New Delhi: A meeting chaired by the secretary to the Delhi chief minister was held at Delhi Secretariat on Friday to review key infrastructure issues arising from the overlapping jurisdictions of various civic and development agencies in the national capital.The meeting was attended by senior officials from PWD, DMRC, MCD and NDMC, among others.One of…
Mumbai: Feeling suffocated inside the compartment of a local train that had been stalled for 40 minutes during evening peak hour on Thursday caused senior citizen Hafiza Chougle and her son Kaif to get down on the tracks near Sandhurst Road station. The duo was struck by another oncoming train while walking on the tracks…
Pune: State higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil said on Friday that “neither he nor Union minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol supported any criminal in Kothrud area”. “Our photographs being taken with any criminal does not mean that we are backing him,” Patil, who is also the Kothrud MLA, told reporters.His…
New Delhi: A single system glitch threw the country’s busiest airport, the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, out of gear on Friday morning. The flight disruptions left hundreds of passengers stranded for hours, with many missing important commitments and connections.Following the technical snag, major airlines issued advisories informing passengers that operations in Delhi and northern…
Mumbai: For 19-year-old Haley Momaiya, life revolved around her classes, her books, and the people she quietly tried to help. The S K Somaiya College psychology student lived with her father, Priyesh Momaiya, a stock market professional, in Matunga, and spent much of her free time volunteering with NGOs. “She was an ideal student —…
Pune: The state revenue department on Thursday suspended Pune city tehsildar Suryakant Yeole on the charge of misusing his quasi-judicial powers as the agriculture land tribunal to pass a couple of illegal orders granting ownership rights of two govt land parcels to private parties.One of these orders relates to the 40-acre land parcel in Mundhwa…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Friday sought the response of Delhi govt on a plea by former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, for release from jail on furlough to re-establish social ties.Justice Ravinder Dudeja asked govt and the jail authorities to file a…
Mumbai: Between July 2024 and September 2025, Maharashtra government recorded 958 e-FIRs and 12,398 zero FIRs, including 2,871 filed from other states, while police filed chargesheets in 1.3 lakh cases within the 60-day period mandated by the new criminal law.The e-FIR system allows citizens to file complaints from home, and the zero FIR facility enables…
Pune: A 32-year-old architect from Daund was found dead on Friday afternoon in a hotel room at Mangalwar Peth. Prima facie investigations revealed that the victim, who was drunk, died of suffocation in a fire that may have been caused by a cigarette, senior police inspector Umesh Gitte of the Samarth police said.Jagjeet Singh, the…
New Delhi: Delhi Traffic Police, in collaboration with Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA), is stepping up efforts to clear the mounting backlog of traffic challans. A special lok adalat has been scheduled for Nov 8, and officials said there are plans to hold monthly sessions to ensure regular disposal of pending cases.“The monthly lok…
