Mumbaikars are turning book exchanges into friendships and social gatherings On a breezy Sunday evening at a café tucked away in South Mumbai, the usual chatter of coffee orders gives way to something more curious. Around a wooden table lie books, thick, thin, dog-eared, freshly minted, being passed from one hand to another. There’s no…
Pune: Residents of the Kasba Peth assembly constituency on Thursday raised various issues about roadside and footpath encroachment, traffic snarls, and garbage not being lifted regularly, during a joint inspection drive held by local MLA Hemant Rasne, PMC chief Naval Kishore Ram and officials of the traffic police department.The Kasba Peth constituency covers the city’s…
New Delhi: The festive season drove the monthly vehicle registrations in the city to an all-time high, with the number crossing one lakh this Oct. The figure of 1,14,074 marked a 30% jump over 87,983 registrations in Oct 2024, underlining how the celebrations of Dussehra, Durga Puja, Dhanteras and Diwali in the same month powered…
Thane: BJP has sounded the bugle for the local body polls in deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde’s stronghold — Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency. Gearing up to contest the upcoming local body elections independently, BJP on Wednesday nominated Tejashri Karanjule as its candidate for the post of Ambernath Municipal Council (AMC) president. The election will be…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday, restarted the demolition and confiscation of the unauthorised roadside vendors as well as stalls. “The administration is expediting the action after a break in Diwali. The ward offices across civic areas are conducting the drives,” said a senior official of PMC. The official said the drive was…
New Delhi: Observing that the accused could not be put on trial based on “mere suspicion”, a Delhi court has discharged nine accused in a Pocso case.Asserting no offence took place and there were “serious doubts” about the prosecution’s case, additional sessions judge Amit Sahrawat directed the survivor in an Sept 27 order to return…
Mumbai: Close to 400 seats are available for aspirants after the third round of medical admissions in the state. Thirty-seven of these are also in sought-after govt colleges. Over 500 seats are also up for grabs in dental colleges, and of these more than 95% seats are in private colleges. Over 1,200 seats are also…
New Delhi: Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has booked three members of the Nasir gang under MCOCA—Saleem Ahmad alias Pistol and Adil and Shamim, brothers of the gang’s kingpin Abdul Nasir. Saleem was a major supplier of illegal arms for the Nasir gang and other violent crime syndicates across Delhi–NCR. His operations included not just local…
Mumbai: Properties owned by 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Tiger Memon and his family, including a flat where one of the conspiracy meetings had taken place, are set to go under the hammer soon, an official said on Thursday.The Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture and Property) Act Authority (SAFEMA) had received details of 17…
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality saw a marginal improvement on Wednesday morning, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 228 at 9 am, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).For comparison, the national capital recorded an AQI of 291 at 4 pm on November 4. Despite a slight improvement, the…
