Bhiwandi: The Nizampura police in Bhiwandi on Saturday arrested three persons, including two 17-year-old juveniles, for allegedly hanging an effigy bearing the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from a flyover, an act that triggered strong protests from BJP leaders and workers.The incident came to light after BJP functionaries noticed the effigy hanging from the…
Following Meena Kumari’s death on March 31, 1972, her contemporary and close friend Nargis wrote a poignant open letter. Titled “Maut Mubarak Ho (congratulations on your death),” the letter published in now defunct Urdu magazine Shama, recalls Kumari once confiding in Nargis: “Baji (elder sister), resting is not in my destiny. I will rest just…
Poet-academic Kalim Ajiz captured his reason for penning ghazals in a perceptive couplet:Woh jo shairi ka sabab hua woh mamla bhi ajab hua/Main ghazal sunaun hun isliye ke zamana usko bhula na de(The reason for my becoming a poet was a strange incident/ I say ghazals because people should not forget those painful incidents)Whatever the…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress said its agitation over the NEET paper leak would continue as it demanded criminal action against Union Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan after his resignation from the post on Saturday. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defended Pradhan, praising his education reforms, including the National Education Policy.Congress state-chief Harshwardhan Sapkal made serious allegations against…
Among the AAIB’s safety recommendations were strengthening controller handover procedures, reinforcing training and supervision in procedural air traffic contro Mumbai: A chain of air traffic control lapses, including failure to assign a different flight level, inadequate shift handovers and non-updating of aircraft estimates in the automated system, have been listed as the probable causes that…
The report proposes a stakeholder action matrix that maps the most common issues affecting parks and open spaces, assigns responsibility to the govt agency concerned and tracks resolution Mumbai: Days after the BMC launched a dedicated WhatsApp helpline for citizens to report open manholes following the death of a 55-year-old man who fell into an…
Mumbai: Prabha wants just one thing: a rented home for herself and her 9-year-old daughter. Unable to afford one, the 29-year-old beautician from Ulhasnagar travelled nearly two hours by train and bus to a doctor’s clinic in central Mumbai for 11 consecutive days to take hormone injections to stimulate her ovaries before doctors retrieved her…
Mumbai: An Ahmedabad-based businessman was arrested by airport police on charges of rape. Police said the survivor approached them with a complaint on July 23.The survivor is acquainted with the accused. On July 20, the duo checked into a five-star hotel close to the airport. On July 22, the survivor was allegedly raped, following which…
Both Thackeray cousins have supported Sonam Wangchuk Mumbai: The Thackeray cousins Uddhav and Raj announced that the public rally slated for 10 am on Sunday will go ahead as a victory march to congratulate the student movement whose agitation led to the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.They had on Friday announced a Tiranga…
Film personalities welcomed the education minister’s resignation following protests. MUMBAI: From calling it a “victory of students” to hailing Gen Z as a “tsunami of hope”, film personalities on Saturday welcomed Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation following weeks of protests over the NEET paper leak issue.Pradhan stepped down earlier in the day amid growing…
