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Mumbai, September 12, 2026: The special court on Thursday acquitted an absconding man booked in 1989 for dacoity after conducting his trial under the provisions for trial in absentia. The same judge has so far closed several cases after conducting trial even when the accused are ...
Priyadarshan's Haiwaan, starring Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar, was released on Friday. The film's pre-release buzz was strictly decent, and even the advance booking was not up to the mark. On its first day, the film collected Rs. 3 crore net in India, which was surely a disappo...
Mumbai, September 11, 2026: The trial against Shariful Fakir, Bangladeshi national booked for attacking Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, is to continue as the court on Friday refused to accept his guilty plea. Fakir was produced before the sessions court through video conferencing ...
Lucknow: The fifth edition of the Gomti Book Festival will begin at Lucknow University on September 12 and continue till September 20. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the nine-day event. The festival is being organised by the National Book Trust (NBT), India, in co...
New Delhi, September 11, 2026: The BJP on Friday accused the Congress and other opposition parties of creating a "negative atmosphere" around the BRICS Summit, alleging that they were unable to "digest" India’s progress as the country moves forward. The ruling party said that whi...
New Delhi: India's legal framework governing banking records will undergo a major digital-era overhaul from October 1, 2026, when the Bankers’ Books Evidence Act, 2026 comes into force. The Finance Ministry has issued the notification implementing the legislation, which replaces ...
Maruti Suzuki India is witnessing strong demand ahead of the festive season, with the country’s largest carmaker gaining market share despite facing supply constraints. The company currently has around 1.80 lakh pending bookings and limited inventory of only 15-16 days across its...
MUMBAI: The CBI has booked two Mumbai-based construction firms based on a Supreme Court directive which had sought an investigation of construction firms across the country over allegations related to criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal misconduct...
India booked their place in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup final with a commanding 40-run victory over Bangladesh on Thursday. A superb half-century from Shafali Verma and another impressive spell from Deepti Sharma helped India dominate the contest. Bangladesh showed fight but struggl...
Mumbai: Gold and silver prices traded mixed on Thursday morning as investors remained cautious before US inflation readings and the Federal Reserve’s September policy decision. Mixed moves reflected caution across precious metals, with traders avoiding aggressive positions before...
Apple has launched the iPhone Duo foldable phone (surprise, surprise!) in India during its keynote event in Cupertino. The iPhone Duo is a pocket-sized foldable phone that opens up like a book. The phone is powered by the A20 Pro chip and comes with Siri AI built-in. It comes in ...
Seven-time champions India will aim for having batting stability, especially in the middle-order, when they face a spirited Bangladesh in the Women's Asia Cup semi-final, to be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. The winner of the clash will book their ...
Two books, REWIRED! – Reprogram Your Mind. Redesign Your Life. by Shashank Patil and Walk With Me Across the World by Padma Shashank Patil, were launched at an event held at Gardenia Banquets, Garden Court Hotel, Andheri West, Mumbai, on September 5. The event brought together fa...
Mumbai, September 8, 2026: Days after the NIA court refused to cancel the bail of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, poet Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, booked in connection with their alleged involvement in the Elgar Parishad violence case, the case has been transferr...
Mumbai: The RailOne app's new shareable season-ticket facility allows registered users to book tickets for family members and others, but the railway has made passenger identity verification central to the system. Under guidelines issued by the Centre for Railway Information Syst...
Mumbai: The sessions court has discharged a couple from Bandra booked for abetment of suicide of their maid in March 2023 over allegations of mistreatment, including that she was made to sleep on the floor. The court, while discharging the couple, said mere inconvenience to the d...
Mumbai, September 8, 2026: The withdrawal of a 30 per cent surcharge on group bookings has helped the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) fill 5,184 buses for Ganeshotsav travel to Konkan, accounting for nearly 90 per cent of the 5,741 additional buses booked for...
M.G.M. Anand Muthu, Group Managing Director of the MGM Group of Companies, is rewriting the rulebook for what a family-run Indian conglomerate can look like in the digital age. Since taking on greater leadership responsibility within the Chennai-headquartered group, MGM Anand is ...
New Delhi: Nearly 28% of India's online railway tickets are booked through third-party platforms including Paytm, according to IRCTC Chairman and Managing Director Rahul Himalian, an unusual outside read on the payments major's reach in one of the country's biggest online travel ...
Mumbai, September 7, 2026: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has requested permission from Omani authorities for custodial interrogation of Saurabh Chandrakar, the alleged mastermind of the multi-crore Mahadev Online Book betting network. According to officials, the agency recentl...
Mumbai, September 7, 2026: Western Railway recorded its highest-ever daily ticket revenue of Rs 35.59 crore on September 6, as passengers stepped up advance bookings for Diwali travel. The earnings surpassed the previous record of Rs 35.57 crore set on August 18, 2025, by around ...
Mumbai, September 7, 2026: In a relief to Alimiya Chaus, the third accused, along with two minors, booked in connection with the murder of 59-year-old musician Bennett Rebello from Mahim, the court has refused to charge him for the murder. The court will now prosecute him only fo...
Palghar, Maharashtra: Seventeen Shiv Sena office-bearers and supporters, including Palghar district chief Kundan Sankhe, have been booked following an alleged late-night confrontation at a private hospital where members of Dahi Handi troupes injured during celebrations were under...
Mumbai: Passengers planning to travel home for Diwali and Chhath can now book train tickets. Indian Railways has also announced 20 festival special trains to manage the expected passenger rush. Diwali will be celebrated on November 8 this year. Under the Advance Reservation Perio...
Mumbai: Seventeen Shiv Sena office-bearers and supporters have been booked after an alleged late-night confrontation at Relief Hospital in Palghar after Dahi Handi celebrations on September 5. The hospital alleged that Shiv Sena leaders and workers entered the facility, abused a ...
