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After the video of the incident went viral on social media, many users criticised the unruly behaviour of Kanwarias. Some users even commended the bravery displayed by the police officers in their efforts to save the man’s life. Since the Kanwar Yatra began on Monday, July 22, several incidents have been reported where Kanwariyas engaged in violence…

Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has asked district administration to stay alert.Pune collector Suhas Diwase has asked residents to stay indoors Pune: Heavy rain has led to waterlogging in several areas in Pune and Kolhapur and paralysed normal life. Schools have been shut and several residential apartments in Pune’s Pimpri-Chinchwad have been flooded. Three people have been…

Sonu Nigam, one of India’s most celebrated playback singers, recently attended the prayer meet for Tishaa Kumar, daughter of producer Krishan Kumar. The emotional gathering was held on July 23, 2024, in Mumbai, just days after Tishaa succumbed to a prolonged battle with cancer on July 18. Sonu Nigam, one of India’s most celebrated playback singers, recently…

The Court said that evidence before it did not show widespread leak of question paper as alleged by the petitioners who moved the Court. The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to order a reexamination for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test undergraduate exam for the year 2024 (NEET UG 2024). A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and…

Bhuvan Bam gets candid about his late dad’s drinking habit in his recent podcast interview, take a look at the viral video below Bhuvan Bam, one of India’s most beloved YouTubers, has not only showcased his comedic talents on his channel BB Ki Vines but has also ventured into acting with web series and short films. Despite…

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud was on Tuesday compelled to ask security to get a lawyer removed from the Supreme Court while hearing a batch of petitions against the irregularities in NEET. “I have seen judiciary for the last 24 years. I can’t let lawyers dictate procedure in this court,” the CJI said to advocate Mathews…

Hardik Pandya’s big gesture for Suryakumar Yadav ahead of the start of the Sri Lanka series put an end to the T20I captaincy chatter. As India’s captaincy in the shortest format remains the biggest talking point, the well-wishers of Indian cricket wonder how the change in leadership could impact the relationship between Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya.…

Hello readers, The Supreme Court of India is set to resume hearing on NEET-UG 2024 examination which will commence at 10:30 am. After hearing the pleas on Monday, the top court led by CJI D Y Chandrachud will hear Union government and NTA’s responses today. The apex court has also ordered IIT Delhi Director to constitute an…

A 19-second video which has been doing rounds on social media shows the machine writing homework and turning the page over and continuing writing on the next new page. In another interesting invention, 22-year-old Devadath P R — an engineering student from Kerala — has created a machine which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to write homework in…

Nirmala Sitharaman will lay on the table a statement (in English and Hindi) of the estimated receipts and expenditures of the government for the year 2024-25 in the Rajya Sabha. She will table the budget one hour after the conclusion of the presentation of the Union Budget 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha. New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala…

Dr. Jaiswal criticized the district administration and police for their inaction despite the scale of the fraud. After the Chit Fund mega scandal, another major scam has surfaced in Chhattisgarh’s Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur (MCB) and Korba districts, where individuals posing as cryptocurrency managers defrauded crores of rupees from the public under the guise of crypto investments and then disappeared.…

Experts said that dense forest cover, extreme climate changes and a large migrant population make the state prone to zoonotic infections. Kerala is on high alert after a 14-year-old boy in the Malappuram district was diagnosed with Nipah virus infection on Sunday. The re-emergence of the zoonotic disease poses a challenge to the state’s much-lauded robust public…

Dr Kayande, along with members of the Shiv Sena Mahila Aghadi, met the Mumbai Police Commissioner on Monday to express concerns over the content aired in the episode of Bigg Boss OTT season 3 on July 18, 2024. Shiv Sena Secretary and Spokesperson and member of the MLC Dr Manisha Kayande. Credit: Facebook/Manisha Kayande Shiv Sena Secretary…

The government said that all airport operators have been directed to carry out thorough evaluation of civil, electrical and technical aspects of airport buildings every year before the monsoons. The Central government told the Delhi High Court on Monday that a high-level committee has been constituted to probe the roof collapse at Terminal 1 of Delhi’s Indira…

Five of these companies are run from commercial addresses in Pune linked to Khedkar’s parents PROBATIONARY IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who is facing a UPSC probe for allegedly “faking her identity” to flout appearance norms for the civil services exams amid allegations of misusing caste and disability quotas, and her family are at the centre of a…

