Karnataka School Holidays: Madikeri, Virajpet, and Somwarpet in Kodagu district, Karnataka, have seen extreme disruption to academic work as incessant showers lashed the area for many days. In response, District Commissioner Venkat Raja declared a holiday for all schools -- including anganwadis, primary schools, high schools, and pre-university colleges -- on Friday, July 18, 2025, due to incessant heavy rain and safety concerns. ANI official X reads, "Karnataka | Holiday declared in schools an...Read More
Mumbai: Drivers using ride-hailing apps like Ola, Uber, and Rapido have initiated strikes in Mumbai, Pune, and Nagpur to demand improvements in pay and working conditions. The labour action, which began mid-week, has led to approximately 70 per cent of cabs being off the road, creating significant disruption for daily commuters, especially at airports and railway stations where many passengers are stranded. Commuters are experiencing heightened wait times and increased pricing due to fewer cabs...Read More
MUMBAI: The Indian equity indices opened lower on Friday as heavyweights like Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel were among the top losers in the BSE benchmark. At 9.25 am, Sensex was down 171 points or 0.21 per cent at 82, 087 and Nifty was down 35 points or 0.14 per cent at 25, 075. In the Sensex pack, M&M, Tata Steel, Power Grid, L&T, UltraTech Cement, Infosys, Tata Motors, BEL, NTPC, TCS, Trent and Maruti Suzuki were top gainers. Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tech Mahindr...Read More
The Indian Premier League (IPL) continues to be the financial powerhouse behind the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), with a new report revealing that the popular T20 league accounted for 59% of the board's total revenue in the financial year 2023-24. According to The Hindu Business Line, citing data from Rediffusion, the BCCI earned a staggering ₹9,741.7 crore during the fiscal year. Of that amount, ₹5,761 crore came from the IPL alone, underlining the league's unmatched commercial...Read More
The car had a Maharashtra number plate. Luggage was tied to the roof of the vehicle, which made officials believe that a family had come from Maharashtra to visit Agra. A shocking and heartbreaking incident has come to light from the Taj Mahal complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. An elderly man was found unconscious and tied inside a locked car parked near the western gate. The incident has raised serious questions about human sensitivity and responsibility. According to Aaj Tak, the man had been ...Read More
Mumbai: A three-storey chawl in Mumbai's Bandra East collapsed early Friday morning, leaving at least 10 people feared trapped under the debris, civic officials confirmed. The incident occurred around 5:56 am in the Bharat Nagar area near the Namaj Committee Masjid, close to the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). The structure, identified as Chawl No. 37, was a ground-plus-three-storey residential building, PTI reported. The collapse triggered an immediate response from multiple agencies. A large-scal...Read More
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Along with the city, the wave of cleanliness is now rapidly reaching the rural areas of the district as well. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) run by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, Sanwer Municipal Council has achieved remarkable success in Swachh Survekshan 2024-25. Sanwer stood at 22nd position in the country, 6th in the state and the first in Indore division in the population category of less than 20,000. The success of Sanwer i...Read More
New Delhi: In an escalation of events, more than 20 schools in the national capital have received bomb threats as of Friday morning (July 18), according to Delhi Police. While the names of all affected schools today are yet to be confirmed, the latest round of threats follows a similar pattern. On Wednesday alone, five schools, including St Thomas School in Dwarka (which has received two threats in two days), Vasant Valley School in Vasant Kunj, Mother's International School in Hauz Khas, and R...Read More
Guwahati, July 17: One person died and several others, including forest and security personnel, were injured after clashes broke out between evictees and forest officials during an eviction drive at Bidyapar in the Krishnai range of the Paikan Reserved Forest in Goalpara district on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Shaquar Hussain, a 22-year-old local resident. At least three evictees, one police personnel, and a few forest guards also sustained serious injuries after evict...Read More
Guwahati, July 17: Just a day after the Congress launched a massive outreach drive through party workers' meetings, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) welcomed a host of new members from diverse political and professional backgrounds at a grand joining ceremony held at the state party headquarters on Thursday. Among the prominent new inductees were Manoj Rabha (alias Dristi Rajkhowa, a top ULFA leader), former Assam AAP president Manoj Dhanowar, former All Assam Gorkha Students' Union president A...Read More
