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Mumbai, Sept 15 (PTI) Intermittent rains since midnight inundated several areas across Mumbai, affecting traffic on roads and local train as well as monorail services on Monday. Amid rains, a monorail train came to an abrupt halt on tracks between the Antop Hill Bus Depot and GTBN station in Wadala due to a "technical snag", following which all 17 passengers onboard were rescued, officials said, adding that it was the second such incident in less than a month. The rain activity reduced in the ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 15 (PTI) A monorail train came to an abrupt halt on tracks due to a "technical snag" in Mumbai on Monday morning, following which all 17 passengers onboard were rescued, officials said, adding the incident was the second in less than a month. The incident took place at 7:16 am between the Antop Hill Bus Depot and GTBN monorail station in Wadala, they said. "Today, a technical snag occurred in one of the mono trains. As per safety protocols, all 17 passengers on board were swiftly a ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 15 (PTI) A truck driver, allegedly abducted after a road rage incident in Navi Mumbai, has been rescued from the house of former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in Pune, police said on Monday. Khedkar has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. The alleged abduction took place on Mulund-Airoli road in Navi Mumbai township on Saturday evening when Prahlad Kumar (22) was driving his concrete mixer truck, the poli ...Read More >
MUMBAI: After a slow August and a muted September so far, the IPO market is gearing up for a busy week, reminiscent of July, which saw record collections of over Rs 27,000 crore. This week, 13 companies are expected to launch their primary issues, aiming to raise nearly Rs 8,700 crore. Had Tata Capital proceeded with its mega issue of around Rs 18,000 crore as mandated by the Reserve Bank, September would have set a new record. So far, the month has seen only six mainboard issues, but the comin ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 14 (PTI) The Shiv Sena (UBT) members on Sunday raised slogans and even destroyed a television set as part of their protests in different parts of Maharashtra against the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match scheduled in Dubai. Traditional rivals India and Pakistan will face off in Dubai, in what will be the first match between the two sides since the military conflict in May, when India launched strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan-controlled territories after 26 persons, m ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 14 (PTI) The BJP on Sunday accused Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray of hypocrisy over his call to boycott the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match, and questioned his alliance with the Congress, blaming it for emboldening Pakistan in the past. Traditional rivals India and Pakistan will face off in Dubai on Sunday evening in what will be the first match between the two sides since the escalation of the border conflict in May when India launched strikes on terror infrastructure ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 14 (PTI) The DRI has seized 28 containers carrying cosmetics and dry dates of Pakistani origin and valued at about Rs 12 crore at the Nhava Sheva port in Navi Mumbai and arrested two persons in this connection, officials said. The consignments were procured by three Indian importers in blatant violation of prohibitions imposed by the government on the import of Pakistani-origin goods, the officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said on Saturday. A Dubai-based Ind ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 2 (PTI) Maharashtra Special IG Manojkumar Sharma on Tuesday met cabinet minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, who heads the cabinet sub-committee on Maratha reservation, as activist Manoj Jarange's protest for quota entered its fifth day. The meeting assumed significance as the Bombay High Court is scheduled to hear later in the day a petition concerning the ongoing agitation at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai. Sharma, who is the Special Inspector General of Police (law and order), visite ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 2 (PTI) Activist Manoj Jarange, who has been staging a hunger strike to seek quota for Marathas, on Tuesday said he is ready for talks with the government, but asserted he will not leave Mumbai till his demands are met. Jarange, whose agitation at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai entered its fifth day, claimed the protesters have not violated any law and that nobody can stop Marathas from entering the state capital. He alleged that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was giving ...Read More >
