Pune rape incident exposes the dire state of Maharashtra’s law and order situation: Harshavardhan Sapkal
Mumbai: The shocking incident of a young woman being raped inside a state transport bus at Pune's Swargate station has once again raised serious concerns about women's safety. The Home Minister is preoccupied with shielding corrupt officers while the security...
Maharashtra Extends HSRP Deadline to April 30, 2025
Mumbai-Nagpur: The Maharashtra government has extended the deadline for installing High-Security Registration Plates (HSRPs) to April 30, 2025. The deadline was initially set for March 31, 2025, but authorities decided to push it further to prevent a last-minute rush and...
More delay: SC defers hearing on Maharashtra civic polls till March 4
New Delhi: Maharashtra's long-awaited civic elections will be further delayed as the Supreme Court has decided to hear the matter on March 4. The delay stems from a petition regarding OBC reservation, which has held up the polls. Political parties,...
CBSE Class 10 Board exams twice a year from 2026
Nagpur/New Delhi: Students taking the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class X Board exams will be able to select between two exam sessions beginning in 2026: One in February 2026 and another in May 2026. Additionally, candidates will have...
Credit Card Spending Rises To Rs 1.84 Trn
Credit card spends grew by 10.8 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 1.84 trillion in January 2025, even as there was a marginal drop sequentially, latest data released by the RBI showed. Credit card spend of the leading card issuer HDFC...
Maha Dy CM Shinde gets death threat, email threatens to blow up his car
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has received a death threat, police said on Thursday. According to police, the threat was sent via email from an unknown account. According to a media report, the sender has threatened to blow up...
Rahul Gandhi Seeks Conversion of Defamation Case into Summons Trial to Present Historical Facts on Savarkar
Pune: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has moved a special MP/MLA court in Pune, requesting the conversion of a summary trial in a defamation case against him into a summons trial. The case stems from Gandhi’s alleged defamatory remarks about late...
High-flying way: Running late for exam, this Maha student paraglides to college to dodge traffic
Mumbai: A student from Maharashtra's Satara district found a high-flying way to dodge traffic and make it to his exams on time, by paragliding to his college. No, you read that correctly. A video of the incident has gone viral...
15 dead as Kumbh crowd leads to stampede at New Delhi Railway Station
New Delhi:Severe overcrowding at New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday night led to chaos, resulting in at least 15 fatalities and multiple injuries, according to officials. The incident, which occurred around 10 PM on platforms 13 and 14, was triggered...
10 killed as car collides with bus en route to Kumbh
Ten persons travelling in a Bolero car were killed in a head-on collision with a bus on a highway in the Meja police station area of Prayagraj late on Friday night, police said on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vivek...
Poor show: India ranks 96 out of 180 countries in list of most corrupt nations
New Delhi: In a poor show, India ranked 96 out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2024, according to a Transparency International Report released on Tuesday. India's score dropped by one point to 38 as per...
SC slams pre-poll freebies, ‘people won’t work’
The Supreme Court on Wednesday deprecated the practice of announcing freebies prior to elections, and said people were not willing to work as they were getting free ration and money. The observations came from a bench of Justices B R...
Maharashtra Confirms 167 Cases Of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Reports Seven Deaths
The Maharashtra Health Department has reported a total of 192 suspected cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) across the state, with 167 cases confirmed so far, according to sources. Seven deaths have been recorded, of which one has been confirmed as GBS,...
9 returning from Maha Kumbh killed in 2 road accidents in MP
Nine persons returning from Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj were killed and five injured in two road accidents in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur and Maihar districts on Tuesday morning, officials said. A truck collided with a mini-bus in Jabalpur, killing seven occupants of...
Inside BJP’s Delhi Victory: The Silent Role of RSS
In the run-up to the Delhi assembly elections, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) went all out to persuade voters to elect an effective and accountable government for the progress of the national capital, contributing to the BJP's thumping victory in...
Delhi Assembly poll: Disaster for AAP as Kejriwal, Sisodia bite the dust
New Delhi: In a big blow to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the party chief and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was defeated in his New Delhi bastion by BJP's Parvesh Verma, the son of another former Chief Minister, by...
With dhol and dance, BJP celebrates Delhi win
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters erupted in celebration outside its Delhi headquarters as the latest counting trends showed the saffron party returning to power in the national capital after more than 27 years with a decisive mandate. Supporters danced to the beats...
Dhol baaje dhol! BJP celebrates decisive lead
BJP supporters erupted in celebration outside its Delhi headquarters as the latest counting trends showed the saffron party returning to power in the national capital after more than 26 years with a decisive mandate. Supporters danced to the beats of 'dhol'...
Delhi polls: Counting of EVMs begin
Counting of votes in Delhi elections began with the counting of postal ballots, EVMs were opened at 8.30 am; visuals from a counting centre in the Dwarka area. Counting of votes for Delhi's 70 assembly constituencies began amid tight security...
Big highway toll relief coming soon: Gadkari drops a hint at major reforms
New Delhi: Days after the Centre provided income tax relief to the middle class, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the Modi Government is now working on a uniform toll policy to benefit national highway users. Speaking to a TV...
Big boost to economy: RBI cuts interest rates for first time in 5 years
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced its key repo rate for the first time in nearly five years to boost the economy. The RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously decided to cut the key rate by...
