Voting begins in 264 Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats in Maharashtra
Voting was underway on Tuesday (December 2, 2025) across 264 Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats in the first phase of the local body elections in Maharashtra, where 6,042 seats and 264 posts of Council Presidents are up for grabs. The polling...
Bills To Replace GST Compensation Cess May Be Tabled In Lok Sabha Today
To replace the compensation cess (under goods and services tax, or GST) on demerit goods such as cigarettes and pan masala with a levy to finance national security and public health, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to introduce...
India’s nationhood concept differs from West: Bhagwat
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said engaging in disputes is not in India's nature and asserted that the country's tradition has always emphasised fraternity and collective harmony. Speaking at an event in Nagpur, Bhagwat said that India's concept...
Rajesh Aggarwal appointed Maharashtra’s new Chief Secretary
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government on Friday appointed 1989-batch IAS officer Rajesh Aggarwal as the next Chief Secretary, who will be taking charge on Sunday. On October 28, Aggarwal, then serving as the Secretary for Persons with Disabilities in the Union Ministry...
Airlines warn of delays due to A320 aircraft issue
IndiGo, Air India and Air India Express flight operations will see disruptions as they work on fixing a potential issue related to flight controls in their A320 family planes and 200-250 aircraft will be impacted in the country, according to...
SC allows Maha local body polls, but results subject to final ruling on OBC quota cap
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday permitted Maharashtra to conduct local body elections as scheduled but ruled that the declaration of results will remain subject to the final outcome of a case challenging the State’s revised reservation matrix for...
Crackdown on forgery: Bawankule orders cancellation of Aadhaar-based birth-death certificates
Mumbai: In a major crackdown on a flourishing racket of forged birth and death certificates, Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday ordered the immediate cancellation of all certificates issued solely on the basis of Aadhaar cards or found to...
Teen Scuffle Leads New Kamptee Police to Bust WhatsApp ‘Lawrence Bishnoi’ Imitator Group
Nagpur: A minor quarrel between two teenagers at a Kamptee-based pharmacy college has led New Kamptee Police to uncover a disturbing WhatsApp group inspired by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, where minors were trading information on online weapon “bargains” and circulating...
Bangladesh court sentences ousted Hasina to 21 years in jail
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years imprisonment and her two children to five years each over alleged irregularities in allocation of plots under a government housing project after their trial in absentia....
Bawankule’s ‘surgical strike’ on sand mafia; vehicle permits to be cancelled on the spot
Mumbai: Delivering a strong blow to the rampant illegal sand mining network across Maharashtra, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has declared an aggressive state-wide operation, calling it a “surgical strike” against the sand mafia. The government has announced unprecedented enforcement measures....
Hong Kong fire: Toll rises to 55, at least 279 missing
The death toll in a deadly fire in multiple high-rise towers in Hong Kong has risen to 55 with 279 people still missing, Chinese official media reports said on Thursday. Three men have been arrested for suspected manslaughter in the...
Sensex, Nifty hit record HIGHS after 14 months
Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty scaled their fresh record highs in early trade on Thursday amid optimistic global trends on growing hopes of a US Fed rate cut and foreign fund inflows. Extending its previous day's rally, the...
On 26/11 anniversary Ujjwal Nikam questions ‘full justice’
Noted lawyer and Rajya Sabha member Ujjwal Nikam has said that while justice has been delivered to some extent to victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, their conspirators are "still hiding in Pakistan". Talking to PTI Videos on the eve...
India In Talks With 7-8 Countries For UPI Services
The government is in talks with at least 7-8 more countries to expand the reach of UPI beyond its borders so that domestic travelers can use the payment service, said M Nagaraju, secretary, Department of Financial Services, ministry of finance. UPI...
Sr IAS officer among 3 dead in Karnataka road crash
Senior IAS officer Mahantesh Bilagi and two of his family members died after their car crashed into a median and veered off the road in Jewargi taluk of Kalaburagi district Tuesday evening. Mahantesh, 51, was managing director of Karnataka State...
SC adjourns Maha local body quota case to Nov 28; warns SEC against crossing 50% cap
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to November 28 the hearing on the issue of reservation limits in Maharashtra’s local body elections, after the State Government sought additional time, citing ongoing consultations with the State Election Commission (SEC)...
PM Modi hoists saffron flag marking completion of Ayodhya Ram Mandir construction
Ayodhya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, November 25, ceremonially hoisted a saffron flag atop the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, marking the formal completion of its construction. Modi was accompanied by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat during the ceremony, alongside Uttar Pradesh...
SVK Shikshan Sanstha Launches “HIMMAT” Self-Defence Program for Specially-Abled
Mumbai: In a blend of pop culture flair and infrastructure ambition, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday borrowed the title of a hit Netflix thriller to describe Mumbai’s next big leap beneath its own feet. “We are creating a Paatal...
Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde’s PA arrested over wife’s suicide
Mumbai: Anant Garje, the Personal Assistant to Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde, has been arrested by the Worli Police in Mumbai after his wife, Gauri Garje, allegedly died by suicide. The Worli police arrested Garje early Monday morning, the official said,...
Veteran actor Dharmendra passes away
After being unwell for several days, Dharmendra breathed his last on November 24. He would have turned 90 on December 8. The movie legend had been treated at Mumbai's Breach Candy hospital and later taken home on November 12. Karan Johar confirmed the...
Justice Surya Kant takes oath as India’s 53rd CJI
Justice Surya Kant takes oath as the Chief Justice of India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Droupadi Murmu administers the oath to him. He took over from Justice B.R. Gavai. Prior to his elevation, Kant was a Senior Advocate and also...
