Mumbai: A delegation from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP, met Governor CP Radhakrishnan on Friday and submitted a letter opposing the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill 2024, calling it oppressive, ambiguous and prone to misuse. "The state government is trying to legitimise extraordinary executive powers under the guise of public security," the leaders told the government and added that even as some changes have been made following discussions in t...Read More
Mumbai: The special MP and MLA court on Friday issued summons to Rohit Pawar - grandnephew of Sharad Pawar and MLA from the Karjat-Jamkhed constituency along with his associate Rajendra Ingwale in connection with the third supplementary prosecution complaint filed by Enforcement Directorate in connection with Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam. The Enforcement Directorate had recently submitted a third supplementary prosecution complaint naming Pawar, his firm M/s Baramati Agro Limited and...Read More
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Riding high on its historic eighth consecutive win as India's cleanest city, Indore will now mentor Varanasi, the spiritual capital of India, in enhancing its cleanliness standards. Indoreans celebrated the momentous win on Friday with processions, band performances and public gatherings. A victory rally from Indore Airport to Rajwada was led by civic officials and sanitation workers, drawing large crowds of enthusiastic citizens. As part of the central government's in...Read More
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has started deactivating the Aadhaar card of the dead to prevent their misuse. UIDAI has deactivated more than 1.17 crore 12-digit Aadhaar numbers so far. This information was given in an official statement issued on Wednesday, July 16. Under this initiative, UIDAI has started a new service on My Aadhaar portal for registered deaths in 24 states and union territories, so that people can report the death of their family members. The...Read More
Mumbai: A total of 15 people residing in a ground plus two-storey chawl in Bharat Nagar slum, Bandra East were injured after the top floor structure collapsed on Friday early morning. The injured include eight males, including a minor and seven females. Two victims suffered severe burn injuries and are in critical condition. The structure collapsed following cylinder blast, which resulted after a flash fire due to gas leakage. As per the preliminary information, the top two floor were temporary...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Delhi Art, Culture and Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra on Friday visited the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) at Teen Murti Marg, with singer and music director Himesh Reshammiya accompanying him. The museum, which showcases the lives and contributions of India's former prime ministers, features 14 high-tech galleries equipped with interactive and immersive exhibits, including a 6D helicopter ride, virtual photo booths, a handwriting robot, a time machine and a ki...Read More
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has held that denying physical intimacy to a husband and making allegations of an extra-marital affair constitute cruelty, and are valid grounds for divorce. A bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale, while dismissing a woman's plea challenging a family court's divorce decree, observed that her conduct amounted to "cruelty" against her husband. "Refusal to have a physical relationship and making allegations of extra-marital relations is cruelty by t...Read More
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): On the third day of his Spain tour on Friday, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav met Jaume Duch Guillot, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Government of Catalonia, in Barcelona. The two leaders discussed cooperation in academics and research by connecting higher education institutions of Madhya Pradesh such as IIT Indore and IISER Bhopal with universities in Barcelona. Yadav urged pioneering companies of Catalonia to invest in Madhya Pradesh, highlighting the state's new investmen...Read More
NEW DELHI: In a renewed effort to put economic pressure on Russia, the European Union on Friday unveiled a fresh package of sanctions, which includes lowering the price cap on Russian crude oil and sanctioning Nayara Energy Ltd, an India-based refinery linked to Russian energy giant Rosneft. This marks the first time the EU has imposed sanctions involving India, a country that has heavily relied on discounted Russian crude since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022. Nayara Energy Ltd, fo...Read More
Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday announced a major transformation for Mumbai's suburban railway system, stating that all local trains will soon be upgraded to fully air-conditioned (AC) coaches, similar to metro trains, without any increase in passenger fares. Speaking in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Fadnavis emphasized the urgency of modernizing Mumbai's overburdened local trains. "There was a recent accident involving a suburban train. Many of these trains lack door...Read More
