India fast bowler Ashok Sharma has described receiving his maiden senior national team call-up as the fulfilment of a long-standing dream, with the youngster now hoping to make his international debut during the upcoming T20I series against Zimbabwe. India will take on Zimbabwe in a three-match T20I series in Harare from July 23 to 26,…
Kolkata: Amid gusty winds and heavy rainfall, examinees struggled to reach their examination halls for the NEET re-test on Sunday. Out of 109,527 registered candidates, 93,878 appeared for the exam, while 15,649 skipped the re-test. Candidates appearing for the test in Kolkata faced severe difficulties reaching their centres because a heavy downpour drenched the city…
Navi Mumbai: A 33-year-old fisherman was arrested by the Alibaug police, Raigad, for possessing 4 kg of ambergris (whale vomit) estimated to be worth Rs 4 crore. He was caught early Monday riding a bike near the jetty at Chalmala in Thal village, Alibaug taluka.Pravin Pande, senior inspector of Alibaug, said the arrested accused was…
Poonawalla criticised all three choices, alleging that Dipke’s assessment of the leaders did not reflect their records in office. NEW DELHI: Former BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla has hit out at the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) after its founder Abhijeet Dipke named Arvind Kejriwal, MK Stalin and Pinarayi Vijayan as his picks for India’s best…
Nalasopara: An FIR has been registered against a booth level officer (BLO) for remaining absent from a polling station during the crucial final days of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Officials said this is the first such case registered against a BLO in the area.BLO Ranjana Singh was absent from the polling…
Over half of sanctioned NCERT posts vacant, 44% positions unfilled at CBSE: Parliamentary panel More than half of the sanctioned posts at the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) are vacant, while 44 per cent of positions at the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) remain unfilled, a parliamentary committee has said, flagging…
NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde MUMBAI: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Monday launched a sharp attack on Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde following the defeat of the Mahayuti alliance’s candidate in the Nashik Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) elections.Referring to the political slogan “Operation Tiger” and the outcome…
Somit Sen & Clara LewisMumbai: In a major relief for Maharashtra’s farmers, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday announced that the state govt will soon waive electricity dues worth Rs 48,000 crore owed by agricultural consumers using up to 7.5 horsepower (HP) pumps, extending support beyond the existing free power scheme and clearing decades-old arrears…
Margao: A Right to Information (RTI) reply has pulled curtains back on a bureaucratic muddle that has stalled the high court-mandated drive against illegal roadside constructions in Assolda, Quepem taluka, with the PWD (roads) admitting it does not have the complete land acquisition plan needed to even identify which structures are encroaching on govt land.The…
AI-generated illustration of a child drowning in a water-filled pit, highlighting a public safety hazard and the risks of unattended open water Pune: A two-year-old boy died after he fell into a water-filled pit near his house at Kadamvak Vasti in Loni Kalbhor around 10am on Tuesday.The boy was identified as Soham Lakhan Kasbe. His…
