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MUMBAI: Proceedings at the Bombay High Court were stalled for two hours on Friday after an email sent to the court's official email address threatened the iconic court building would be blown up. All court staff, lawyers and litigants were asked to vacate the court premises around 1pm, and proceedings resumed at 3pm, after the police thoroughly checked the court complex and found nothing suspicious. "A thorough search of the entire high court premises was carried out and it was found that the t ...Read More >
Mumbai: As the official time for the Elphinstone Bridge's closure -- Friday midnight -- crept closer, preparations began on multiple fronts. To enforce the closure, over 250 police officers were deployed at both ends of the bridge late in the evening. On the other side, residents of the 19 buildings to be affected by the demolition and reconstruction prepared to gather and stop the closure, unsure if they would be successful again for the third time since April. However, before they could atte ...Read More >
Mumbai: Ten years after he was acquitted by a trial court in the 7/11 serial train bomb blasts in Mumbai in 2006, Wahid Shaikh, a school teacher, filed a complaint before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and other bodies, seeking compensation of ₹9 crore for his wrongful incarceration of nine years. Shaikh wrote in his complaint to the NHRC on Friday: "...the nine years I spent in wrongful custody, coupled with brutal custodial torture, have left me and my family devastated in ways no ...Read More >
New Delhi: Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was sworn in as the 15th vice president of India on Friday, three days after he won the election to the second-highest constitutional post in the country. Later, he also assumed charge as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha and held his first meeting with floor leaders of various political parties. President Droupadi Murmu administered oath to 67-year-old Radhakrishnan, who, clad in a red kurta and mundu, -- the traditional Tamil attire -- took oath i ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India and the European Union are well on track to meet their year-end deadline for concluding free trade agreement negotiations, with both sides expressing confidence about the partnership's mutual benefits, senior officials said on Friday. Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal said India would benefit from Europe's "technology and innovation", while the EU would gain from India's "growth story, scale, and resilience" as the 13th round of FTA talks continued in New Delhi. "Both India ...Read More >
IMPHAL: Robert Singh, a resident of Moreh town in Manipur's Tengnoupal district, lost his drinking water bottling factory due to ethnic violence that started in the state in May 2023. He used to earn ₹15,000-20,000 daily but now lives in a relief camp with thousands of others, receiving 400 grams of cereals and ₹80 daily. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to the state on Saturday has raised hopes among displaced residents like Singh for a return to normalcy and potential resettlement ...Read More >
Mumbai: Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh are prominent India cricketers nominated by their respective state units to attend the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) AGM on September 28. In the same meeting, BCCI elections will be conducted and it remains to be seen if as per recent precedent (Ganguly 2019-22, Roger Binny 2022-25), a former player becomes president again. For the 38 unit-strong BCCI, the deadline to nominate representatives ended on Friday night. The new set of offic ...Read More >
Pune: Amid a rapidly shifting global order marked by rising populism and protectionism, defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh has called for a robust augmentation of India's hard power capabilities to complement its soft power strength. Speaking at the inaugural session of the STRIDE 2025 seminar in Pune on Friday, Singh stressed the need for a transformative push in India's defence preparedness through technology, innovation and public-private collaboration. The seminar, organised by the Southe ...Read More >
New Delhi: The leg was shaking in a nervous frenzy, deep breaths were being taken, the fingers were going through his hair, the neck was being massaged but reigning world champion D Gukesh knew that he had blundered to his third defeat in a row at the Grand Swiss chess tournament on Thursday. A day later he was held to a 102-move draw by Divya Deshmukh. The drawn-out endgame saw the world champion (Elo rating 2767) fail to get a decisive advantage over his 2478-rated opponent. There are times ...Read More >