Patna: Jan Suraj founder and former political strategist Prashant Kishor suffered a rib injury during a public meeting in Bihar on Friday. The accident occurred during a 'Badlaav Sabha' in the Arrah district when he was walking amidst the crowd. Reportedly, a vehicle lightly hit him in the crowd, causing a rib injury. Kishore left the program mid-way, immediately after the incident, and departed for Patna with his team. Videos showing two people supporting Kishor as he walks slowly into a hospi...Read More
Mumbai: The Mumbai Unit of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in two separate cases have arrested officials from the cooperative department and civic officials in bribery cases. According to the ACB, in the first case the complainant had purchased a flat in a housing society. Since the executive committee of the said society was dissolved, the cooperative department had appointed accused official Dayanand Chavan (47), in the said society as the authorised officer and certified auditor on the panel of...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) India's most valuable company Reliance Industries on Friday reported its highest-ever quarterly profit of Rs 26,994 crore for the April-June quarter, reflecting a growth of 78.3 per cent over the year-ago period, driven by consumer businesses and investment sales. The oil-to-retail-to-telecom conglomerate's consolidated net profit attributable to owners of the company stood at Rs 26,994 crore, or Rs 19.95 per share, in April-June 2025 compared to Rs 15,138 crore earnings...Read More
Mumbai: Another Mumbai school has received a bomb threat. More than a dozen schools have received bomb threats in the past month. Swami Vivekanand International School, located at Kandivali West, received a bomb threat, but nothing suspicious was found during the investigation. The School was threatened with a bomb blast through an email. In addition, two other schools received similar threats. All the threats were sent via email. Upon receiving the bomb threat, the school administration evacu...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court has said money cannot be recovered by filing an FIR and seeking help of police as it quashed a cheating case against the producer of Bollywood movie "Tanu Weds Manu". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan expressed displeasure over the approach of the Allahabad High Court in dealing with the petition of producer Shailesh R Singh for quashing of the FIR against him by complainant Kunal Jain. "Money cannot be recovered, more particularly, in ...Read More
Mumbai (Maharashtra), July 18: Reliance Industries Limited on Friday reported its April-June quarter gross Revenue increased by 6.0 per cent year on year to Rs 273,252 crore. Coming to Jio Platforms, a subsidiary, the revenue increased by 18.8 per cent due to strong subscriber growth across mobility and homes, increased consumption and sustained positive momentum in digital services. Reliance Retail Ventures reported its revenue has increased by 11.3 per cent. "All segments performed well, wit...Read More
Amritsar, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of Opposition in Punjab and Congress lawmaker Partap Singh Bajwa, on Friday demanded that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately convene an all-party meeting in Amritsar to discuss continuing threats to the Golden Temple through threatening emails. Speaking after paying obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib, where he was accompanied by Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala and other Congress leaders, Bajwa said that he met with of...Read More
Mumbai: A school in Kandivali West received a threatening email on Friday, adding to the ongoing wave of threats targeting educational institutions across the city. Upon receiving the alert, Mumbai Police, along with the bomb disposal squad and demolition team, conducted a thorough search of the school premises. However, nothing suspicious was found during the operation. Initial investigation has revealed that the threatening email originated from outside Mumbai, raising suspicions of mischief....Read More
Dimapur, Jul 18 (PTI) Two persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Nagaland, a health department official said on Friday. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr Yartenla Jamir, said that of the seven JE cases detected in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts, two persons have died so far. She expressed concern over the rise in Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the three districts, especially during the monsoon season, which increases the risk of transmission. The Health departm...Read More
Mumbai: The indefinite strike launched by over 30,000 nurses across Maharashtra's government hospitals from Friday is poised to escalate, with Class IV hospital staff including ward boys, sanitation workers, and clerks threatening to join the agitation in solidarity. The striking nurses are demanding immediate recruitment to fill vacant posts and a complete rollback of contractual appointments. Although hospitals have managed to keep essential services running with the support of nursing studen...Read More
