MUMBAI: NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule was among hundreds of commuters stranded in a massive traffic jam on the Lonavala–Khandala ghat stretch on Friday, as a sudden weekend rush and Maharashtra Day traffic brought vehicular movement on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway to a near standstill.According to reports, vehicle queues stretched up to 5 km, leaving commuters…
NEW DELHI: Mohammad Salim Dola, an absconding international drug trafficker recently brought back to India from Türkiye, was reportedly living there on a Bulgarian passport under the assumed identity “Hamza,” officials said on Friday.On Thursday, a Mumbai court remanded the 59-year-old Salim Dola to Narcotics Control Bureau custody till May 8.According to news agency PTI,…
Chennai: Madras high court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking re-polling in six villages of Pudukkottai district. None of the villages participated in the election in view of a boycott announced by them demanding annexure of the villages with Tirumayam Assembly constituency. The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul…
Patna: To strengthen civil defence preparedness in Bihar, a major mock drill will be conducted across the state in the third week of May. During the exercise, air raid and blackout situations will be simulated in six districts, including Patna, Kishanganj, Begusarai, Purnia, Araria and Katihar.Preparations have begun on the directions of the ministry of…
Tenkasi is a key Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, located in Tenkasi district, and is known for closely fought electoral contests. In the 2021 Assembly elections, S. Palani Nadar of the Indian National Congress won the seat, narrowly defeating Selvamohandoss Pandian of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by a margin of just 370…
Kolkata: The Society for the Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives will screen the restored print of ‘Pratidwandi’ at Nandan on May 1, a day before the maestro’s birth anniversary. The cult film, restored in 4K by the National Film Archive of India, was showcased in the Cannes Classics section in 2022. The screening, courtesy producer…
Image Used For Representative Image MUMBAI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the government is determined to ruthlessly crush narcotics networks, after the Narcotics Control Bureau seized 349 kg of high-grade cocaine worth Rs 1,745 crore in Mumbai, describing it as a major success against an international drug cartel.On X, Shah wrote,”We…
NEW DELHI: The first phase of Census 2027 will roll out in Delhi from Friday, which will allow residents across all 250 wards to self-enumerate. The window will remain open from May 1 to May 15 after which govt will launch a door-to-door house-listing exercise.“We encourage people to log in to the census portal and…
Chennai: Two college students were charred to death in a transformer blast near Sriperumbudur on Thursday morning. Police said, N Delhi Ganesh and A Dakshinamurthy, both 17, had been trying to harvest ice apple (nungu) from a tree at around 10am, after playing cricket. When they climbed up a palmyra tree with a harvesting pole…
Patna: The recent move of the state govt to declare the 104-year-old Sultan Palace a ‘non-heritage’ building, paving the way for its demolition, has triggered a sharp backlash among historians, art lovers and members of the city’s civil society. They have demanded the immediate withdrawal of the decision and sought protection for the structure by…