Chandigarh: For Amol Muzumdar, head coach of the India women's cricket team, the coming months featuring the ICC ODI Women's World Cup will be the biggest challenge of his coaching career. Everything the team has done in the year so far has been focussed on the big event. Players have been tested in different positions, fitness routines have been fine-tuned and the management has thrown up new challenges to the team. All with the aim of getting that elusive ICC trophy for India. But before the ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-day tour from Saturday, covering five states including Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal, and Bihar, and inaugurating projects worth ₹71,000 crore in a major push for ease-of-living in India's eastern and northeastern regions. In focus will be the PM's visit to Manipur on Saturday, his first since violence broke out in the state in May 2023. He is set to inaugurate projects worth ₹8,500 crore in the state. "I will be attending p ...Read More >
Mumbai: Cast your mind back to the previous World Athletics Championships two years ago in Budapest and what stood out from an Indian viewpoint. Sure, there was Neeraj Chopra and his javelin gold that continued to set unparalleled benchmarks for athletics in the country. But there was also the men's 4x400m relay team and their Asian record setting, final berth seizing exploits that, for those fleeting few days, captured the attention of Indian sports followers. As track and field's global show ...Read More >
Itanagar: The medical fraternity in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday withdrew its call for a 48-hour shutdown of healthcare services, after the state government promised to meet their demands and address safety concerns in the wake of a violent assault on two doctors at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), Naharlagun. The decision came after an emergency meeting at the civil secretariat here, where health minister Biyuram Wahge and home minister Mama Natung assured repres ...Read More >
Kolkata: The body of a third-year female student of Jadavpur University (JU) was found in a pond inside the campus late on Thursday night. The victim, Anamika Mondal, 21, was a student of BA English (honours) in the university and police said that her body was found in a pond near the union room of the Arts faculty close to Gate 4 of the university campus at around 10 pm on Thursday. "The victim's unconscious body was found in a pond inside the campus. She was rushed to the KPC Medical College ...Read More >
Indians have always lived with contradictions. Splurge on the newest iPhone then haggle ferociously with the vegetable vendor over a hundred rupees. I grew up in a world where "used" or "refurbished" meant second-class. A hand-me-down was tolerated, never flaunted. That cultural hangover is real. And yet, one in five smartphones sold in India today is refurbished. The pre-owned market is already pegged at about $5 billion, with the organised segment expected to double by 2030. This is no longer ...Read More >
Mussoorie/Haldwani: Heavy rains continued to lash Uttarakhand, triggering landslides and boulder falls that blocked over 373 roads, including key stretches of the Char Dham yatra highways, while major rivers in some areas swelled above warning and danger marks in several districts. Amid the downpour, panic gripped Tok Basotiya village in Okhalkanda block of Nainital district after a woman went missing and is feared to have been swept away in the swollen Basotia river. Officials said Tulsi Devi ...Read More >
Dehradun: Uttarakhand has recorded nearly three times the normal rainfall in the last week, primarily due to the interaction between the active monsoon trough and western disturbances, according to data from India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials. Between August 27 and September 3, the state recorded an average of 187.6 mm rainfall -- nearly three times the normal of 64.7 mm. Several districts reported sharp deviations from the seasonal norm. Bageshwar topped the list with 274.3 mm, 68 ...Read More >
Kolkata: Nearly 10 years after his first match against Iran, a 0-3 loss in Bengaluru, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu had said he felt could have done more. When they met again, India lost 0-4 but Sandhu told HT in a recent interview that he and the team had given "absolutely everything." Monday's 0-3 defeat to defending champions Iran in the CAFA Nations Cup could feel like the away loss against the Asian heayweights in 2016. There was no denying who were bossing in Hisor, Tajikistan, but after 89 minut ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India and Russia reaffirmed their long-standing strategic partnership on Monday against the backdrop of US pressure on India to curb Russian energy purchases, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi telling President Vladimir Putin that the two countries have stood side by side in the most difficult times. As the two leaders met on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, Modi said he looked forward to welcoming Putin in India in December for an annual ...Read More >
