Pune: More than a year after the Pune Cantonment Court was relocated, its former 120-year-old building on MG Road remains locked, deteriorating and forgotten, in a stark reminder of the Pune Cantonment Board’s (PCB) ongoing indecision and deepening financial troubles. The two-storey colonial-era building, the headquarters of the Pune Cantonment Board till 1988, served as…
New Delhi: Delhi govt is set to introduce free bus rides for transgender persons across all govt-run buses, a move aimed at promoting inclusive mobility in the capital. The scheme will cover the city’s entire fleet of over 5,000 Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses. Social welfare Minister Ravinder Indraj Singh told TOI the…
Navi Mumbai: A 25-year-old transgender person has been arrested by Vashi Government Railway Police (GRP) for allegedly molesting a 28-year-old woman while travelling in a Panvel-CSMT bound train on Nov 2. API Gajanan Darade of Vashi GRP informed that, the accused transgender person had boarded the general compartment of the harbour line train and was…
Pune: A 38-year-old property dealer from Bavdhan received a bolt from the blue after he got caught in a misuse of identity and implicated in false cases, months after he had lodged a police complaint stating four people had duped him of Rs 2 crore.In Sept this year, a police inspector from Pilibhit cyber police…
New Delhi: Sixteen years after a man was allegedly beheaded over a monetary dispute, Delhi Police has arrested the absconding accused from Gujarat. The accused, Ashik Ali, a 55-year-old from Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, was nabbed in Surat, where he was living under afalse identity. Deputy commissioner of police (Crime) Aditya Gautam said that on Jan…
Navi Mumbai: Navi Mumbai-based India’s first Textile Recycling Facility (TRF) drew attention at the India Maritime Week-2025 Conference, which took place in Mumbai. The union ministry of textiles and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) presented an informative stall. The prime minister made a special appearance, and the union home minister inaugurated the initiative. The…
Pune: The Chandannagar police are on the lookout for five people accused of defrauding seven individuals of Rs 47 lakh by falsely promising college admissions for their children at reputed institutions across India.One of the victims, a 55-year-old tuition teacher from Navi Mumbai’s Nerul, filed a complaint on Thursday after being cheated out of Rs…
New Delhi: A 37-year-old man was arrested for allegedly harassing his former colleague online after she asked him to return the money he owed her. The accused was identified as Mohammad Sahid. Deputy commissioner of police (Southwest) Amit Goel said that a complaint was received on Sept 23, claiming that an unidentified person created a…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal ordered Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to pay Rs 29.9 lakh as compensation to the family of a 38-year-old man who lost his life in a road accident at Murbad in 2017, citing 80% negligence on the part of the MSRTC driver and 20% contributory negligence by the…
Navi Mumbai: The Panvel city municipal corporation (PCMC) has apparently turned a blind eye towards the illegal advertisement banners in Taloja Phase-2, especially those put up on the entrances of Cidco’s mass housing complexes which covers even the names of the complex at the entrance gates.The illegal advertisement banners of sponsors like jewellery stores offering…
