2023

MUMBAI: Appearing for the first time for a hearing on disqualification petitions filed by the rival Shiv Sena factions, MLAs from both the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde camps made written submissions before speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday. The hearing which followed the Supreme Court order was, however, marked by allegations from the Uddhav Thackeray camp that the speaker was deliberately...

NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc is aiming to resolve the bulk of the seat-sharing talks by the end of this month even as it realises the problems that await in states like Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. According to sources, the exercise is already underway and the parties hope to get a substantial part of the negotiations done by September 30. "At best, we will complete the exercise...

GURGAON: Gurgaon Police on Thursday arrested a man accused of opening fire and injuring a man during the communal violence in Haryana's Nuh, officials said on Thursday.The police, acting on an FIR registered on July 31 at Sohna City police station, arrested Mohammad Kaif.A Vishva Hindu Parishad-led procession was attacked by mobs in Nuh on July 31. Six people were killed, most of them during the attack....

NEW DELHI: The US has assured India of a quick investigation into the death of Andhra Pradesh student Jaahnavi Kandula, who was struck by a speeding police patrol car in Seattle in January this year.India had "strongly" taken up the case with the Biden administration after a recently released bodycam video showed an American cop "joking and laughing" about the Indian student's death.'She had limited...

Isro has achieved another milestone as live-streaming of Chandrayaan-3 soft-landing on the Moon, which took place on August 23, garnered over eight million viewers, the highest in YouTube history.YouTube chief Neal Mohan has extended his wishes to Isro for achieving the streaming milestone with India’s historic launch on the Moon. Posted on his X’s timeline, Neal Mohan said, “This was so exciting...

THANE: A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for abducting a housewife and her child and extorting money from her husband seven years ago. In her order on Wednesday, additional sessions judge Rachna Tehra, in Maharashtra's Thane district, imposed a fine of Rs 500 on convict Manikandan Selvaraj Nadar, a resident of Diva.The court also acquitted another accused in...

BHUBANESWAR: The Railway Board has sanctioned a fund of Rs 14.7 crore for construction of subway near Nidhipanda bridge in Balasore district. It is an important bridge in Haldipada-Balasore section of Kharagpur-Bhadrak section.During a meeting on June 21, local people had urged railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who was on a visit to the district, to construct a subway near Nidhipanda bridge (Bridge No...

CHENNAI: Is posting an adverse online review on the services rendered by an advocate wrong or defamatory? Hardly, said Madras high court.“Internet is a free platform, and it is an important means of expression and communication… mere expressing views in Google Review about the services that were received in my opinion, does not amount to defamation,” said Justice V Sivagnanam.Writing negative...

By Avishek dubeyGHAZIABAD: A fire broke out in a mini food corner shop no-5 near Nainital Bank Sector-04 Vaishali in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Thursday evening.The fire department officials suspected that the incident might have happened due to a short circuit. No casualty was reported. According to the fire department, a total of 3 fire tenders were used to control the situation. The food corner was...

MUMBAI: The IMD has issued a yellow alert for Mumbai starting September 14 onwards upto September 18, indicating heavy rains at isolated places while an orange alert (heavy to very heavy rains) for Thane and Palghar has been issued for September 17. The other days upto September 18 Thane and Palghar have been placed under yellow alert. Mumbai has been kept under a yellow alert of all days till early...