A 73-year-old man who suffered a stroke while driving his car last week, leading to a minor accident, was kept at Versova police station for allegedly five hours. MUMBAI: A 73-year-old man who suffered a stroke while driving his car last week, leading to a minor accident, was kept at Versova police station for allegedly…
NEW DELHI: Urban flooding is becoming a fixture in India’s monsoon reality and many drivers assume that electric vehicles are the first to fail because of their batteries. But automotive engineers say it’s the reverse.Every monsoon, the story is the same. Sheets of water swallow up roads, underpasses become lakes and motorists nervously pick their…
CHENNAI: DMK on Thursday announced a protest in Thanjavur on August 3, the day chief minister C Joseph Vijay is expected to visit Karnataka. Former CM MK Stalin issued a statement questioning the rationale behind the proposed talks amid the Mekedatu row.“The Karnataka visit will only dilute Tamil Nadu’s demand for a tribunal on the…
Ahmedabad: For many Indians deported from the United States, returning home does not mark the end of their legal troubles. Instead, some face prosecution in India for allegedly using forged or fraudulently obtained passports to travel abroad or return after deportation.The latest case involves a 51-year-old man from Mehsana who was arrested at Delhi’s Indira…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the state to file a report on “uniform state guidelines on conduct of rallies or demonstrations or protests” over a case by a digital media journalist alleging assault during the July 24 students rally protesting against the NEET paper leak.Jaydip Kar, senior advocate appearing for the petitioner, journalist…
The massive restoration of the damaged railway tracks involved nearly 11,700 personnel working over 23 days Pune: Rail operations on all three lines — UP, DOWN and MID — in the Karjat-Lonavla ghat section are fully functional, with the final UP line between Khandala and Monkey Hill being declared safe and reopened to movement on…
Panaji: Goa’s only zoo, at Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, has recorded births of five species under its conservation breeding programme so far this year.The births include a female sambar deer on Jan 16, a female blackbuck on Feb 2, a female spotted deer on March 4, a male gaur calf on April 4, and a jackal…
If the security situation worsens and Red Sea supplies are disrupted during August, refiners will have to replace those volumes with crude sourced from elsewhere. India’s crude oil imports from Russia may even touch a new record high of 3 million barrels per day if the shipment disruptions through Strait of Hormuz and even Red…
Judoka Arun Kumar and Tulika Maan (Image credit: Agencies) Shortly before the Commonwealth Games (CWG) began at Glasgow, a startling doping scandal rocked the weightlifting contingent. Four national campers – N Ajith (71kg), Sairaj Pardeshi (88kg), Harcharan Singh (110kg) and Vanshita Verma (77kg) – tested positive for prohibited substances during the qualification period, forcing them…
Mamta Kulkarni reacted to “Ranaji 2.0,” Mahira Sharma’s recreation of her iconic “Karan Arjun” song, calling the original “etched in people’s minds.” She recalled tough 90s rehearsals and praised Rakesh Roshan’s work on the film. Kulkarni also revealed she’s open to acting offers, but only scripts aligning with her spiritual growth. Rakesh Roshan‘s ‘Karan Arjun’…