Palghar, Maharashtra: Seventeen Shiv Sena office-bearers and supporters, including Palghar district chief Kundan Sankhe, have been booked following an alleged late-night confrontation at a private hospital where members of Dahi Handi troupes injured during celebrations were under...
A case was registered against seventeen individuals, including Shiv Sena leaders, following a hospital dispute. The group allegedly entered the hospital and questioned doctors about a patient's treatment. Hospital staff reported abuse and threats of damage to the facility. The in...
The case was registered following a complaint by Amit Tipnis, a Dadar resident who worked as the company’s country manager
Mumbai: Western Railway has collected ₹100.42 crore in fines from ticketless and irregular passengers between April and August 2026, even as its crackdown on unauthorised travel in AC suburban trains recorded a sharp rise in penalties. The railway detected 13.47 lakh cases, inclu...
Mumbai: Indian stock markets ended higher on Friday as concerns over an imminent US Federal Reserve rate hike eased, lifting investor sentiment. However, profit booking at higher levels and continuing geopolitical tensions in West Asia limited the rally. The Sensex gained 362.57 ...
Mumbai: Gold prices ended their two-day rise in futures trade, falling Rs 431 as investors booked profits and remained cautious before the US nonfarm payrolls data. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold futures for October delivery declined Rs 431, or 0.28 percent, to Rs 1,55,344...
Mumbai: India’s urban economy is spreading beyond its largest metros, though Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai continue to dominate. The PRICE-Tata Sons report, “The Many Urban Indias”, divides 100 cities into four groups: Big Six, Boomtowns, Breakout citie...
New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s much-awaited memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, will now be published in India by HarperCollins, ending uncertainty over its Indian edition after Penguin Random House India stepped away from the project. HarperCollins India will publis...
Sriharikota: ISRO on Friday made its way into history books yet again with the successful launch of the country's first ever imaging satellite in geo-orbit, placing the over 2,300 kg payload into a precise orbit using a GSLV rocket. Mission Success! GSLV-F17 has successfully acco...
India Women produced a dominant performance to beat Hong Kong Women by 137 runs in Match 7 of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 in Dubai on Thursday and booked their spot in the semi-finals of the tournament. After being asked to bat first, India posted 193/5 in 20 overs, with Smriti Man...
Mumbai: The University of Mumbai’s 107-year-old legacy in sociology is set to receive a global digital platform, with a pilot project by Sociology Department Head Prof. Manisha Rao selected under the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme (EAP), in collaboration with Arc...
Instagram could be about to get a lot harder to use late at night, but only if you're a teenager, at least for now. Meta has struck a sweeping settlement with US state attorneys general over lawsuits accusing Instagram and Facebook of fuelling excessive, addictive use among young...
The deceased, identified as Sangita Kunal Patil, a resident of Varedi in Pen taluka, was returning home from Aware in Uran
Mumbai, September 2, 2026: The special PMLA court has rejected the bail plea of Y. Shiva Reddy, former deputy director in the town planning department, and builder Arun Gupta, booked for money laundering in connection with illegal constructions in Vasai-Virar. The Enforcement Dir...
“Publish and be damned” is the politician’s preferred response to being disparaged in a work authored by an opponent. Books and opinion pieces are often deployed to censure political rivals, but in India, they have limited impact on public opinion and voting behaviour. So, politi...
Not many would agree with Prime Minister Modi that the world sees India as a “bright spot of growth and hope”. For a long time, the country has been projected as a bright spot and a potential great power. Way back in 2008, British journalist Edward Luce published a book, In Spite...
Mumbai, September 2: A 61-year-old retired LIC employee from Goregaon West was allegedly duped of ₹97.70 lakh after responding to a Facebook advertisement promising high returns from stock market investments. Cyber fraudsters allegedly lured him into a fake WhatsApp group and che...
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on September 2 defended India’s latest GDP growth figures and criticised Opposition leaders questioning the numbers, saying that politicians and ministers do not produce or compile economic statistics. Goyal said the data is gener...
Planning to spend two days dancing your way through Lollapalooza India 2027? The ticket hunt is already underway, and while there are options for different budgets, one premium pass comes with a rather eye-catching price tag. Keep reading to know about the ongoing pre-sale, ticke...
Pune: Two brothers have been booked for allegedly assaulting their 65-year-old father and mother with wooden sticks during a land dispute in Indapur on Aug 30, with a Tata Nexon seen in connection with the incident. The incident took place around 6 pm to 6.30 pm in the Tarangwadi...
BEST has booked thousands of electricity theft cases and assessed substantial fines. However, a large portion of these penalties remains uncollected by the undertaking. Offenders exploit loopholes and default on installment agreements to avoid payment. BEST faces a fiscal crisis ...
Mumbai: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has traced and booked six people, including a 16-year-old boy, for allegedly performing dangerous stunts and graffiti activities on and around the Bhayandar railway bridge without permission. Five of them were produced before the Railway...
The incident occurred around 3.25pm when the boy, Jash, had come downstairs with his father, Devang Shah, 43, and grandfather after lunch
Six individuals faced action after performing stunts and painting graffiti beneath a railway bridge. The group entered railway premises without permission to film their daring activities. Investigators traced the participants through social media and vehicle registration details....
More than 1.17 lakh passengers have booked tickets on 200 reserved special trains announced by Central Railway for the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival rush, an official said. Central Railway has announced 262 special train trips from September 9 to connect Mumbai, Pune and Nag...
MUMBAI: Three men allegedly posing as Mahanagar Gas officials used a fake gas-meter reading request to gain access to the phones and bank accounts of two Kandivali residents, siphoning ₹6...
