Mumbai, Jun 28 (PTI) Following the backlash after featuring footwear strongly resembling Kolhapuri chappals, Italian fashion house Prada has acknowledged that it was inspired by the Indian handcrafted footwear. "We acknowledge that the sandals featured in the recent Prada Men's 2026 Fashion Show are inspired by traditional Indian handcrafted footwear, with a centuries-old heritage. "We deeply recognize the cultural significance of such Indian craftsmanship," said Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada Group ...Read More
Mumbai, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian stock markets finally ended their five-week-long consolidation phase, driven by improving global sentiment, easing geopolitical concerns, and noticeable buying by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in the latter part of the week, analysts said on Saturday. After a cautious start, indices gained traction midweek as tensions between Iran and Israel appeared to ease, and global risk appetite returned. Consequently, the benchmark indices Nifty and Se...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) The national capital on Saturday recorded a minimum temperature of 28.7 degrees Celsius, 0.8 notch above the season's average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD has forecast thunderstorms with rain on Saturday and Sunday, with the maximum temperature expected to settle around 37 degrees Celsius. The relative humidity was recorded at 72 per cent at 8:30 am. The air quality was in the "satisfactory" category at 10 am on Saturday with an Air ...Read More
Bharuch (Gujarat) [India], June 28 (ANI): Police arrested three accused, including Gujarat Congress Vice President Hira Jotva and son Digvijay Jotva, in an alleged MGNREGA Scam on Saturday, after a survey of 11 villages revealed that the government money was siphoned off, Bharuch Superintendent of Police (SP) Mayur Chawda said. "As soon as a doubt arose about an illicit practice in MGNREGA, Bharuch DDO started a primary investigation in 56 villages. They surveyed 11 villages and found that gove...Read More
Bengaluru, Jun 28 (PTI) Two people were arrested on Saturday in connection with the death of a tigress and her four cubs in the Hugyam forest range of Male Mahadeshwara Hills, police said. The big cats were found dead on Thursday, and subsequent investigation revealed they were poisoned. The breakthrough came after the carcass of a poisoned cow belonging to Maada alias Maaduraju was found. According to police, Maaduraju was reportedly enraged after his cow named 'Kenchi' was preyed upon by wi...Read More
Puri, Jun 28 (PTI) Amid renewed enthusiasm, devotees on Saturday resumed pulling the chariots of Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath, after the Rath Yatra in Puri was halted on June 27 night. The chariots were scheduled to reach Gundicha temple, considered the aunt's place of the deities, by the evening of Friday. But they had to be stopped on Grand Road as Lord Balabhadra's Taladwaja chariot got stuck while negotiating a turn, preventing the other two from advancing. The chariot...Read More
Mumbai: The cause behind actor Shefali Jariwala's death is yet to be ascertained and her body has been taken for postmortem, the Mumbai Police said on Saturday. "Her body was found at her residence in Andheri. The police received the information at 1 am (Saturday). Her body has been sent to Cooper Hospital for postmortem. The cause of her death is not yet clear," police stated. A mobile forensic unit and a team of Mumbai Police reached the actor's apartment in the Golden Rays-Y building, an of...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) A 20-year-old man has been stabbed to death following a scuffle over his scooter brushing past one of the accused in the Geeta Colony area here leading to the arrest of three persons, an official said on Saturday. Yash, a resident of Rani Garden, was declared dead at a hospital in Laxmi Nagar around 9.41 pm on Friday, police said, adding those arrested have been identified as Rihan, Md Amaan and Lucky. The victim was on his way home on a scooter when the two-wheeler all...Read More
Hyderabad, Jun 28 (PTI) The Telangana government will carefully review the engineering college fees, taking into account the teaching standards, laboratory facilities and other aspects of technical education. In view of a surge in demand for courses like artificial intelligence (AI), which also have a strong impact on the technology sector, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy wants engineering colleges in the southern state to compete with world-class institutions, according to an official release o...Read More
VIJAYAWADA: The State government on Friday accorded approvals to a slew of industries. Among those are Krishnapatnam Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), which is set to establish a 350 MW Solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Thamminapatnam and Mommidi villages of SPSR Nellore district with a Rs 1,225 crore investment, creating 575 jobs. Furthermore, the government also waived off a Rs 54 crore extension of time fee, contingent on project completion within two years as per the Andhra P...Read More
