Pune: Flyers were advised to reach the airport three hours before their flights for the second-level security checks and the RPF personnel intensified patrolling at the Pune Junction station on Tuesday, a day after the blast in Delhi.Pune airport director Santosh Dhoke said the secondary ladder point checks (SLPC) had been initiated at the facility…
NEW DELHI: First image of Dr Shaheen Shahid emerges — the woman doctor arrested for her alleged role in a terror module spanning Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Monday. An AK‑47 rifle was recovered from her car.She was taken into custody along with seven others, including Dr Muzammil Ganaie from Kashmir, who…
Mumbai: The state CET Cell has allowed a medical aspirant, who had alleged harassment and intimidation by authorities at SSPM Medical College in Sindhudurg, to participate in the upcoming stray vacancy round of MBBS admissions.The decision, officials said, was taken as a one-time exception to ensure that the candidate, belonging to an economically weaker section,…
NEW DELHI: In the immediate aftermath of the Red Fort explosion, Delhi Police officials initially announced that the blast appeared to be caused by a CNG cylinder. That assessment, however, changed drastically within hours — raising questions about what led to the first misjudgment.When first responders arrived, they saw the Hyundai i20 completely engulfed in…
Kalyan: The reservation draw for the upcoming Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) election was announced on Tuesday at Acharya Atre Rangmandir hall in Kalyan. The event was held under the chairmanship of municipal commissioner Abhinav Goel, with additional commissioner Yogesh Godse and municipal secretary Kishor Shelke present on the occasion.Shiv Sena’s Kalyan (West) city chief Ravi…
Pune: Heated arguments between friends during a party in Pirangut turned almost fatal when the host was shot at with a country-made pistol in the early hours of Sunday. The victim (25) from Pirangut suffered a bullet injury in his stomach. He is undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Pune.A Bavdhan police team, led…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has convicted a man for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in 2015, saying the prosecution had connected the dots and established the chain of events to prove the accused’s guilt. Additional sessions judge Sandeep Gupta was hearing the case against the man, who had been booked for kidnapping, outraging a…
Navi Mumbai: A 90-year-old widow residing alone in Mothe Bhom village near Chirner in Uran taluka was found dead ‘under suspicious circumstances’ at her house on Sunday night, as she sustained severe head injuries.Hanif Mulani, senior inspector of Uran, informed that the deceased woman was identified as Hirabai Janardhan Joshi. She was found dead in…
New Delhi: Amid worsening air quality in the national capital, the Directorate of Education on Tuesday directed all schools — government, government-aided, unaided recognised private and those run by NDMC, MCD and the Delhi Cantonment Board — to conduct classes for students up to class V in hybrid mode with immediate effect and until further…
Mumbai: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a gold melting facility in south Mumbai, from where smuggled gold was sold in the local market. It arrested 11 persons, including the owners of the facility, and seized 12kg of gold and 9kg of silver collectively worth Rs 23 crore.DRI raided the sixth floor of Jamnadas…