Actress Jasmin Bhasin became a household name because of her portrayal of Twinkle Taneja in the serial Tashan-e-Ishq. She recently revealed that she is undergoing treatment after her corneas were damaged. She had reportedly worn lenses during a work event in Delhi on July 17, 2024. Opening up about the entire ordeal, she recalled that she was…

Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation – and there’s no rolling around in the mud here. The first gene-edited pig organs ever transplanted into people came from animals born on this special research farm in the Blue Ridge mountains – behind locked gates,…

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Sunday that 500 students from Nepal, 38 from Bhutan and one from the Maldives have also arrived in India. New Delhi: More than 4,500 Indian students have returned home from Bangladesh as the neighbouring country continues to reel under violent clashes that have killed over 100 people. The Ministry…

With the latest additions, the tally of the confirmed and suspected infections in the state has gone up to 84 so far, while the death toll climbed to 32. Ahmedabad: Gujarat on Sunday reported 13 fresh suspected Chandipura virus cases and five fatalities, the state health department said. With the latest additions, the tally of the confirmed…

A soldier and the relative of a gallantry award winner were injured as suspected terrorists launched a two-pronged attack at a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri on Monday. The Indian Army said both the attempts were foiled followed by a search and cordon operation in the Gundha area of the district, after a security post…

The Ministry has advised the State to immediately implement public health measures such as active case search in the boy’s family and his neighbourhood, and in areas with similar topography of the place the case was detected The government will deploy a multi-member joint outbreak response team to support Kerala in investigating a Nipah virus case detected…

Petitioners said the directives were a deliberate attempt to discriminate on the grounds of religion and caste and a blatant violation of fundamental rights Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, academic Apoorvanand Jha and columnist Aakar Patel have separately moved the Supreme Court against directives issued by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to owners of shops along…

The locals said that the number of tourists has increased in the area as the waterfalls in Kharghar and other areas nearby were closed by the authorities as it is dangerous to visit those places during monsoon. Mumbai has been largely affected by heavy rains, impacting various parts of the city on Sunday. Around 70 tourists were…

Petitioners demand CBI probe be extended to centres in cities, States with large clusters of high-scoring candidates; centres in Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Rewari, Mahendragarh have unusual numbers of high-scorers An analysis of NEET-UG 2024 results shows that many students scoring high marks were clustered in particular centres located in certain cities or States. The National Testing Agency published…

PhonePe’s Chief Executive Officer Sameer Nigam issued an apology on Sunday, July 21, after facing a backlash from the netizens on the social media platform X. India’s digital payment operator, PhonePe’s Chief Executive Officer Sameer Nigam issued an apology on Sunday, July 21, after facing a backlash from the netizens for sharing his views about the new…

The EurAsian Times carried the report at a time when the two countries have been found in opposite corners on geostrategic issues. Diplomatic relation betwen Turkey and India have been at a new low over the past one decade. New Delhi: A report carried by an international newspaper Sunday claimed that the Turkish government has imposed a…

In a shocking incident of road rage, a woman who was riding a scooter in Maharashtra’s Pune with her two kids was physically assaulted by a man and left bleeding on the road. According to the victim’s testimony, the accused, an elderly man, who has now been arrested along with his wife, attempted to overtake her while…

Dinesh Saraogi is the CEO of Oman-based Vulcan Green Steel. The 65-year-old was accused of sexual harassment by a woman who alleged that he showed her adult movie clips on his phone and groped her onboard a flight. Dinesh Kumar Saraogi, the CEO of an Oman-based company, has been charged under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita…

Amidst gaps in regulation and monitoring, the hygiene of India’s restaurants and cloud kitchens is shrouded in uncertainty Bengaluru: Having waited a while for her peak-hour dinner order, Harshitha* tore through the ‘tamper-proof’ delivery tapes and eagerly opened up the boxes. A few bites later, to her horror, she caught sight of movement — a cockroach was…

‘In the past three days, a total of 953 people from India, Nepal and Bhutan, mostly students, and one from Canada have crossed over through Dawki ICP to the country from Bangladesh due to agitation there,’ a senior home department official said. Shillong/Guwahati: Altogether 284 more people entered India on Saturday from violence-hit Bangladesh via Dawki integrated…

Terming the move “unconstitutional,” the BJP leader questioned if he wants to establish Kerala as a “separate nation.” Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president K Surendran has slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government for appointing IAS officer K Vasuki as Foreign Secretary in the state, saying that it is a “blatant overreach” and a violation of the…

