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THANE: A 30-year-old man suffered grievous injuries after falling between the platform and railway track at Thane railway station while allegedly performing stunts on a moving train on Tuesday night. According to officials, the legs of the victim, Purshottam Paswan, got severed from the ankles in the mishap. Paswan, a native of Jharkhand, was travelling on the Indrayani Express from Pune. When he fell, alert passengers immediately informed the train guard, who applied the emergency brake and br ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The arrest of a 48-year-old bootlegger on Monday has evoked a sense of déjà vu: this is the second time he, along with the same camels, has been arrested in six months for trying to smuggle liquor on camelback into the Capital from Faridabad through a forest stretch. Delhi Police had first uncovered the new tactic deployed by liquor traffickers to outsmart police surveillance in September last year. Acting on a tip-off, on Monday, police laid a trap for Faridabad resident Vinod Bhad ...Read More >
Salman Khan's brother Sohail Khan sold a commercial property in Mumbai's Andheri for Rs 5.90 crore, including three parking spaces, marking another Khan family real estate move. Bollywood actor Sohail Khan has sold a commercial property in Mumbai's Andheri area. It has been reported that the actor sold the property for about Rs 5.90 crore, as per documents accessed by a real estate analytics firm. The report states that the office space has a carpet area of 1,559 sq ft and was sold along with t ...Read More >
New Delhi: Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sk Hasina, who has been in exile in India since the ouster of her government in August 2024, has sent a legal notice to Dhaka, seeking that her death sentence be set aside as "legally void". Any further proceedings against her are to be conducted in compliance with international fair trial standards, she has said. In 2025, a tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced Hasina to death, after accusing her of being involved in the deaths of students who were ...Read More >
Ranchi: In a move that will affect consumers across the industrial belt, the Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) on Tuesday announced a revised power tariff for areas served by Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for 2026-27.JSERC chairperson Justice Navneet Kumar said, "DVC proposed a 45% tariff hike; however, after a prudent check, the commission approved a 40% hike."DVC is the primary supplier for Dhanbad and Bokaro districts, as well as several parts of Ramgarh, Hazaribag, ...Read More >
PUNE: The Maharashtra government has retained the ready reckoner (RR) rates for the upcoming financial year; joint inspector general of registration (IGR) Rajendra Muthe said on Tuesday. This, despite the state's IGR department marginally missing its revenue target for 2025-26, collecting ₹60,568.94 crore -- about 95.38% of its target of ₹63,500 crore. Officials said that the RR rates have been retained after consultations with builders, citizens and NGOs owing to inflationary pressures and glob ...Read More >
Pune: The pre-Special Intensive Revision (pre-SIR) exercise currently underway has thrown up various challenges for the government staff as well as the citizens. The exercise is the first step ahead of the formal voter list revision process, when officials visit households to verify existing voter details. Pune district collector Jitendra Dudi said the current phase, which began in the first week of March, involves preliminary verification by government staff, after which Booth Level Officers ( ...Read More >
Mumbai: The state government has decided to leave ready reckoner rates unchanged for the 2026-27 financial year on account of a slow down in the real estate sector, drop in revenue collection from stamp duty and registration, and the ongoing war in west Asia which has disrupted fuel and gas supplies. Revenue minister Chadrashekhar Bawankule said various industry associations had also urged the government to maintain status quo on RR rates or minimum rates for property transactions in various ar ...Read More >
Kolkata: Ryan Williams waited two years and five months for the night to happen. And four minutes to make it memorable. No Indian has scored sooner on debut. It was the first of many firsts in Kochi. First win of the 2027 Asian Cup qualifying campaign, first for Khalid Jamil as head coach and a first goal for Akash Mishra whose 50th minute volley made the 2-1 result against Hong Kong possible. This was India's first win in seven matches since March 19, 2025 when they beat Maldives 3-0 in a frie ...Read More >
