Construction of Babri-style mosque begins in Bengal
Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir on Wednesday began the construction of the much-hyped mosque -- modelled on Ayodhya's Babri Masjid -- in West Bengal's Murshidabad district. Kabir, who recently floated Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), announced that the mosque at Rejinagar...
Bharat Bandh on February 12: What’s open and what’s not
Nagpur: India is preparing for a large nationwide shutdown on Thursday, February 12, 2026. Central trade unions and farmer organizations are joining together for a 24-hour Bharat Bandh. The strike, expected to include over 30 crore workers, protests against the...
Digital Evaluation Of Class 12 Board Papers: CBSE
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday announced the introduction of on-screen marking (OSM) for the evaluation of Class 12 board examinations, scheduled to begin on February 17. In a letter to the principals and heads of all...
Maha to fill 70,000 Govt posts with new skill-based recruitment model
Mumbai: In one of the largest recruitment drives in recent years, the Maharashtra Government on Monday announced that over 70,000 vacant posts across State departments will be filled through a reformed, skill-oriented and fully transparent recruitment process, Chief Minister Devendra...
Maha Dy CM Sunetra Pawar takes charge of official duties
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Tuesday assumed her ministerial duties at the state secretariat Mantralaya, 13 days after the death of her husband and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar. She was accompanied by senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders...
BJP, Shiv Sena ahead in Maharashtra Zilla Parishad polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party and its Mahayuti ally Shiv Sena were ahead of their rivals in the early trends of the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti polls in Maharashtra as counting of votes began on Monday morning. The BJP established an...
Rohit Pawar flags doubts over Ajit Pawar crash, plans Feb 10 reveal
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar leader Rohit Pawar on Saturday said everyone has doubts about the circumstances surrounding Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's death in an air crash, and he would provide a detailed presentation about it on February 10. Speaking to...
Ritu Tawde is BJP’s Mumbai Mayor pick, Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Ghadi is her Deputy
Mumbai: BJP Corporator Ritu Tawde has been named the Mahayuti alliance’s candidate for the Mumbai Mayor’s post, BJP President Ameet Satam announced on Friday. She is expected to file her nomination shortly for the top post of Asia's richest civic...
Shinde-Uddhav’s Senas join hands for Maha ZP poll
Bitter rivals, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena-UBT, have come together to form a front in Barshi taluka of Maharashtra's Solapur district along with two Nationalist Congress Party factions ahead of the local polls. Elections to 12...
Cognizant To Pay 100% Bonus
Cognizant has given 100 per cent bonus to its employees after the company reported better-than-expected full year numbers, and said it has reached the winners circle earlier than it anticipated. The term, being frequently used over the last year by CEO...
RBI pauses rate cuts, retains interest rate at 5.25%
After a 25 basis point rate cut in December, the RBI on Friday decided to pause on the policy rate front amid geopolitical uncertainties. This is the first monetary policy review after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the...
After Rahul, Kharge stopped from quoting Naravane
The Opposition led by Congress staged a walkout on Thursday from the Rajya Sabha after Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge was not allowed to quote from a "memoir" of former Army chief M M Naravane on the 2020 India-China conflict. ...
Tri-city study flags lack of safe cycling infrastructure
Pune: The culmination of the Pune Grand Cycling Tour has put cycling back into public focus in Maharashtra, offering an opportunity for all cities to ensure local cyclists have the best infrastructure to cycle on. In this context, a multi-city...
Maha horror: Man kills 6-year-old daughter to contest Sarpanch election
Mumbai: In a heart-rending incident that has sent shockwaves across Maharashtra and Telangana, a six-year-old girl allegedly lost her life not to accident or fate, but to her own father’s political ambition. The victim, Prachi, barely six years old, was allegedly...
Trump Cuts Reciprocal Tariffs to 18% After Modi Call, but Extra 25% Duty on Indian Exports Stays
Washington/New Delhi -US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a reduction in reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods from 25 per cent to 18 per cent, shortly after confirming he had spoken with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The move signals a tentative...
Bombs hurled in south Kolkata, firing heard
Bombs were hurled and bullets fired during a clash between two groups in Kolkata, leaving two persons injured, police said on Monday. At least 10 people were arrested in the clash that broke out in south Kolkata's Golpark area under...
Dense fog envelops Delhi, AQI 188
Delhi woke up to dense fog and slightly improved air quality on Monday morning, with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) settling in the 'moderate' category. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), visibility dropped to 100 metres at both...
4.6-magnitude earthquake shakes Kashmir
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake shook Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district early Monday, officials said. The tremor occurred at 5.35 am, they said, adding that the Pattan area was the epicenter. There were no reports of any damage due to the earthquake...
Budget 2026 A Balance Of High Capex And High Growth, Says PM Modi
The Union Budget 2026 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today strikes a perfect balance between high capital expenditure (capex) and high growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. The Union Budget - Sitharaman's ninth straight Budget - also reinforces India's...
Budget 2026 falls woefully short of the hype: Congress
The Congress on Sunday said the Union Budget was "totally lacklustre" and fell woefully short of the hype that was generated around it. Congress general secretary, Communications, Jairam Ramesh said the budget speech given by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was...
Sunetra Pawar sworn in as Maharashtra deputy CM
Sunetra Pawar, leader of the NCP legislative party and wife of late Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, takes oath as Deputy CM of Maharashtra at the Lok...
