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New Mumbai-Pune bullet train will bring travel time down to 48 minutes

India, Feb. 3 -- The 50-km-long first phase of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) or bullet train between Bilimora and Surat is expected to be complete by the end of this year, while commerc... Read More


Safed Baradari stalls celebrate Kolkata's 'Boro Bazaar'

LUCKNOW, Feb. 3 -- Even as the Sanatkada Lucknow Festival is celebrating the confluence of Lucknow and Kolkata, a section of a marketplace set up as part of the event at Safed Baradari here traces the... Read More


Navigating life in the age of information overload

India, Feb. 3 -- The digital information overload we are surrounded by shapes how we dress, live, and what we choose to buy or avoid. Social media also shapes how we think, what we pay attention to an... Read More


14 booked for social boycotting a Raigad family over land dispute

India, Feb. 3 -- As many as 14 people from Borli Panchatan village in Raigad district were booked on Sunday for allegedly subjecting a family to social boycott following a land dispute. According to ... Read More


Activists see red as PMC proposes 10 per cent hike in property tax

India, Feb. 3 -- Even as political parties have promised a waiver on property tax for houses measuring up to 500 square feet, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) administration has proposed a 10% hik... Read More


BMC clears illegal hawkers on Mohammed Ali Road, Ibrahim Merchant Road

India, Feb. 3 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday carried out an anti-encroachment drive along Mohammed Ali Road and Ibrahim Merchant Road, two of south Mumbai's busiest commerci... Read More


'Loot, plunder': HC pulls up Haryana over Aravallis mining norms violation

Chandigarh, Feb. 3 -- The Punjab and Haryana High Court rapped Haryana state authorities on Saturday over, what it said was, "blatant violation of environmental norms" and "the loot and plunder of nat... Read More


CBI takes over murder case of Vanantara resort receptionist Ankita Bhandari | What we know so far

India, Feb. 3 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday registered a case into the alleged murder of the receptionist of Uttarakhand's Vanantara Resort, Ankita Bhandari in 2022. The team... Read More


JK Rowling invited Jeffrey Epstein? Harry Potter writer responds after name appears in new files; 'beyond silly'

India, Feb. 3 -- Harry Potter author JK Rowling has found herself amidst controversy after her name appeared in documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. The latest tranche of files released by the Justic... Read More


Opposition alleges foul play in Ajit Pawar death

India, Feb. 3 -- Less than a week after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash, opposition leaders, including Shiv Sena (UBT) MP S... Read More