Ever since Dhurandhar 2, also known as Dhurandhar: The Revenge, released on March 18, 2026, fans have been rushing to the theatres to check out the film. This is after the first part of the Aditya Dhar directorial, which came out at the end of last year, on December 5, 2025, became a massive hit among cinephiles. In Dhurandhar 2, the film's well-crafted plot, unexpected twists, suitably scored background music, and stellar performances by the actors have been drawing a lot of attention. Amid thi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - The Indian police have arrested a man for smuggling alcohol into the capital Delhi using camels, seizing two animals and a large consignment of liquor. The camels were used to carry the alcohol through "forest routes" from the neighbouring city of Faridabad in Haryana state across state lines into the sprawling megacity of Delhi - where taxes on alcohol are far higher. "Staff... busted an illicit liquor smuggling racket using camels for transportation," police said in a statement a ...Read More >
The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) announced the Class 12 board exam results on Tuesday. Science recorded 97.52% pass percentage, Commerce 98.50%, while Arts recorded 97.54%. Education and Panchayati Raj Minister Madan Dilawar announced the results from the Udaipur district collector's office. The RBSE Class 12 results was declared at 10am on March 31, 2026. The students can check their scores on the official website, rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in. Candidates can also access the ...Read More >
Mumbai: A 29-year-old woman from Thane's Mumbra was cheated of Rs 6.75 lakh by a man posing as an NRI on a matrimonial site and an unknown woman who helped him. An FIR has been registered against the man and an unidentified woman who is believed to have assisted in the fraud. Here's What Happened The fraud reportedly took place between January and March 2026. According to a Hindustan Times report, the woman connected with the accused, identified as Adnan Ahmed, on a matrimonial site. The man c ...Read More >
Kochi: Renowned South director Chidambaram S Poduval has been booked on charges of sexual harassment. Poduval, who helmed successful Malayalam films like 'Jan.E.Man' (2021) and the 2024 blockbuster 'Manjummel Boys', has been accused of forcibly entering a woman's apartment in Kochi in 2022 and sexually harassing her. "The woman complainant was also active in the film industry. Based on her complaint and statement, we have registered a case. Since the incident is from 2022, we are in the proces ...Read More >
Mumbai: Relatives of Ramdhani Yadav, who was killed after a portion of a parapet at a Metro rail construction site in Mulund collapsed on Saturday, collected his body from Rajawadi Hospital on Monday after accepting a compensation package of Rs. 39.5 lakh. The total compensation included Rs. 15 lakh from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and Rs. 24.5 lakh from Milan Road Buildtech, the subcontractor at the site engaged by the main contractor, Reliance-Astaldi, reporte ...Read More >
Rashmika Mandanna pictured at Mumbai airport ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda plan to marry on February 26 in Udaipur * A paparazzo wished Rashmika, "Shadi mubarak ho" at Mumbai airport * Rashmika was spotted at Mumbai airport amid wedding speculation Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda will reportedly get married on February 26 in a private ceremony in the p ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Amid growing wedding buzz around Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna, their alleged wedding invitation card has gone viral on social media, sending fans into a frenzy. The circulating invite claims that the couple will tie the knot on February 26, followed by a grand reception in Hyderabad on March 4. The viral invite reads: "I'm writing to share some special news and to invite you to be part of a huge moment. With the love and blessings of our families, Rashmika and I will be ge ...Read More >
New Delhi: With 260 Adverse Analytical Findings (AAFs) from over 7000 samples tested by National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) in 2024, India remains in the top tier of the global doping charts, a recent report from World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has revealed. In percentage terms, a positivity rate of 3.6% comfortably puts India ahead of sporting powerhouses such as the USA, China, UK, and Russia, each of who, barring the US, tested more than India. While NADA's National Dope Testing Laboratory (N ...Read More >
Lucknow: The fourth T20I between India and South Africa at Lucknow was finally called off on Wednesday evening after a frustrating three-hour wait. The match was called off as dense fog enveloped the stadium, lowering visibility, despite the lights. Safety of players was of primary concern, match officials said. Even the toss, supposed to be held at 6.30 pm, could not be held. The umpires took a final call at 9.30 pm after inspecting the ground. Such inspections were held every 30 minutes afte ...Read More >
Mumbai: With cousins Raj and Uddhav Thackeray set to announce an alliance for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, and Marathi identity expected to dominate the campaign, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashish Shelar on Tuesday announced that a "Marathi manoos" will be the mayor if the party comes to power in India's richest civic body. This is the first time the BJP has made such a declaration, coming at a time when anonymous posters bearing the slogan "M ...Read More >
