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MUMBAI: A crew member lost his life due to electrocution on the shooting sets of a daily soap serial located in Goregaon area of Mumbai. The deceased has been identified as Mahendra Yadav, reported news agency ANI quoting police.Speaking on the matter, Suresh Shyamal Gupta, the President of the All Indian Cine Workers Association, mentioned that the deceased who tragically suffered electrocution was...

NEW DELHI: Amidst swirling rumours of a rift within the Pakistan cricket team, captain Babar Azam and fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi put those speculations to rest by attending the latter's wedding reception. The event, which took place on Tuesday, was a heartwarming display of camaraderie as Babar Azam extended his "heartiest congratulations" to the newlyweds.The rumoured discord between Babar and...

CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The state government has formed a 20-member team to assist the panel headed by retired Justice Sandeep Shinde to meet the demand of recognising Maratha community as Kunbi and grant them OBC certificates. The team includes officials of a deputy secretary and under-secretary rank. Deputy secretary (home) Vijay Powar, under secretary (finance) Rasik Khadse and under secretary...

NEW DELHI: The long journey of deliberations on women's reservation over the decades has been marked by the demand for a sub-quota for OBC women.The joint parliamentary committee report examining the 1996 women's reservation bill had recommended that quota be provided for OBC women once the Constitution was amended to allow for reservation for OBCs. It also recommended that reservation be extended to...

GHAZIABAD (UP): Two boys who went to take bath in Hindon river in UP's Ghaziabad slipped into deep water and drowned, officials said.Their bodies were recovered by NDRF team on Tuesday evening. Kaloo (7 ) and Shivam (13) drowned in the river near the forest of Nand Gram police station area on Monday, they said.A third boy, one Bharat, who was standing nearby noticed the drowning duo and had raised the...

WASHINGTON: Having dropped a bombshell by alleging the Indian government was behind the assassination of a Khalistani extremist in Canada, the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Ottawa was not looking to escalate matters with India even as Washington cautiously backed his demand for an investigation into the killing. "We are not looking to provoke or escalate. We are simply laying...

THANE: Police have arrested a man and his son from a village in Thane district on charges of killing the former's second son over abusive words used by him against the latter's wife, who was his sister-in-law, an official said on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Ram Madhukar Jadhav (35), while the accused were identified as Madhukar Jadhav (55) and his younger son Vishnu Madhukar Jadhav (27). The...

NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment bill to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, reviving a bill pending for 27 years for want of consensus among parties.The government said the women's reservation bill is aimed at enabling greater participation of women in policy-making at the state and national levels.Leaders across...

THANE: A case has been filed against a 30-year-old man from Kalyan in Maharashtra's Thane district for reportedly assaulting two individuals with an iron rod at a Lord Ganesh pandal. According to an official statement on Tuesday, the accused, identified as Kunal Ingle, was allegedly inebriated during the incident, which occurred on Monday evening. As of now, the authorities have not taken Ingle into...

KOLKATA: Indian Coffee House on Jadavpur Central Road shut down on Friday following a fracas between some customers and the cooperative society of workers that runs the establishment. According to a member of the society, a notice was issued on August 21 requesting regulars not to occupy seats and use laptops for long hours. This was challenged by regulars on the grounds that it had no legal validity....