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BEST, Metro, RLYs to run special services to ring in 2026

MUMBAI, Dec. 30 -- When Mumbaikars step out on December 31 to ring in the new year, a host of special public transport services will be made available to help the celebrations go smoother. Metro 3 (th... Read More


4 deaths a day in '25: Why MMR roads are deadly

MUMBAI, Dec. 30 -- At least four people died in road accidents every day in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) in the first 11 months of the year, begging the question: is the development juggernaut... Read More


Collect as per local need or face action, state tells blood banks

Mumbai, Dec. 30 -- The State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) has cautioned blood banks against collecting blood beyond local requirements, particularly during donation drives in December-February. In... Read More


Questions for this time of the year

India, Dec. 30 -- At the end of the year, I like to reflect on the key events of the year, the feelings they evoked, and about the people who had an impact on my life. As I have grown older, I have le... Read More


Artist Nikas Safronov's works are driven by silence rather than spectacle

MUMBAI, Dec. 30 -- Fresh off a blockbuster run in New Delhi -- in what is his first ever showing in India -- Russian contemporary art heavyweight Nikas Safronov is in Mumbai with Dream Vision, opening... Read More


Relief for head of school where minor was raped 17 yrs ago

Mumbai, Dec. 30 -- Almost 17 years after the shocking rape of a minor in a tribal residential school (ashramshala) in Palghar, the Bombay High Court has granted relief to the school's former headmaste... Read More


Khatri takes 6/23 as rizvi bowl out anjuman for 73

Mumbai, Dec. 30 -- Left-arm spinner Abdullah Khatri took 6/23 to help Rizvi Springfield SSC bundle out Anjuman I-Islam Allana English for 73 in their two-day MSSA U-14 Giles Shield Super 8 encounter. ... Read More


The unstoppable genius of Magnus Carlsen

New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- "It's never easy." By a quirk of fate, the first and last sentence of Magnus Carlsen's press conference after becoming the World Rapid Champion looked to drive home the same poin... Read More


Argument timelines, prioritised listing: CJI resets SC functioning

New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday initiated a significant overhaul of the Supreme Court's functioning, introducing mandatory timelines for oral arguments and rest... Read More


lalit modi issues apology over 'fugitives remark'

London, Dec. 30 -- IPL founder Lalit Modi on Monday apologised for calling himself and Vijay Mallya the "two biggest fugitives" of India in a video posted on social media, and said that his statement ... Read More