Imphal, Jun 28 (PTI) Manipur Police arrested six militants including three woman of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (Peoples' War Group) from Imphal West and East district, an officer said on Saturday. Three cadres including two women of the Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) were arrested from Thangmeiband Thingel Leikai area in Imphal West district on Friday. They were involved in extortion activities, the officer said. Police arrested one active cadre of KCP (PWG) involved in extortion ...Read More
Kolhapur: While the NCP (SP) has declared support to the July 5 protest march against the "imposition of Hindi," the party's chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said celebrities such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar should not be insisted upon to express their views on making Hindi a must in the Maharashtra school curriculum. "Ask Sachin about cricket; don't force him to take a stand on Hindi imposition," he said.Pawar was responding to Raj Thackeray's statement on Thursday that he wanted to see who -- es...Read More
Jaipur, Jun 27 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has caught an additional superintendent of police for alleged bribe money of Rs 9.35 lakh, an official statement issued here on Friday said. Jagaram Meena, the accused additional superintendent of police (ASP), was coming to Jaipur from Jhalawar in a car on Friday evening. The ACB team stopped the car at Shivdaspura toll post and found Rs 9.35 lakh during search. The ASP could not answer about this money, the statement said. The ACB later ...Read More
Lucknow, Jun 27 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Department (UDD) has launched a comprehensive plan to ensure cleanliness, lighting, and water arrangements for the upcoming Kanwar Yatra, Sawan Mela, and other festivals, the state government said in a statement on Friday. Principal Secretary of UDD, Amrit Abhijat, has directed urban bodies to carry out daily cleaning operations from 5:00 am to 8:00 am. Special emphasis will be placed on Kanwar Yatra routes and ghats, with dedicated sani...Read More
Amritsar, Jun 27 (PTI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Tarn Taran, Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal, passed away at the age of 66 at a hospital here on Friday. He had been suffering from cancer for more than three years. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann condoled his party legislator's demise. "Received the sad news of the sudden demise of our party's respected MLA from Tarn Taran, Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal ji. I am very sad to hear this," Mann posted on X on Friday. He described Dr Sohal as a hardworking and ...Read More
Hyderabad, Jun 27 (PTI) The Telangana government will take a "prudent" decision on the fee structure in the state's engineering colleges, considering the teaching standards, laboratory facilities and other aspects of technical education. In view of a growing demand for courses like artificial intelligence (AI), which also have a strong impact on the technology sector, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy wants the engineering colleges in the southern state to compete with world-class institutions, ac...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) India has so far evacuated more than 4,400 Indian nationals from Iran and Israel in 19 special flights under Operation Sindhu launched on June 18 to bring home its citizens amid an ongoing conflict between the two countries, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The evacuated Indian nationals included "more than 1,500 women and 500 children", the MEA said in a statement on Friday. "The government of India is deeply committed to the safety and well-being o...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 27 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has asked his party workers to burn the government resolution (GR) on Hindi language in state schools on June 29, a day before the Maharashtra legislature's Monsoon Session is set to begin. Thackeray will be present when the copies of the GR are burnt in south Mumbai, said party vibhagpramukh (area chief) Santosh Shinde. On June 17, the Maharashtra government issued a GR making Hindi "generally" the third language, and not mandatory, ...Read More
Chandigarh, Jun 27 (PTI) Former Punjab DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya on Friday met a team of the Vigilance Bureau which is probing the disproportionate assets case against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia and said he shared his "experience and knowledge" with it regarding the drug case registered against the former minister in 2021. The Vigilance Bureau on June 25 arrested Majithia in a disproportionate assets case allegedly involving the laundering of Rs 540 crore of "drug...Read More
