Gadkari urges two-wheeler makers to offer discounted helmets to customers
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday urged two-wheeler manufacturers to provide helmets to buyers at a discounted or reasonable price, emphasizing that many road accident fatalities occur due to the lack of helmet use. In 2022 alone, over...
“If you don’t like India, please don’t work in India,” Delhi HC raps Wikipedia
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a contempt of court notice to Wikipedia, the popular and free online encyclopaedia, over withholding information about edits to an entry on news agency ANI. The court warned Wikipedia against non-compliance...
No need for MVA to announce CM face ahead of Assembly polls: Sharad Pawar
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President Sharad Pawar has said there was no need for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to announce a Chief Ministerial candidate ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly election and the coalition would contest under a collective...
First Look: Vande Bharat sleeper coach
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday unveiled the prototype version of the Vande Bharat sleeper coach in Bengaluru at the BEML's facility. The coach will undergo rigorous trials and tests in 10 days before rolling it out on the track for...
Sharad Pawar declines Z-plus security provided by Centre
Mumbai: Days after the Union Government granted him Z-plus security-- the highest tier of armed VIP protection-- NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar declined the security upgrade on Friday. The former Union Minister's decision to refuse the Z-plus security cover comes a...
Lewd act: Teacher held for showing obscene videos to girl students in Thane
Mumbai: In a shameful incident, police have arrested a male teacher of a civic school at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly showing obscene videos to girl students on his mobile phone, an official said on Thursday. Initial investigations have...
Drone-like objects spotted at Amritsar airport
Flight services at the Amristar airport were disrupted for about three hours after the air traffic control (ATC) tower spotted a sudden movement of three objects resembling drones in the airspace, officials said on Wednesday. This disrupted the landing and...
Mumbai Airport Arrest: Fashion student caught tampering with Passport
Mumbai- A 25-year-old fashion merchandising student, SS Ghatol, was arrested at Mumbai airport on Thursday while attempting to board a flight to Singapore for an internship. Immigration officials discovered that four pages were missing from her passport, leading to her detention. According...
BRS leader K Kavitha gets bail
The Supreme Court grants bail to BRS leader K Kavitha in the excise policy irregularities case. The court sets aside Delhi High Court order which rejected her bail plea. The SC directs her to furnish a bail bond of Rs...
India develops Monkeypox detection RT-PCR kit
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced its second public health emergency of International concern due to Monkey Pox. The new strain of this virus (Clad-1) is considered to be more transmissible and has higher mortality rates. Now, India has developed...
Devotees throng temples across north on Janmashtami
Devotees thronged temples across north and east India on Janmashtami on Monday to celebrate the birth of their beloved Lord Krishna, rending the air with chants of 'Hare Krishna' and lining up in long queues for the morning aarti before...
Panic buttons to enhance safety in Maha schools, hostels after Badlapur tragedy
Nagpur/Mumbai: In the wake of public outrage over the sexual assault of two four-year-old girls in Maharashtra's Badlapur, the State Government proposed the installation of panic buttons in schools and hostels to improve women's safety. "Just like CCTVs in schools, panic...
RHFL loan scam: SEBI bans Anil Ambani from security market for 5 years
New Delhi: Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred industrialist Anil Ambani and 24 other entities, including former key officials of Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL) from the securities market for five years for diversion of...
Maha horror: 2 KG girls sexually abused in Badlapur school, protest erupts
Mumbai: In Badlapur, Maharashtra, a school in Thane district has suspended its Principal and two staff members following allegations of sexual abuse involving two young girls. Since Tuesday morning, frustrated parents have been staging a blockade at the local railway...
SC forms National Task Force for doctors’ safety
A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has taken up the case of the shocking rape-murder of a young doctor in Kolkata. The Supreme Court constitutes a National Task Force which includes Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti...
Yellow Rain Alert Issued for Konkan and Parts of Central Maharashtra; Heavy Rain Expected in Marathwada
Nagpur: After a significant break, the monsoon has returned to Maharashtra, bringing the forecast of heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms in several districts. Citizens are advised to take precautions while stepping out in the rain. Mumbai has also experienced overcast...
Will quit politics if CM says…: Fadnavis’ dig at Jarang
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said he would quit politics if CM Eknath Shinde asserted that he was hindering the Maratha quota process, referring to allegations by activist Manoj Jarange. Stressing that government decisions are taken collectively, Shinde...
Kolkata doc’s rape, murder: Medicos take out silent candle march in Nagpur
Nagpur: Hundreds of doctors in Nagpur under Indian Medical Association (IMA), members of Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), Maharashtra State Medical Teachers Association (MSMTA), students of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital...
Bridge over Ganga river collapses in Bihar
A section of an under-construction bridge over the Ganga collapsed in Bihar on Saturday, officials said. Khagaria's District Magistrate Amit Kumar Pandey told PTI that a slab of the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge collapsed around 8 am. "I must tell one thing the entire...
India a global leader in breakthrough innovations: Bill Gates
India is a global leader with breakthrough innovations, American businessman and Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said as he joined Indian Americans to celebrate the first ever India Independence Day celebrations of the newly-opened Indian Consulate in Seattle. Bill Gates,...
20 coaches of Sabarmati Express derail near Kanpur
As many as 20 coaches of the 19168 Sabarmati Express passenger train derailed near Govindpuri station in Kanpur during the wee hours of Saturday, rail officials said. There is no report of any loss of life or injury in the...