Lucknow: Monsoon floods have severely disrupted life across Uttar Pradesh, with over 5 lakh people surrounded by water in flood-hit parts of Prayagraj alone. Rising water levels in the Ganga and Yamuna rivers have submerged more than 15 neighbourhoods, including cremation grounds, forcing last rites to be performed on roadsides. In Varanasi, all 84 river ghats have gone under water, along with nearly 1,000 adjacent temples. The Ganga is reported to be just 1.56 metres below the danger mark. Mir...Read More
Mumbai: The BMC is set to begin structural strengthening work on the Parel TT flyover in October this year. To minimise traffic inconvenience, the repairs will be carried out in phases by closing one lane at a time. The repair work was originally planned two years ago but was deferred as the Delisle Road Bridge in Lower Parel was still under reconstruction at the time. Undertaking both projects simultaneously would have worsened traffic congestion in central Mumbai. Constructed in 1980, the Pa...Read More
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967, stating that the legislation is valid in its present form. A division bench of Justices Ajey S. Gadkari and Neela Gokhale said, "UAPA in its present form is constitutionally valid. The challenge to its vires fails. The petition fails." A detailed judgment is awaited. The petition was filed by Anil Baile, who had been issued a notice by...Read More
Mumbai: In a significant ruling on cross-border adoption, the Bombay High Court has refused to grant relief to an Indian couple seeking to adopt their nephew born in the United States, holding that the adoption cannot be processed under India's Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, as the child is a US citizen and not a "child in need of care and protection". A bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Neela Gokhale dismissed the plea by the couple, who are Indian citizen...Read More
Patna: Non-vegetarian dishes have made Bihar's politics spicier on several occasions, and so union minister and senior JD (U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh aka Lalan Singh' recent mutton party for party workers and supporters under his Munger constituency was no exception. Lalan Singh listened to problems of common people at Suryagarha in Lakhisarai district of Bihar (part of Munger constituency) to sort them out with local authorities and also threw a mutton party for them, creating a controversy ...Read More
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has adopted a policy to plant indigenous trees along all national highways, state highways, major road projects, and rural roads across the state. Public Works Minister Shivrendra Sinhraje Bhosale announced in the Legislative Council that all concerned departments will be instructed again to ensure strict implementation of this policy. Minister Bhosale emphasized that it is not only important to plant trees, but also to ensure their survival. For this purpose,...Read More
JAMMU, July 17: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah congratulated BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh, and said that he will need to keep in mind that, just like in Jammu and Kashmir, one has to maintain a balance and be sensitive to the sentiments of the people of Leh and Kargil regions. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp "My best wishes to Kavinder Gupta on being appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh. But this res...Read More
Mumbai: In a major breakthrough, the Mumbai Crime Branch has exposed a gang involved in the abduction and extortion of drug mafia Sajid Electricwala and his associate Shabbir Siddhiqui. The operation has revealed the involvement of Sarvar Khan (43), the key mastermind, who has deep connections with the Dawood Ibrahim gang and is a close associate of Anwar Babu Shaikh younger brother of fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel. According to crime branch officials, Sarvar Khan was earlier arrested by VP...Read More
Jaipur: Former CM Ashok Gehlot acknowledged Thursday that BJP's campaign focusing on the 2022 Kanhaiya Lal murder case contributed to his govt's electoral defeat in 2023.The case involved the brutal killing of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor in Udaipur, who was beheaded inside his shop on June 28, 2022, by two assailants who filmed and shared the act on social media. The accused, Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari and Ghaus, were arrested within four hours after the crime.The murder occurred against a backdrop of es...Read More
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court's Justice Tirthankar Ghosh asks Commissioner of Kolkata Police to give a written undertaking that traffic will not be affected on July 21 during Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s annual Martyr's Day programme. According to court sources, Justice Ghosh had asked police to ensure smooth traffic so that no one including the lawyers of the court face any problems during TMC's programme at the Dorina crossing in Esplanade area. The court sources had also mentioned that the Jus...Read More