Pune, Jun 27 (PTI) Three Bangladeshi nationals were held in a joint operation of the Military Intelligence and Ahilyanagar police for illegally staying in the country, an official said on Friday. Jahangir Shaikh (34), Hanif Khalid (40) and Mushrif Shaikh (40) were working at a construction site in Pokhardi village in Ahilyanagar district, some 120 kilometres from here. "They were held on Thursday following a tip off. A probe has found they entered India without a valid visa or other requisite ...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) The Delhi government has directed all district magistrates to conduct regular inspections of night shelters across the city, following reports of serious mismanagement, fake staff and unsafe conditions for residents. Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood chaired a high-level meeting at the Delhi Secretariat on Friday to review the functioning of the night shelters operated by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB). The meeting, attended by senior DUSIB offic...Read More
Ahmedabad, Jun 27 (PTI) A video showing a man attending a virtual hearing at the Gujarat High Court from a toilet seat went viral on Friday. The incident occurred on June 20 when Justice Nirzar S Desai was hearing a case. A man wearing a yellow t-shirt logged in using a mobile phone, with the name on the screen identifying him as 'Samad Battery'. Shockingly, the video shows that he had been sitting on a toilet seat while he attended the proceedings through video link. Since the COVID-19 pand...Read More
Chennai/New Delhi, June 27 (UNI) The CBI conducted nation-wide raids at 42 locations in five states and arrested nine people in connection with Mule Bank Accounts being used in Cyber frauds. In continuation of its on-going efforts to combat Cyber Crime and Digital Arrest Scams, the CBI acting on specific information and after verification launched coordinated searches at 42 locations across five States--Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh--as part of the Operation Chakra...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) Around 70 per cent of startups covered in a survey have started leveraging artificial intelligence for core business functions, social media major Meta said in a report on Friday. The Meta Emerging Businesses Report prepared by professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal, India covered insight based on survey of 100 high growth Indian startups. "More than 70 per cent of startups are integrating it into their business operations. In marketing alone, 87 per cent of AI ado...Read More
Shimla, Jun 27 (PTI) Raking up the issue of Emergency after fifty years is "meaningless", said Himachal Pradesh Congress MLA Kuldeep Singh Rathore on Friday. He claimed that the BJP is raising the issue to divert people's attention from the failures of their government, Rathore said. The failure of the foreign policy of the BJP government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is evident and it also failed to tackle the burning issues like rising prices, unemployment and law and order, he told...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 27 (PTI) The Hyderabad Heroes finished at the top of the points table at the end of the league stage of Season 1 of the Rugby Premier League after a commanding 31-7 win over Delhi Redz, here on Friday. The Heroes came out firing, scoring in the first minute through Sukumar Hembrom before Terio Tamani converted. Sambit Pradhan, Joji Nasova and Lautaro Velez added tries, with Manuel Moreno sealing the win later on. In the second match, the Mumbai Dreamers gave their fans something t...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) During Operation Sindoor, Indian naval ships, submarines and aircraft were operationally ready and deployed, projecting strength and preparedness to deter any "potential actions from our western adversary" in the maritime domain, Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said on Friday. "This rapid and measured response not only showcased our strategic reach and maritime dominance, but sent a clear message of resolve, forcing our adversary to plead for ceasefire, I would say,...Read More
Noida, Jun 27 (PTI) Following a police raid, 42 elderly individuals were rescued from an "illegal" old age home. Disturbing conditions were uncovered, including some women being tied up, many residents without clothing, and others confined to rooms resembling basements, officials said on Friday. During a raid conducted on Thursday in the presence of members from the Uttar Pradesh State Women Commission and the State Welfare Department, the old age home was found in a deplorable condition, they ...Read More
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), June 27 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said he has always prioritised IT and law and order, stressing that development is possible only when law and order is maintained and criminal activities are curbed. Speaking at the 'AI (Artificial Intelligence) for AP Police-Hackathon 2025' event held at an engineering college near Guntur, Naidu asserted that as long as he is the Chief Minister, there will be no place for criminals in the state. ...Read More
Ahmedabad, Jun 27 (PTI) The 148th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath passed off peacefully in Ahmedabad on Friday in the presence of thousands of devotees, who thronged to catch a glimpse of the deity, although this year's annual event witnessed a brief disruption after an elephant ran amok. It took around 12 hours for the yatra to conclude as it traversed through different parts of the city. One person was injured after the male elephant, agitated by excessive noise, broke a barricade and rushed in...Read More