Mumbai: Central Railway has barred all future agitations at CSMT’s concourse area—a day after a flash protest on the terminus paralysed suburban services, left thousands stranded, and caused two passengers to die on the tracks. Yet, no FIR has been filed and blame continues to be deflected.The concourse at CSMT, located in front of the…
Pune: The FIR registered by the Khadak police naming Digvijay Patil, Sheetal Tejwani, and seven others in an alleged illegal deal of the agriculture department’s land in Bopodi also mentioned the name of Hemant Gawande, who was the complainant in the Bhosari MIDC land deal case involving former revenue minister Eknath Khadse.It mentioned that Gawande…
New Delhi: Delhi health minister Pankaj Kumar Singh claimed on Friday that there is no shortage of essential medicines in state govt-run hospitals.He was reacting to a TOI report, ‘Why these govt hospitals need life support’, which said many of these facilities in the city frequently run out of common and life-saving drugs as well…
Mumbai: A special court on Friday rejected the bail pleas of two long-absconding accused being tried in the third phase of the 1993 Bombay serial bomb blasts case. The judge cited the gravity of the crime, the alleged involvement of the accused, and the fact they were absconding for 27 years. While Munaf Abdul Majid…
Pune/Nashik: People in several parts of the state woke up to the coldest morning of the season on Friday, as minimum temperatures dipped and prompted many to bring out their woollens and blankets.Dhule city emerged the coldest in the state, recording a minimum temperature of 10.5C on Friday, followed by Jalgaon city (12.6°C). In Pune,…
New Delhi: When Narottam Prashad changed his surname to Lal, shaved off his beard and vanished from the city a few days before his wife’s body was found in their Jahangirpuri house 15 years ago, little did he know the long arm of law will eventually catch up with him. Narottam, who had been working…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Friday directed shifting of a man declared fit for discharge from Thane Regional Mental Hospital to a half-way home in Taloja observing that there is a larger issue to be addressed.“This will not be a singular case. There will be several such cases. This is a larger issue. If something…
Pune: Residents have raised concerns over rising levels of dust and air pollution in Wakad, alleging that vehicles transporting construction material from the ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants are flouting traffic and environmental norms.During a meeting with local police on Thursday, residents claimed that despite prohibitory orders, construction firms and RMC units continue to operate during…
New Delhi: Nippy northwesterly winds continued blowing into Delhi on Friday, carrying farm-fire pollutants from Punjab and Haryana and keeping the temperature of the city below normal. Delhi’s average AQI, recorded at 4pm, worsened to 322. On Thursday, it was 311. Both fall in the very poor range. Out of 39 active air quality stations…
Mumbai: Bombay HC has directed the chief executive officer (CEO) of Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to probe the delay in execution of a slum rehabilitation scheme in Wadala West for nearly 20 years and to inform when it will be completed.“It cannot be that SRA schemes on the public land are executed with such laxity…