The Court analysed the provisions of voyeurism and stalking in detail. The Calcutta High Court recently quashed a case of voyeurism and stalking against a man who was booked by the Police in 2016 on allegations of secretly clicking photographs of a woman from his residence [Satyabrata Barik @ Mithu vs The State of West Bengal &…

Delhi to San Francisco flight made a precautionary landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport in Russia. Relief flight has been arranged by the carrier that will ferry guests out of Krasnoyarsk later Air India has shared a latest update on Delhi to San Francisco flight which made a precautionary landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport (KJA) in Russia. The…

Jindal Steel Chairperson Naveen Jindal has assured the woman that the matter will be investigated at the earliest and strict action will be taken. A woman was allegedly shown porn clips and groped by a senior executive from a Jindal group company aboard a flight from Kolkata to Abu Dhabi. Jindal Steel Chairperson Naveen Jindal has assured…

Manorama Khedkar was arrested from Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Thursday in connection with the viral video in which she is seen brandishing a firearm and threatening some villagers. Days after the mother of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar was arrested, Pune Police has seized a pistol and three bullets from her house, which she used to…

In January, the ED had searched premises linked to Surender Panwar and his aides in Sonepat. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested Sonepat Congress MLA Surender Panwar in connection with a money-laundering case linked to illegal mining in Yamunanagar and some other areas of the state. In January, the ED has searched premises linked to Panwar…

Several social media users in Karnataka have begun boycotting the digital payments app PhonePe after its CEO and co-founder, Sameer Nigam, criticised the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government’s proposed job reservation bill. Hashtags such as #UninstallPhonePe and #BoycottPhonePe started trending on the social media platform ‘X,’ with numerous users sharing screen recordings of uninstalling the digital payment app from…

Bangladesh on Friday announced the imposition of a curfew and the deployment of military forces amid deadly unrest that has spread throughout the country and claimed the lives of over 100 people. Protesting students are demanding that the Sheikh Hasina-led government should scrap a controversial job quota system. Here are some of the top updates from the…

According to the preliminary probe, the women workers first had symptoms of breathing and coughing, later they fainted after which they were all taken to nearby hospital for emergency treatment. 29 women workers of a fish plant in Thoothukudi district fainted due to an ammonia gas leak and were immediately rushed to an hospital nearby for treatment.…

The petitioners approached the Court seeking protection, claiming they are an inter-faith couple in a live-in relationship and were being threatened by the girl’s parents and brother. The Uttarakhand High Court recently granted police protection to an inter-faith couple in a live-in relationship subject to the condition that they register their relationship under the Uniform Civil Code…

It was held that PM Modi’s speech was “purely election propaganda for cornering the opponent” and that the allegations made in the complaint were far-fetched. The Lokpal of India on Friday refused to entertain a complaint against Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi over allegations that they received black…

The Samajwadi Party’s Bhiwandi East MLA Rais Shaikh accused the BJP, Shiv Sena (without specifying the faction) and Congress-NCP of doing injustice to his party’s workers. Upbeat after the Lok Sabha performance in Uttar Pradesh, leaders of the Samajwadi Party (SP) have said they expect that the I.N.D.I.A. bloc allies will give them the respect they deserve…

In south Mumbai, continuous rainfall was observed through the night of Friday and Saturday began with heavy rainfall that is expected to continue Heavy rainfall is expected to continue to keep Mumbaikars on toes. Traffic snarls are expected with water logging in low lying areas. Trains are expected to run a little behind schedule on the Central…

Manoj Soni had submitted his resignation to the President a month ago, but the government has yet to decide on it. Amid the ongoing controversy regarding the use of fake caste and disability certificates by UPSC candidates for selection, news has emerged that Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Chairperson Manoj Soni has resigned. According to a report…

A US police officer has been fired for saying that an Indian student’s life was of “limited value” after she died last year. The Seattle Police Department said that officer Daniel Auderer’s comments about Jaahnavi Kandula’s death were “vile” and callous”, The Seattle Times reported. Kandula, 23, was fatally struck down in January by another police vehicle…

Notably, AAP, the then an ally of Congress as INDIA bloc constituent, had fought the recent Lok Sabha elections in Haryana in alliance, though had no such truck in Punjab; The assembly elections in Haryana are due in October this year. Sounding the poll bugle in Haryana, senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders accompanied by Punjab chief…

