Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said Ashish Shelar’s statement that Muslim voters appeared in electoral rolls multiple times and MVA members were silent on it was not good for the unity of the state.“Maintaining social harmony in the state is everyone’s responsibility, especially of those in the govt. If a senior minister…
A monorail experienced a tilt during routine testing at Wadala–GTB Nagar station on Wednesday morning due to a suspected technical fault MUMBAI: A monorail coach tilted during a routine testing exercise at the Wadala–GTB Nagar station on Wednesday morning, triggering an emergency response from the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) and monorail officials. The incident occurred…
New Delhi: Two dengue-related deaths have been reported in the national capital this year, according to data on vector-borne diseases released by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Monday. Officials said a nine-year-old boy from Haiderpur, who was admitted to a private hospital in Shalimar Bagh on Aug 22, died within a day due…
Pune: ‘Radio Parvaaz’, an in-house community radio station, aimed at creating a positive outlook towards life among the women inmates was launched on Monday evening in the Yerawada central jail.Retired IPS officer and former Puducherry governor Kiran Bedi inaugurated the radio station in the presence of members of India Vision Foundation, Delhi, an NGO founded…
A special Pocso court sentenced a 27-year-old man to three months in jail for stalking and harassing a 17-year-old college student on a local train for over a year. The judge cited the accused’s role as the sole family earner for a lenient sentence, but denied probation, emphasizing the victim’s suffering. MUMBAI: Observing that a…
Delhi-NCR dominated the list of India’s most polluted cities last month, with Dharuhera topping the charts for PM2.5 NEW DELHI: All 10 cities recorded a higher average PM2.5 concentration across the month than the daily national ambient air quality standard of 60 micrograms per cubic metre and way higher than WHO’s daily safe guideline of…
Pune: Citizens’ groups have demanded the scrapping of the proposed amnesty scheme for property tax defaulters, stating that previous schemes have proven to be ineffective.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) introduced the amnesty scheme for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, offering discounts to tax defaulters after payment of dues. The civic body reintroduced the scheme for the…
Mumbai: St Anthony Girls’ High School in Chembur barred a few students from attending classes last week for wearing mehndi on their hands, alleged their parents and called the action “extreme and discriminatory”.Following their complaint, officials from the North Zone Education Inspector’s office visited the school on Monday to look into the matter. “When we…
Kabaddi player Gurvinder Singh shot dead in Punjab LUDHIANA: A Kabaddi player, Gurvinder Singh, was allegedly shot and killed in the Samrala block of the Ludhiana district in Punjab. This marks the second such incident involving a Kabaddi player in the region in recent days. The murder has sparked immediate fear and concerns over escalating…
Pune: Cybercrooks posing as customer care executives of a direct-to-home (DTH) company duped a constable attached to the city police of Rs82,000 under the pretext of recharging his satellite TV service account. The crooks gained access to the constable’s cellphone by sharing an APK file and siphoned off the amount in one transaction. “The crooks…