Rajgir: In order to closely track the performance of its athletes, Hockey India (HI) on Friday launched the Athlete Management System (AMS), a digital platform that will manage tournament data and monitor athlete development across all age categories. The AMS features integration with wearable technology for data-driven performance tracking, injury and wellness monitoring, training scheduling and a secure cloud database. It includes comprehensive tools such as assessment systems, training load ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) India's gains from importing discounted Russian oil are estimated to be just USD 2.5 billion per annum, significantly lower than the previously speculated range of USD 10-25 billion, a research report said on Thursday. Stopping Russian oil imports would force India, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, to rely on limited alternatives, potentially driving global crude prices up to USD 100 per barrel amid rising demand and tight supply. "Benefit from Russi ...Read More >
Raipur: A 30-year-old teacher was killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Wednesday evening, police said. Laxman Barse was allegedly attacked with sharp-edged weapons by a group of Maoists in Silger village around 7.30 pm. His family members were also assaulted when they tried to intervene, a statement issued by the police said. "Further legal action is being taken by the Jagargunda police. Detailed information will be shared later," it added. "Though the motive is unclear, Maois ...Read More >
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has announced the rollout of its first made-in-India electric vehicle - the e-Vitara SUV - in a major boost to the green segment from its upgraded Gujarat plant, which is now set to become one of the world's largest automotive manufacturing hubs with a projected annual capacity of one million units. Crucially, this facility will serve as Suzuki's global production base for electric vehicles (EVs), exporting to over 100 countries, including ...Read More >
Also Read - 'Bengaluru can be a global city if....': Kiran Mazumder-Shaw urges BBMP and DK Shivakumar Taking to social media platform X, the IPL franchise wrote: "The Silence wasn't Absence. It was Grief. This space was once filled with energy, memories and moments that you enjoyed the most. But June 4th changed everything. That day broke our hearts, and the silence since then has been our way of holding space. In that silence, we've been grieving, listening, learning." The note explained that ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on August 26 searched premises related to real estate company BPTP across the Delhi-NCR region as part of a foreign exchange violation case involving funds of about ₹500 crore, official sources said. Locations of the Business Parks Town Planners Private Limited (BPTP) in Delhi, Noida and Faridabad were searched under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), they said. A probe found that BPTP received foreign investme ...Read More >
Kolkata: There were no surprises in Khalid Jamil's first interaction with the media and the first set of India players he named as head coach, both of which happened on Monday. India will play the CAFA Nations Cup with little time to prepare and without the seven Mohun Bagan Super Giant players but Jamil decided not to make a big deal of either. Instead, he chose to strike a positive note. "It is a big challenge for me. I have got what I wanted. For me now the task is to deliver," said Jamil in ...Read More >
New Delhi: Reforms in Ph.D. programmes, acceleration of research commercialisation, integration of AI into curricula, stronger alumni engagement, promotion of student mental wellbeing, and expansion of global collaborations through the IIT R&D Fair, international students, and foreign faculty support were among the key issues discussed at the IIT Council meeting, held at IIT Delhi on Monday after a gap of more than two years. The 56th Meeting of the Council of the Indian Institutes of Technolog ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's men's relay team quartermilers produced some performance in 2023, but since then they have been pulled down by off-field issues. From the high of finishing fifth at the World Championships in Budapest, the 4x400m men's relay team is on the verge of missing the Tokyo Worlds this time. The relay national camp has gone through turbulent times because of disagreements between foreign and Indian coaches, with athletes picking sides, leading to a messy environment. All this came o ...Read More >
Indian goods face additional U.S. tariffs of up to 50%, among the highest imposed by Washington, due to New Delhi's increased purchases of Russian oil. Western countries boycotting Russian crude say India's purchases are helping to fund Moscow's war in Ukraine. But New Delhi says its purchases are purely commercial transactions, and accuses the U.S. and European Union of double standards, noting that they continue significant trade with Moscow themselves. "We have good results in cooperation i ...Read More >
India, August 20, 2025: Placing a bold emphasis on the "Be" in its iconic "Be Your Own BOSS" platform, BOSS is proud to announce Indian actor and dancer Ishaan Khatter as one of the prominent faces of its "Be the Next" BOSS Fall/Winter 2025 campaign, celebrating individuals who are emerging, pushing boundaries, and shaping their own paths to success. Khatter, India's newest 'It Boy' taking Hollywood by storm, embodies the spirit of ambition and individuality that defines the BOSS ethos. Fresh f ...Read More >
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