New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday highlighted India's progress in poverty reduction, sharing a carousel of findings from the World Bank's latest report on poverty in the country. He described the decline in extreme poverty as a significant achievement, attributing the progress t...
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An unusual incident brought the action to a brief halt during the second unofficial Test between India A and New Zealand A in Christchurch after an elderly man was spotted riding his mobility scooter across the sight screen. The unexpected interruption left New Zealand A bowler B...
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A Family Court in Mumbai ruled that unsubstantiated allegations of character and behavior can constitute mental cruelty. This ruling resulted in the divorce of a former Air Force officer after a lengthy legal battle. The court recognized the husband's claims of mental cruelty due...
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Juhi Mehta, the COO of a digital media company, collided her BMW with another vehicle in Vile Parle West. After the incident, she refused to move her car when instructed by traffic constable Prashant Hake. Witnesses recorded the confrontation as Mehta allegedly threatened the con...
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Rural Bharat still hinges on its modest gullak of minimal savings during fund crunch, while the urban India is re-noticing its worth as a safe-haven investment to take a fleeting break from digital banking. This could help one earn his pocket money timely or execute occasional tr...
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NAVI MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to set up a High Power Committee (HPC) to assess livelihood losses suffered by 3,151 traditional fishing communities due to the construction of bridges and other infrastructure projects for the Navi Mumbai...
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MUMBAI: Over a year and a half after the demolition of 41 illegal buildings in Vasai-Virar left nearly 2,500 families homeless, a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court has discharged former municipal commissioner Anil Kumar Pawar from the alleged land-grabbing a...
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MUMBAI: Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, best known for directing films such as Kaante, Shootout at Wadala and Kaabil, died after taking a fall and suffering a fatal head injury at his Versova residence in the early hours of Saturday...
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Unlike migrants from West Punjab and East Bengal, the Sindhi population never got a state to call its own; not much is known about its rich cultural heritage. The play aims to spotlight the latter...
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For the Gondal family from the princely state of Gondal in the Kathiawar region of Gujarat, the decision to bring the curtain down had been equally painful...