Apart from creating confusion among the general public, such activities also hurt local traditions and religious beliefs and there is also a possibility of outrage at the local level, Secretary Shailesh Bagauli said. The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Thursday decided to implement strict legal provisions to stop use of names similar to the four Dhams in the state,…

The Supreme Court on Thursday heard a clutch of petitions seeking re-test or cancellation of the 2024 NEET-UG. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday heard a clutch of petitions seeking re-test or cancellation of the 2024 NEET-UG – for entrance to undergraduate medical courses – and raised concerns over the stand of the Centre and the…

The saffron party’s central leadership has instructed the warring factions, one led by CM Yogi Adityanath and the other by his deputy Keshav Maurya, to focus on the bypolls keeping aside their differences. Lucknow/New Delhi: Amid the ongoing turmoil within the Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP triggered by deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s veiled criticism of…

The government’s Information Disorder Tackling Unit (IDTU) started operations quietly during the Lok Sabha election through its website satya.karnataka.gov.in Karnataka’s first government-sponsored fight against fake news has ended after a 90-day trial in which authorities combed 64,000 articles per day on the internet, resulting in at least 18 FIRs and some lessons to tighten the system further.…

New Delhi: It will take another 19 years to do away with the backlog of child marriage cases with our current resources, a report has revealed. The report, ‘Towards Justice: Ending Child Marriage’, released by the NCPCR on Wednesday also showed a model that has worked — A reduction of 80 per cent in cases in 20…

The encounter took place at Jaddan Bata village in Kastigarh area around 2:00 am when terrorists opened fire on a temporary security camp established in a government school for the ongoing search operations, the officials said. Jammu: Two soldiers were injured in an encounter with terrorists in a forest village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district early…

Jitan Sahani, 70, was found murdered at his house in Jirat village under the Biraul police station in Darbhanga district, Bihar, on July 16, 2024. Special investigation team of Bihar police on Wednesday arrested the main accused in the murder of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani’s father, Jitan Sahani. The accused, Kazim Ansari (49), is…

The Pune ACB unit has sought directions from the ACB headquarters, as there is already an ongoing inquiry regarding disproportionate assets to known sources of income by the Nashik division of the ACB against Dilip Khedkar. Pune: The Pune unit of the Anti Corruption Bureau has received a complaint application seeking an open inquiry against Dilip Khedkar,…

The ‘wagh nakh’ will now be taken to Satara in western Maharashtra and put on display from Friday. The ‘wagh nakh’ or tiger claw-shaped weapon used by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was brought to Mumbai from a London museum today, state Culture Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said. This wagh nakh will now be taken to Satara in western Maharashtra…

Aanvi Kamdar was on a trip with seven friends to the waterfall when she slipped into a deep crevice while they were filming a video. Aanvi Kamdar, a 26-year-old Mumbai-based Instagram travel influencer, died after falling into a gorge at Kumbhe waterfall near Maharashtra’s Raigad while shooting a reel, authorities have confirmed. Aanvi Kamdar was on a…

One PSI of C60 and one jawan have suffered bullet injuries An ops was launched today around 10 am from Gadchiroli in which 7 C60 parties led by Dy SP Ops have been sent near Chattisgarh Border in Wandoli Village as credible Intel was received of location of 12-15 Naxals camping near the village. An heavy exchange…

Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder made the remarks at a press conference in Washington on Tuesday. Milwaukee: India is a “strategic” ally, and the United States is looking forward to continuing to develop that partnership, the Pentagon has said. Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder made the remarks at a press conference in Washington on Tuesday. “India is…

The Tribunal passed the order on a petition filed by ICICI Bank under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Hyderabad has admitted an insolvency petition filed by ICICI Bank against GVK Power and Infrastructure. Source: https://www.barandbench.com/news/nclt-holds-gvk-power-infra-bankrupt-admits-insolvency-petition-icici-bank

Thousands of people turned up in Mumbai’s Kalina for a walk-in interview conducted by Air India Airport Services Ltd. As the situation went out of control, the applicants were asked to submit their resumes and leave. Chaotic scenes were witnessed in Mumbai’s Kalina on Tuesday as thousands of jobseekers turned up for a walk-in interview conducted by…

Pooja Khedkar, the controversial probationary IAS officer currently under public scrutiny, has filed a police complaint alleging harassment against Pune District Collector Suhas Diwase. According to police sources, Khedkar filed the complaint with the Washim police on July 15. The complaint was transferred to the Pune police Tuesday night. According to the sources, the case is likely…

