Mumbai: BJP corporator Makarand Narwekar has appealed to the BMC to exempt civic field staff from Special Intensive Revision (SIR) duties to ensure public safety amid monsoon crisis.Narwekar pointed out that across the BMC’s administrative wards, hundreds of municipal employees, including around 50 personnel from A Ward alone, have been pulled from their regular duties…
India back on top of T20I ranking (Image: ANI) India have officially returned to the No. 1 position in the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings after registering back-to-back victories over Zimbabwe in Harare. The Men in Blue sealed the top spot with a commanding 90-run win in the second T20I on July 25, 2026, taking…
Lisha Das (Pic credit: NVS India) NEW DELHI: India’s Commonwealth Games (CWG) contingent has come under scrutiny after the youngest member of the 191-strong squad, 16-year-old para track cyclist Lisha Das expressed “profound disappointment” over the absence of a woman coach or support staff in the track and para track cycling contingent, raising safety and…
Navi Mumbai: A 19-year-old youth riding a scooty was killed and his friend riding pillion was severely injured after he crashed into the rear of a truck parked dangerously by the driver on the Mangaon-Shrivardhan stretch of road in Raigad on Saturday around 2.15 pm.The deceased youth was identified as Mohatsim Mubin Dhanse, 19, and…
BSEB has released the Sakshamta Pariksha Phase 5 Result 2026 on its official portal for candidates who appeared in the competency examination held for local body teachers and librarians. Applicants can check their qualifying status and marks by logging in with their credentials. The board has also enabled the scorecard download facility for future admission…
Argentina produced one of the most dramatic comebacks of the FIFA World Cup 2026 to overturn a two-goal deficit and defeat Egypt 3-2 at Atlanta Stadium, keeping their title defence alive with three goals in the final 11 minutes. Lionel Scaloni’s side looked destined for a shock exit after Egypt established a deserved 2-0 lead,…
The transfer marks a significant shift for five TP schemes that PMRDA spent nearly eight years planning, securing approvals for and preparing for execution. Pune: The Mhalunge-Maan Town Planning (TP) scheme, showcased by the state at the Magnetic Maharashtra investment summit in 2018 as a model for planned urbanisation through land pooling, will now be…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police have busted a fake call centre operating a fraudulent online dating club out of Kasba. Detectives are now probing the interstate link between the eight persons arrested during Monday’s raid, with a pan-India cyber syndicate recently dismantled by the Delhi Police, where the accused also ran fake spiritual gangs.The crackdown follows a…
Pune: Drought has crept up on people, especially farmers, like a slow disaster for centuries. The first sign is always the failing rains, followed by shrinking water in dams, which ultimately means reduced water for crops, and soon, a crisis unfolds.But a new study suggests that across Maharashtra, drought is increasingly behaving differently, arriving within…
India’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi etched his name into the history books on Saturday after becoming the second-youngest cricketer to debut in international cricket among Full Member nations when India handed the 15-year-old his maiden cap in the second T20I against England at Old Trafford.At 15 years and 99 days, Sooryavanshi surpassed Sachin…
