58 engineering colleges shut across India in 2025-26, over 950 courses discontinued: AICTE The number of engineering colleges shutting down in India continues to grow, with 58 engineering and technical institutions closing during the 2025-26 academic year. The closures span several states, led by Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, and reflect a pattern that the regulator…
File pic of Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Mumbai: “Hindus are naive and gullible, but they are not stupid. If someone is looting temples by taking advantage of our Hindutva, no Hindu will forgive them now,” said Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday evening as he kicked…
05 factory fire chattarpur New Delhi: A massive fire broke out at a factory near a bank in south Delhi’s Chandan Hola, Chhattarpur, in the early hours of Sunday, engulfing exhibition items spread across nearly two acres and triggering a major firefighting operation that lasted for more than four hours.According to Delhi Fire Services, the…
Chennai: To strengthen waste management and improve segregation at source, Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has made online registration mandatory for all bulk waste generators. They have been directed to complete the process within 15 days or face penalties under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026.The move targets establishments that generate more than 100 kg of…
Ahmedabad: Vejalpur police detained a 25-year-old man and seized three smartphones after receiving a tip-off about an illegal call-centre operation allegedly being run through mobile applications on a public road near Fatehwadi.According to the complaint filed by Mehulkumar Hasmukh, a member of the surveillance squad attached to Vejalpur police station, the incident occurred on June…
Kolkata: Krishnadas Das, a 105-year-old retired policeman who was posted with the Constituent Assembly security in Delhi in 1946-47, can still recall Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s towering presence at the House and his frustration with the efforts to divide the country that eventually prompted his decision to move to Kashmir. The resident of Bolpur on Sunday…
Students said previous govt resolutions (GRs) had promised 300 PhD scholarships for SC and ST students and 200 for other categories. However, because advertisements were never issued, these benefits remained on paper Pune: A newly announced common policy by the Maharashtra govt for five state-run educational institutes has drawn sharp criticism from several student organisations.These…
OPEC+ has decided to raise its oil production targets once again, agreeing to increase output quotas by 188,000 barrels per day (bpd) from August as the group continues to unwind earlier production cuts.The decision, taken during an online meeting, comes after similar quota increases for June and July. Between April and July, the seven core…
WI vs SL 2nd Test Day 3 Live: Sri Lanka will head into Day 3 of the second Test against the West Indies firmly in control after piling up a mammoth 549/9 declared in their first innings at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. The visitors reduced the hosts to 58/1 by stumps on Day 2,…
Veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has officially ruled out returning to the director’s chair for feature films, putting an end to years of speculation about another comeback. While he briefly returned to direct ‘Sadak 2’ in 2020 after spending decades focusing on production, the filmmaker has now made it clear that he has no plans to…