Surve, renowned for his poems about the struggles of the proletariat, died in 2010 and his daughter and son-in-law now live in his home Had he been alive he may well have written a poem on the man who broke into his house. Earlier this month, an as-yet unidentified thief broke into the house of one of…

“The Cabinet meeting held yesterday approved a bill to make recruitment of 100 per cent Kannadigas mandatory for ‘C and D’ grade posts in all private industries in the state,” Siddaramaiah said in a post on social media platform X. Bengaluru: The Karnataka cabinet has approved a bill mandating 100 per cent reservation for Kannadigas in private…

The deceased were warkaris (devotees of Lord Vitthal) who were on their way to Pandharpur for the Ashadhi Ekadashi celebrations from their hometown Dombivli near Mumbai, police said. Thousands of devotees have set off towards Pandharpur in the state for the occasion of Ashadhi Ekadashi tomorrow. However, a severe accident occurred on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway around 1…

Muhammad moved to the UK with his four children after paying a recruitment agent £19,000 – however soon after arriving in the country he found out there was no work for him. More than a hundred migrants and their families face being in Britain illegally after the company which sponsored them to come to work in the…

The closure call of Pollution Under Control Centres (PUCC) by the Delhi Petrol Dealers’ Association (DPDA) comes following the Delhi government’s proposed hike in pollution certificate charges. New Delhi: Around 600 PUC centres across 400 petrol pumps in the national capital will remain closed from Monday in response to a protest call by petrol dealers and pump…

Prime Minister Modi visited the UN headquarters on June 21 last year, leading the historic Yoga Day commemoration at the North Lawn of the world body’s headquarters before heading to Washington DC for a State Visit hosted by Biden. United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Mod is likely to address the high-level UN General Assembly session here on…

The BCI has said that it will hold consultations with stakeholders to address issues in its Rules allowing the entry of foreign lawyers, as raised by Indian lawyers and law firms. Defending its decision to allow the entry of foreign law firms and lawyers into India, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has informed the Delhi High…

The victim, Riyazuddin, had been admitted on June 23 for treatment of an abdominal infection. A 32-year-old man was shot and killed by a teenager inside a ward at Delhi’s GTB Hospital on Sunday, according to police. The victim Riyazuddin, had been admitted on June 23 for treatment of an abdominal infection. The incident occurred in Ward…

Justice PS Narasimha not mincing his words stated that “unless and until people change internally there would be no use of law and people would be only filing petitions at the NGT.” Four Supreme Court judges, three of whom who are in line to be future Chief Justices of India, shed light on the dangers of climate…

The report shows the gains made in 2022 over 2021 has eroded a year later as the measles and DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus) vaccines could not be administered to over 350,000 kids in 2023, despite the Union Health Ministry’s campaigns. New Delhi: Three years after the pandemic, India’s child immunisation level is yet to reach the…

“The BJP’s conspiracy is not just to put Arvind Kejriwal in jail, rather it is a conspiracy to harm his health,” said AAP leader and Delhi Minister Atishi. New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has alleged that the Centre is conspiring to harm Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s health by keeping him in jail. Alleging that…

A key accused in the murder of BSP Tamil Nadu chief K Armstrong was shot dead here on Sunday after he attempted to assault police personnel and flee from custody, police said. When the accused, K Thiruvengadam, was taken by sleuths to a location in north Chennai as part of the investigation to unearth weapons concealed in…

The managing committee of the Delhi Petrol Dealers Association has thus resolved to close PUC centres at their retail outlets across Delhi from July 15 in light of arbitrary and grossly insufficient hike in PUC certification rates, which will not in any way mitigate the losses of the dealers in operating the PUC centres, the statement said.…

Saturday, July 13: After grappling with incessant downpours and massive waterlogging for an entire week, Mumbaikars once again woke up to heavy rains on Saturday morning. The relentless rainfall led to severe inundation in several areas, including the APMC Market in Turbhe Mafco, Navi Mumbai, and King’s Circle. City authorities have also issued a ‘high tide’ warning,…

After 46 years, the treasury of 12th-century Jagannath temple in Puri was audited. The chamber contained gold, silver, and jewels. No snakes were found inside. The inner chamber of the treasury of the 12th-century Jagannath temple in Puri was reopened on Sunday for an audit of valuables after 46 years, officials aware of the matter said, underscoring…