NAGPUR: A debt-ridden farmer from a remote village in Chandrapur district was forced to sell his kidney in 2024 in a bid to repay loans taken from moneylenders. The rate of interest charged by the moneylenders was so steep that the farmer Roshan Sadashiv Kude's total liability on loans worth ₹1 lakh has reached ₹74 lakh, and even the ₹8 lakh he had received by selling a kidney was not enough to settle the account, Kude told Hindustan Times. "I lost my kidney to repay the loan. I have nothing le ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The first hearing on fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's appeal against his extradition to India, scheduled for Tuesday in London, has been postponed until the end of February 2026, people familiar with the development said. Officials said the hearing was postponed because Nirav Modi's legal team requested time to submit certain documents. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) team travelled to London for Tuesday's hearing and is understood to have m ...Read More >
New Delhi: When Delhi Capitals picked Auqib Nabi for ₹8.4 crore at the IPL auction, the eight-figure price tag told only part of the story. For followers of Indian domestic cricket, the Jammu & Kashmir pacer's rise is less a surprise and more the reward for years of quiet, relentless work. Coming from Baramulla in north Kashmir, Nabi has never had the luxury of shortcuts. He has built his career spell by spell, season by season, emerging as J&K's bowling spearhead and one of the most consistent ...Read More >
On 16th December (Tuesday) the Election Commission (EC) released West Bengal's draft electoral registers following Special Intensive Revision (SIR). According to officials, the names of over 58 lakh voters were removed for a variety of reasons, such as death, migration, and failure to submit enumeration forms. 24 lakh of these names are designated as "dead," 19 lakh as "relocated," 12 lakh as "missing", and 1.3 lakh as "duplicate". According to official data, the state's draft electoral rolls a ...Read More >
Kolkata: Over 58 lakh names of pre-existing voters have been deleted from the draft electoral roll published for West Bengal on Tuesday. This is part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process by the Election Commission of India (ECI) before the 2026 Assembly elections in the state. The names have been deleted due to death, relocation, duplication, missing, and other reasons. West Bengal CEO said that the exact number of voters deleted is 5,820,898, as per Hindustan Times. "Aggrie ...Read More >
New Delhi: Ranveer Singh's mimicry of the Daivas from the Kantara movie starring Rishab Shetty at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, courted massive controversy. While Ranveer shared an apology on social media after a few days, the lead star of Kantara and filmmaker Rishab Shetty has first time reacted to the incident. At an event by Behindwoods in Chennai, Rishab Shetty without naming Ranveer spoke on the stage about how there's always a risk when making a film like Kantar ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Racecourse will be rebranded as "Central Park" as part of a mega-makeover that will transform this colonial-era institution into a 295-acre open space that will also include entertainment facilities and an underground sports complex. Unveiling plans to create the "biggest central park in the history of an Indian city to date", deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde said 125 acres will be carved out of the racecourse, while the remaining 170 acres will be drawn from land ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's aviation watchdog has rolled back its new policy of weekly rest for pilots, reports said Friday (Dec 5), after chaos caused by hundreds of flight cancellations by the country's biggest airline, IndiGo. Airports across India have been in disarray since Monday, with the private carrier blaming the disruption on "unforeseen operational challenges". On Thursday, IndiGo admitted to aviation regulators that "misjudgment and planning gaps" in adapting to new rules led to the operat ...Read More >
Raj Nidimoru and Samantha Ruth Prabhu are in headlines once again as social media is abuzz with speculations that the two are reportedly set to tie the knot in Coimbatore on Monday. Raj Nidimoru, an Indian filmmaker and producer, works with Krishna D.K. and the duo is famous for series like The Family Man and Farzi. Raj Nidhumoru was married to Shhyamali De since 2015 but they broke off their relationship seven years later. Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu and 'The Family Man' director Raj Nidimoru ...Read More >
What was meant to be a well-publicized wedding is now the subject of rumors and intrigue. One of the key players in India's victory, Smriti Mandhana, was set to marry music composer Palash Muchhal on November 23, just weeks after the country won the Women's World Cup. That didn't happen though. Smriti's father, Shrinivas, fell ill on the day of the wedding and needed to be taken to the hospital. Palash was admitted to a hospital in Sangli, Smriti's hometown, the next day, and subsequently trans ...Read More >
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