The action begins on August 29 with India's first match at 3:00 PM IST. Credit: X|@TheHockeyIndia The Hero Men's Asia Cup Hockey 2025 will be staged in Rajgir, Bihar, from August 29 to September 7, bringing together eight of the continent's best sides. Hosts India will be chasing their first title since 2017, while defending champions South Korea arrive with a record five Asia Cup crowns. At stake is more than continental bragging rights: the winner secures direct qualification for the 2026 FIH ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 14 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed grief over the loss of hockey legend and Olympic bronze medalist Vece Paes, saying that "his contribution to hockey and sports medicine will be remembered". Indian hockey legend and Olympic bronze medalist Vece Paes, also the father of tennis legend Leander Paes, passed away on Thursday morning. The official X of Hockey India (HI) announced his unfortunate demise at the age of 80.Taking to X, Wes ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 14 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed grief over the loss of hockey legend and Olympic bronze medalist Vece Paes, saying that his contribution to hockey and sports medicine will be remembered. Indian hockey legend and Olympic bronze medalist Vece Paes, also the father of tennis legend Leander Paes, passed away on Thursday morning. The official X of Hockey India (HI) announced his unfortunate demise at the age of 80. Taking to X, We ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 14 (PTI) Mumbai Police have registered a case against actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra for allegedly duping a businessman of Rs 60.4 crore in a loan-cum-investment deal in their now defunct company Best Deal TV Private Limited, officials said on Thursday. However, a lawyer representing Shetty and businessman Kundra denied the allegations, saying this was a "baseless and malicious case" aimed at maligning his clients, and appropriate action was being initiated against t ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 14: Medulla Communications Pvt. Ltd., one of the world's most awarded healthcare-specialist advertising agencies, has announced the launch of its new hub in Singapore. With over 15 years of experience in solving complex healthcare challenges, Medulla is now looking to create a super-specialist category as the first digital healthcare advertising agency in Asia. New Hub to Deliver Scalable, Specialist Healthcare Marketing Solutions Across APAC. Also Read | Ne ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and its affiliated national sports federations (NSFs) projected a united front in approving the country's bid for the Commonwealth Games in 2030, with Ahmedabad, Delhi and Bhubaneswar emerging as the possible host cities. The IOA, following a government-engineered truce between the sports body's president PT Usha and 12 of its Executive Council (EC) members, held a "cordial" Special General Body Meeting (SGBM) here on Wednesday to "...approve bid t ...Read More >
Shivamogga: Even as chief minister Siddaramaiah called the act of mixing toxic substances in the govt primary school's water tank last week an act of terror, the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) has initiated a suo motu complaint regarding the pesticide contamination at the Hoovinakone school.The panel has requested a report from Shivamogga's deputy director of the public education department.The KSCPCR has sought a report. KSCPCR member Shashidhar Kosambe state ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 20 (PTI) Veteran filmmaker Chandra Barot, best known for the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer "Don", passed away on Sunday due to cardiac arrest at a hospital in Mumbai, his wife said. He was 86. Barot was battling 'Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis' (IPF-fibrosis of lungs) for the past 11 years and had been receiving treatment at the Guru Nanak Hospital, as per his family. "Chandra passed away at the Guru Nanak Hospital this morning at 6.30 due to cardiac arrest caused by a chest infect ...Read More >
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Golden Temple in Punjab's Amritsar received another bomb threat on Tuesday. The dog squad has been deployed at the Golden Temple premises as part of a security check. The holy site for Sikhs received a bomb threat via e-mail for the second consecutive day. Also Read | India Raises Pahalgam Terror Attack at SCO Meeting: EAM S Jaishankar Calls for 'Uncompromising Position' on Combatting Terrorism. Pratap Singh, Secretary of the Shiromani Gurdwara Pa ...Read More >
Pune, Jul 15 (PTI) The Juvenile Justice Board on Tuesday rejected the Pune city police's application seeking that the 17-year-old boy accused in the Porsche car crash be tried as an adult for the trial in the case. The boy is accused of driving the luxury car in Kalyani Nagar area of Pune in an inebriated state and mowing down motorcycle-borne IT professionals Anish Awadhiya and Ashwini Costa in May last year. Citing sections of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) The Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.5 per cent in the current financial year, despite geo-political tensions and trade policy uncertainties, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman S Mahendra Dev said on Tuesday. In an interview with PTI, Dev further said that domestic growth will be driven by low inflation, resulting from good monsoon and benign interest rate regime, triggered by three back-to-back rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India ...Read More >