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has strongly criticised the opposition party, accusing them of undermining Mumbai's importance and shifting key industries to Gujarat. In a sharp statement, Thackeray said, "We are not speaking 'todne ki bhasha' but Mumbai is gradually losing its significance." While talking to the media, he mentioned, "Who took the industries and financial centres of Mumbai to Gujarat? These people. So, nobody can separate Mumbai from Maharashtra. Jo bhi karega hu...Read More
Mumbai: The first campus of the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IITC) was launched on Friday at the NFDC complex, Pedder Road, by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in the presence of Union minister for railways, IT, Electronics, information & broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw. The centre aims to innovate, upscale the learning in graphics and cutting edge digital skills and make India the global hub for entertainment technology. The campus admissions for 17 courses have started and by Sep...Read More
Nashik: In a tragic accident near the Agriculture Produce Market Committee in Dindori town, seven people, three men, three women, and a two-year-old boy, lost their lives when their car veered off Nashik-Vani Road and plunged into a water-filled trench around 12:30 am on Thursday. According to Balasaheb Patil, the Nashik Rural Superintendent of Police, all seven passengers died on the spot. "Two friends and their family members were returning from Nashik after celebrating a relative's birthday ...Read More
Mumbai: NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad was dragged by the police in the wee hours of Friday during his protest against the detention of his supporter, who was assaulted by supporters of BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar during the scuffle in the building a day before. Awhad, known for his vocal presence in the assembly, launched an aggressive sit-in protest near the rear gate of the Vidhan Bhavan premises around 2 am after police began taking away his supporter Nitin Deshmukh. The MLA physically blocked...Read More
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has made significant strides in urban sanitation, as reflected in the Swachh Survekshan 2024 rankings, with a notable improvement over last year's performance. For the first time, the state capital Lucknow has been awarded the prestigious 7-Star Garbage-Free City certification, signalling a major leap in cleanliness and waste management. The number of Garbage-Free Cities (GFCs) in Uttar Pradesh has increased from 65 in 2023 to 83 in 2024. The number of cities certified as...Read More
Bengaluru: After Delhi, nearly 40 schools in Bengaluru received bomb threats via e-mail on Friday morning, leading to panic among students, teachers and parents. Police teams have rushed to all locations and search operations are underway. Schools in R R Nagar and Kengeri were among those targeted, the police said. Cyber experts are making all efforts to trace the sender of the mail. Sources revealed that the sender could be suffering from mental health issues. In the mail, he has spoken about...Read More
Mumbai: The city's water stock levels have surged significantly, with collective lake reserves reaching 81.47 per cent of the total required supply, according to the Hydraulic Engineer's Department report on Friday. The total water available across all seven reservoirs stands at 11,79,147 million litres (ML), offering much-needed relief amidst monsoon fluctuations. Bhatsa Holding Highest Volume Of Water Stock Among the lakes, Bhatsa currently holds the highest volume of usable water at 5,46,39...Read More
New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre a day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a charge sheet against Robert Vadra, the businessman husband of Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Defending his brother-in-law, Rahul Gandhi called the charges against Robert Vadra a "witch hunt". "My brother-in-law has been hounded by this government for the last 10 years... this latest chargesheet is a continuation of that witch hunt," the ...Read More
New Delhi: MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed that "friendly countries" are interceding on India's behalf to ensure Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya can be released. Priya who has been accused of killing Yemeni national Talal Abdo Mehdi in 2017 was arrested in 2020 and sentenced in 2023. Her death sentence which was set for July 16 has now been postponed. Stating that the government of India had been offering all possible assistance in the case Jaiswal said: "We have provided legal assistance...Read More
New Delhi: The government on Thursday stressed that it was not "unduly worried" about secondary sanctions. The stand articulated by Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Puri came in the wake of US President Donald Trump's recent threat that 100% secondary tariffs would be imposed on nations buying oil from Russia, and showed once again that India would not be toeing the West's line on Ukraine. The minister's statements were echoed by the MEA asserting that securing India's energ...Read More