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Wangchuk detention: SC suggests 'rethink'

India, Feb. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to "rethink" on the continued detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, noting the nearly five-month long incarceration at a Jodhpu... Read More


Train punctuality drops by 17% in 2 yrs

India, Feb. 5 -- Train punctuality on the Indian Railways has dropped sharply from 90% in 2021-22 to 73.62% in 2023-24, a parliamentary committee has said. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), in its ... Read More


'Missing Link' project in focus after Expressway chaos

Pune, Feb. 5 -- The massive traffic snarls following Tuesday's gas tanker accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway have once again brought under scanner the long-delayed "Missing Link" project. Several ... Read More


'World is not for me': 21-yr-old IIT-B student dies by suicide

MUMBAI, Feb. 5 -- A 21-year-old civil engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) died by suicide in the early hours of Wednesday. CCTV cameras captured the student waiti... Read More


CBI books firm, directors in Rs.10.14 crore PNB fraud case

MUMBAI, Feb. 5 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked a private trading firm and its directors in an alleged bank fraud case involving Rs.10.14 crore, after they cheated public sector... Read More


Panel postpones Kamra, andhare hearing in shinde 'insult' case

MUMBAI, Feb. 5 -- The privileges committee of the state legislative council on Wednesday accepted the request of stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare to postpone the... Read More


After DNA tests of 16 men, father identified as rapist

MUMBAI, Feb. 5 -- Months after a mentally ill 20-year-old woman was found five months pregnant, DNA evidence has led the Cuffe Parade police to arrest her father for allegedly raping and impregnating ... Read More


BMC gets legal notice over felling mangroves for Coastal Rd project

MUMBAI, Feb. 5 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra Mangrove Cell and chief conservator of forests have been served a legal notice over the alleged cutting of mangroves for the... Read More


Fadnavis was not part of any NCP merger talks, says Pawar

PUNE, Feb. 5 -- Ahead of his meeting with Sunetra Pawar on Wednesday, at a press meet in Baramati, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar added grist to the continuing saga of the possible... Read More


Pawar visits Sunetra, holds meeting with Parth and Jay

PUNE, Feb. 5 -- Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar met deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar and also held a closed-door meeting with her sons, Parth and Jay, in Baramati on Wednesday. T... Read More