Pune, Jul 15 (PTI) The Juvenile Justice Board on Tuesday rejected the Pune police's plea seeking that a 17-year-old boy accused of driving a Porsche car in an inebriated state and mowing down two persons last year be treated as an adult for the trial in the case. The incident, which hit national headlines, took place in Kalyani Nagar area here on May 19 last year, resulting in the deaths of motorcycle-borne IT professionals Anish Awadhiya and his friend Ashwini Costa. The Pune police last year ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 14 ( PTI) Gangster Suresh Pujari has allegedly been manhandled during a scuffle between two groups of inmates inside the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, officials said on Monday. No one was injured in the incident which took place in the central prison last week, they said. The police have registered a case against seven persons, including Pujari, for indulging in the fight, the officials said. The incident occurred on July 6 after a heated argument over an inmate spreading his legs w ...Read More >
Bhopal, Jul 13 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh minister Narendra Shivaji Patel has said MP and Nepal share unique and special cultural ties which will be bolstered, and efforts will be made to enhance bilateral economic cooperation between India and the neighbouring country. The minister of state for public health and medical education was speaking at the 'India-Nepal Economic Cooperation Meet 2025' hosted by the Embassy of Nepal in India and the PHDCCI India-Nepal Centre here on Saturday evening. "Madhy ...Read More >
Vadodara, Jul 10 (PTI) The death toll in the Mahisagar river bridge collapse in Gujarat's Vadodara district reached 18, officials said on Thursday while adding that the search-and-rescue operation at the site has been halted for the night. It will resume on Friday morning as two persons are still missing, they informed. Several vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar river after a segment of the four-decade-old bridge, connecting Anand and Vadodara districts, collapsed near Gambhira village close ...Read More >
Thane, Jul 10 (PTI) Police arrested the principal of a private school and four others in Thane where girl students were allegedly made to strip to check if they were menstruating, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred at the school in Shahapur area of Maharashtra's Thane district on Tuesday after bloodstains were found in its toilet, they said. It sparked outrage among the girls' parents, who protested on the school premises and sought action against its management and teachers inv ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 10 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday inaugurated the reconstructed Carnac Road Over Bridge (ROB) in south Mumbai, which has been rechristened as "Sindoor Bridge" as a tribute to Indian military's 'Operation Sindoor'. The Indian Army has showcased exceptional courage and strategic precision during 'Operation Sindoor' by striking deep into terrorist bases in Pakistan's hinterland, Fadnavis told reporters. "This renaming is a tribute to our armed forces an ...Read More >
Thane: Police have arrested the principal and another staffer of a private school in Thane where girl students were allegedly made to strip to check if they were menstruating, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred at the R S Damani school in Shahapur area of Maharashtra's Thane district on Tuesday after bloodstains were found in its toilet, they said. It sparked an outrage among the girls' parents, who protested on the school premises on Wednesday and sought action against its mana ...Read More >
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'red alert' for Delhi on Thursday. Skies will remain generally cloudy, with moderate to heavy rainfall expected throughout the day. Residents should also brace for possible lightning and gusty winds ranging between 30-40 kmph, potentially reaching up to 50 kmph during heavier spells. A red alert is the highest level of weather warning, signalling extremely heavy rainfall. It indicates serious threats to life and property, with a high risk o ...Read More >
Vadodara, Jul 9 (PTI) Eleven persons, including two siblings, were killed and nine others rescued as several vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar river after a portion of a four-decade-old bridge collapsed in Gujarat's Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, officials said. A slab of the Gambhira bridge, which connects central Gujarat to the Saurashtra region of the state, collapsed, killing eleven persons, Superintendent of Police (Vadodara rural) Rohan Anand said. Visuals from the site showed ...Read More >
Thane, Jul 9 (PTI) A deputy executive engineer of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company has been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a person in Raigad district, the Anti-Corruption Bureau said on Wednesday. A man approached the accused, posted at the power company's Pen circle office, for expediting the issuance of a license required to relocate three high-voltage cables passing through a private land at Khalapur, Raigad. The work was assigned to a company r ...Read More >
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