadlier than those triggered by person-borne devices. A worrying truth about VBIEDs is that the killer element is often…
Mumbai/Navi Mumbai: Despite the onset of winter which brings cheaper produce, prices of common vegetables have risen sharply this past week. Traders cite a shortage in arrivals due to extended rains that spilled over through Diwali season.Green leafy vegetables such as spinach and coriander, apart from tomato, lead the charge. A small bunch of spinach…
Pune: The Sinhagad Road police on Friday registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the trailer truck driver, cleaner, and owner in connection with the accident near Navale Bridge on Thursday evening. Eight people lost their lives, seven of whom were charred to death, and 13 sustained injuries after the driver…
New Delhi: Delhi University has decided to promote its entire 2024-25 postgraduate cohort to the second year, including students who failed, missed or did not appear for their first-year examinations. This decision, which will cover around 11,000 students from over 80 PG courses, comes as the university prepares to scrap its old curriculum pattern and…
Mumbai: Supreme Court on Thursday said narcotic drug offences involving commercial quantities stand on a distinct footing, obligating an analysis of the case to rule out guilt. Mere delay of trial or prolonged incarceration by itself cannot justify the grant of bail, it said. SC set aside two orders of Bombay high court passed in…
Pune: Preliminary investigations by the Pune RTO and police into Thursday’s Navale Bridge accident involving two heavy vehicles and a car indicated that the driver of the trailer truck was speeding at over 80km per hour and lost control on the slope along the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass of Pune-Bengaluru highway.Eight people were killed and 13…
New Delhi: Refurbished coaches of 18 Delhi metro trains have been fitted with advanced display features that show on dynamic route maps and passenger information boards the current time and estimated time of arrival to the next interchange station and terminal destination. This will ensure the commuters stay informed throughout their ride. The midlife refurbishment…
Motorists using the Ghodbunder Highway complain of facing an arduous task crossing the Gaimukh stretch to Kapurbawdi due to the ongoing highway lane widening work. Several stretches along the highway, including those opposite Suraj Water Park, Kasarwadavli, and Anand Nagar, among others, have seen traffic lanes narrowing. This leaves barely enough space for heavy vehicles…
Pune: Union minister Murlidhar Mohol on Friday said setting up a checkpoint near the Khed Shivapur toll plaza to inspect overloaded trucks before they entered the city limits and diverting the traffic through some alternative routes could be among few immediate measures to curb frequent accidents between Katraj tunnel and Wadgaon.These measures’ feasibility would be…
New Delhi: A 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his tenant, whom he suspected of hacking his phone and stealing from his factory in northwest Delhi’s Subhash Place. The deceased, identified as Tamanney, a resident of Shakarpur, worked at a footwear factory on Lawrence Road. Police said Tamanney came to the Subhash Place police…
