NEW DELHI: Dr Umar Nabi who was driving the explosives-laden car that blew up near the Red Fort had planned a powerful blast timed around the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary on December 6, officials said on Wednesday.The details of the plan have been pieced together after interrogation of the eight people arrested for their alleged…
Kalyan: Railway police arrested a man who had been impersonating a Railway Protection Force (RPF) officer and roaming around railway stations in uniform. The imposter has been identified as Avinash Jadhav, a resident of Dharashiv district. According to the GRP, Jadhav had been working at a hotel in Shirdi. Influenced by his friends who were…
New Delhi: Principals and counsellors from several city schools will soon be trained in the ABC (affective, behavioural, and cognitive) model. The initiative aims to help educators guide students in managing emotions, encouraging positive thinking, and building essential life skills.The training will also cover contemporary adolescent challenges, including social media influence, lifestyle changes, and stress…
Mumbai: In another attempt to expedite the redevelopment of slums in Mumbai, the state housing department on Thursday issued a govt resolution (GR) detailing the slum cluster redevelopment policy. Since the introduction of the slum redevelopment scheme in 1995, around three lakh rehab tenements were constructed. The state govt aims to build five lakh rehab…
New Delhi: A consumer court in the city has ordered Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to pay Rs 25,000 in compensation to a passenger who fell ill after eating food containing a worm in 2018. The coram of district consumer redressal commission comprising president Monika Sirvastava and member Kiran Kaushal ruled that the…
Navi Mumbai: The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) on Thursday kicked off the development of the proposed International Educity at Kundevahal, Taluka Panvel, Navi Mumbai, on approximately 100 hectares under its Centre of Excellence (COE) project. The initiative aims to position Navi Mumbai as a global education hub by offering world-class healthcare, education, sports…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has sentenced a man to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in 2016, stating that such offences, which violate the moral fabric of society and shake the community’s collective conscience, must be dealt with utmost severity. Delivering the order on Nov 12, additional sessions judge…
Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis, along with DCMs Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde, will confer Maharashtra Bhushan Award, the state’s highest civilian award, on eminent centurian sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar at the latter’s Noida home on Friday. Sutar is credited with designing the world’s tallest statue, the Statue of Unity (182 metres), in Gujarat, a tribute…
Pune: Shiv Sena (UBT) party workers on Wednesday held a protest in front of Pune railway station, demanding that its security be tightened in wake of the Delhi blast on Nov 10. They demanded that 160 CCTV cameras be installed in the station and baggage scanning machines be made present at all the gates. They…
NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies have uncovered what they describe as a wider terror conspiracy linked to the deadly car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort that killed 13 people, revealing plans to rig 32 vehicles with explosives for coordinated attacks across multiple cities, news agency ANI reported.According to intelligence sources, the ongoing investigation widened after it…