Puja recently came under intense media glare after she kicked up a controversy with her alleged demands for a separate cabin and staff during her posting in Pune and her abrupt transfer to Washim district. The father of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, accused of using fake disability and OBC certificates to clear the civil services…

Election Results 2024: The BJP, which returned for a record third term at the Centre last month, managed to claim only two seats in the bypolls. The Opposition INDIA bloc won 10 of the 13 seats that went to polls across seven states, backing up their strong show in the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP, which returned…

Delhi Police’s Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operation (IFSO) cell has registered an FIR over an alleged lewd remark made on the widow of Kirti Chakra Captain Anshuman Singh on social media platform X, officials said on Saturday. The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday took a suo motu cognisance and filed a complaint before Delhi Police…

The speed of the train was slow and it stopped on the bridge but by that time the couple had jumped. The train driver and the guard got down from the bridge and picked up the couple, who were seriously injured. Jaipur: A young couple jumped from the Jogmandi railway bridge in Pali after seeing the train…

The Court explained that for Talaq/ Talaak (divorce) pronouncement to be valid, it has to be pronounced at a specific interval, in the presence of witnesses and after efforts to reconcile do not bear any fruit. The mere pronouncement Talaak or Talaq (a form of divorce) three times by a husband is not enough to end a…

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud recently spoke at the convocation ceremony of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, on the value of embracing local languages as a way of efficient justice delivery mechanism. In the address, he highlighted the cultural adjustments he faced moving from Mumbai to Allahabad as a High Court Judge and how these experiences…

A CBI Exclusive Magistrate had on July 2 rejected the CBI’s application seeking remand of the accused persons. The Patna High Court on Friday permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take custody of 13 persons accused in a National Eligibility cum Entrance Test undergraduate (NEET-UG 2024) paper leak case. [The Central Bureau of Investigation v.…

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Doval and Sullivan reiterated the need to work ‘collectively’ to address global challenges to peace and security and further expand the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held a phone conversation on Friday with his American counterpart Jake Sullivan amid some indication of unease…

BMC engineer Sunil Dalvi, who was posted at the ‘N’ ward was questioned by the crime branch but he was not arrested. The Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch filed a 3,299-page chargesheet in the Ghatkopar illegal hoarding collapse case which killed over 17 and injured 100 plus individuals during the incident that took place on May 13. According…

The Centre on Thursday constituted a single-member committee to investigate the eligibility of the controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar. Pune Rural Police on Friday registered an FIR against Manoram Khedkar and Dilip Khedkar, the parents of Maharashtra cadre IAS officer Dr. Puja Khedkar, and five others. This comes after a complaint from a local farmer who…

Prosecutors accused at least two of those tried of belonging to the Los Lobos crime gang – one of around 22 criminal gangs designated as terrorists. Five people convicted of murdering presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador have been jailed. The journalist and former legislator was shot as he left a rally in August 2023, becoming the…

The bypolls in 13 Assembly constituencies across seven states were the first electoral exercise since the Lok Sabha polls. The counting is currently underway for bypolls to 13 Assembly seats across seven states. The electoral exercise was the first since the Lok Sabha polls, which saw the BJP-led NDA forming the government for a third straight term.…

Regarded as a crucial ‘semi-final’ contest leading up to the Maharashtra Assembly election later this year, the MLC polls witnessed 11 seats up for grabs with 12 candidates vying for them The BJP entered the fray with five candidates, including Pankaja Munde, daughter of the late senior leader Gopinath Munde, who secured wins. Likewise, both the Shinde…

Speaking exclusively to India Today TV, Captain Anshuman Singh’s father, Ravi Pratap Singh, revealed that his daughter-in-law not only relocated the official address in her late husband’s documents from Lucknow to Gurdaspur but also monopolised all communication regarding their son The family of the late Captain Anshuman Singh, who very courageously sacrificed his life during a fire…

MUMBAI: India could emerge as the world’s second largest economy by 2031 and the largest economy by 2060, riding on a stable investment rate, macroeconomic and financial stability, favourable demographics and growth multipliers like digitisation, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Michael Patra said on Friday. The role of monetary policy will be crucial in navigating…

According to experts, a strict cycle to eliminate horizontal transmission from adult mosquitoes and vertical transmission in the larvae will help reduce the transmission of Zika virus To combat the Zika virus disease threat in Maharashtra, especially Pune city, experts from the National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC), ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW),…