Maharashtra
- Offbeat
What connects plastic bottles and biryani? Meet Plastic Man
For Hyderabadis, biryani is more than food. It is an emotion, a celebration and a reason to bring people together. But what if a plate of biryani could also help feed someone…
- India
CBI files supplementary chargesheet in NEET paper leak case
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a supplementary chargesheet against an accused in the NEET paper leak case before a Delhi court on Wednesday, October 14. Special Judge Ajay…
- India
Farmers’ protest hits Mumbai-Bengaluru highway traffic
Pune: Vehicular traffic on the busy Mumbai-Bengaluru National Highway was disrupted on Wednesday, October 14, due to a farmers’ protest on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border, prompting police to advise commuters to avoid the…
- India
SC stays defamation trial against Rahul Gandhi over Modi remarks
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 13, stayed further proceedings in a defamation case before a trial court in Maharashtra against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks against Prime…
- Lifestyle
One festival, many faces: How India celebrates Navratri
Navratri may be celebrated for nine nights, but there is no single way to celebrate it. Across India, the festival changes its colours, music, food and traditions while keeping devotion to the…
- Crime
Khammam: 365 kg ganja worth Rs 1.82 cr seized, 3 arrested
Hyderabad: Khammam Excise teams arrested three natives of Odisha and seized a total of 365 kilograms of ganja valued at 1.82 crore. Joint inspection teams from the Kothagudem and Bhadrachalam District Task…
- India
Maharashtra declares drought in nearly three-fourths of state
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Saturday, September 26, declared drought in 265 of its 358 talukas, or 74 per cent of the state, amid rainfall deficit and announced relief measures, including crop…
- India
Maharashtra: Man on rampage kills 2, injures 6 at old-age home
Ahilyanagar: Two persons, including a security guard, were killed and six others injured when a man allegedly attacked inmates with a support stick at an old-age home in Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar district on…
- India
Ex-Judge R C Chavan resigns from Maharashtra UCC panel
Mumbai: Former Bombay High Court judge Justice R C Chavan has resigned from the Maharashtra government’s panel to prepare a draft for implementing the Uniform Civil Code, citing serious reservations over its…
- India
IIT-Bombay students seek institutional reforms, accountability
Mumbai: Students of IIT Bombay have called for “meaningful institutional reforms” and greater accountability following the death of a fellow student, saying their protest was aimed at raising concerns over systemic issues…
- India
IITB suicide: Professor booked for abetment, probe underway
Mumbai: An IIT Bombay professor has been named as an accused in connection with the alleged suicide of a 22-year-old student on the campus, and the city police have transferred the investigation…
- Hate Crime
BMC acts against airport mosque following ‘land jihad’ claims
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sent a notice to Mumbai Airport authorities directing them to immediately disconnect the water supply line connecting to a mosque adjoining Terminal 2 after Bharatiya…
- India
Mumbai: 8-yr-old, woman die of electrocution near Ganesh pandal
Mumbai: An eight-year-old girl and a woman were killed, while four others were injured after suffering electric shocks at a temporary drinking water stall near a Ganesh pandal in Mumbai’s Lalbaug area…
- India
Mumbai Police raids volunteer home over pro-Palestine kite event
Mumbai: Expressing solidarity with Palestine has allegedly landed several activists in trouble with the Mumbai Police, which detained three pro-Palestine campaigners and searched the home of one of them following a kite-flying…
- India
Indian Railways boosts passenger capacity in Maharashtra, Telangana
New Delhi: In a bid to augment railway capacity and improving train operations, Indian Railways on Friday, September 18, said it has approved the doubling of the Chouk-Karjat railway section (10.86 km)…