Shimla, Jul 17 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to remove encroachments on forest lands, including the fruit-bearing trees, all across the state and not limit it to some areas. The order was passed by a division bench consisting of Justices Vivek Thakur and Bipin C Negi on Wednesday after the Advocate General placed on record fresh instructions issued by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, informing that 2,456 apple and other fruit trees have been felled f...Read More
NEW DELHI: The US embassy in India has warned that "committing assault, theft, or burglary in the United States won't just cause you legal issues -- it could lead to your visa being revoked and make you ineligible for future US visas". The warning was issued days after a video of an Indian woman who tried to leave a store with a cart full of items without paying went viral. This also prompted the embassy to say, "The US values law and order and expects foreign visitors to follow all US laws."Res...Read More
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Chandigarh: With an aim to prevent child trafficking and exploitation, the Punjab government has, in an unprecedented move, decided to conduct a DNA test of children found begging along with adults accompanying them on streets to verify parentage. Stating that instructions in this regard have been sent to all the deputy commissioners in the state, the social security, women and child development minister Baljit Kaur said that the move - which is a part of the "Project Jeevanjyot 2.0 - save the ...Read More
Mumbai: Healthcare services in state-run hospitals are set to face significant challenges as around 30,000 nurses will launch an indefinite strike starting July 18. The nurses had staged a one-day token strike on July 17, demanding immediate recruitment for vacant posts, an end to contractual hiring, and equal implementation of 7th Pay Commission benefits for all nursing staff. However, they did not receive any concrete response from the state government following the strike. According to the M...Read More
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) announced the results for the Class 12 general stream supplementary exams, with an overall pass percentage of 51.58%. Out of 40,865 registered candidates, 33,731 appeared, and 17,397 students cleared the exam successfully.Girls outperformed boys significantly. The pass percentage among girls was 57.06%, while it was 48.45% for boys, marking a difference of 8.61% in favour of girls.Stream-wise, the general stream recorde...Read More
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The re-carpeting (repairing) of the runway at Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport here from 10.30 PM to 6.30 AM has had an adverse effect on flights. Before the re-carpeting of the runway began on February 15 this year, the number of flights was 100 which has come down to 88 now. This is being recorded in the report of flights and passengers being prepared daily by the local airport administration. As per the daily reports, the total number of flights to and from the city h...Read More
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Collector Asheesh Singh has congratulated the people of the city on retaining the top position in the cleanliness rankings. He said that after being at the top for seven consecutive years, the city was now included in the Swachhta Super League of the new system this time. In view of the work done in the city in the field of cleanliness, it had also topped the super league. In this way, the city had become the topper in cleanliness for the 8th time. This was a matter of...Read More
Bareilly (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) A teacher from Bahedi district, who went viral recently after reciting a poem mentioning Kanwar Yatra, approached the police on Thursday stating a threat to his life from anti-social elements. A case has been registered at Bahedi police station based on a complaint from Dr Rajneesh Kumar Gangwar, a teacher at MGM Inter College in the district. According to Circle Officer Arun Kumar Singh, Gangwar's complaint says that ever since his recitation of the poem 'Tum Kanwa...Read More
Durgapur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound West Bengal on Friday (18 July) Ahead of his visit, the Prime Minister launched a scathing attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). Taking to X, PM Modi said that voters are looking to the BJP with hope. "West Bengal is suffering due to TMC misrule. People are seeing the BJP with hope and are convinced that only the BJP can deliver on development. Tomorrow, 18th July, will be addressing a @BJP4Bengal rally in Durgapur. Do join!"...Read More
Navi Mumbai: A controversy has erupted in Navi Mumbai's Seawoods area after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) raised objections over a BJP public relations office displaying its signboard entirely in Gujarati. The office, located in Sector-42, is reportedly associated with Gujarat MLA Virendrasinh Bahadursinh Jadeja. Upon receiving complaints from locals, MNS city secretary Sachin Kadam, along with division secretary Appasaheb Jadhav, deputy division president Santosh Tekawade, and other par...Read More