Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

EAM, s korea COUNTERPART discuss tech, defence ties

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- India and South Korea on Saturday resolved to expand their strategic partnership by boosting cooperation in the areas of semiconductor, clean energy, defence and AI. External aff... Read More


ED raids min, cops register plaint against agency

Chennai, Aug. 17 -- The Chennai Police on Saturday registered a trespassing complaint against unknown Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials, hours after the agency searched multiple premises linked t... Read More


poll panel blames political parties as electoral roll row intensifies

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The Election Commission of India accused opposition parties on Saturday of raising electoral roll concerns at the wrong time, and scheduled a press conference for Sunday that wil... Read More


Wettest August night in 5 years; 2 die in landslide

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- Citizens woke up on Saturday to the aftermath of its rainiest night since 2020, as torrential downpour battered Mumbai between Friday night and early Saturday morning. Several neigh... Read More


City betrayed for '30 pieces of silver' or Rs.814.04 cr

India, Aug. 17 -- Mumbai has again been buried under the debris of broken promises. The Mumbai Port Authority's (MbPA) cynical parceling of 215 acres of land effectively means that, instead of a plann... Read More


Rainfall in state claims at least 6 lives in 2 days

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- Various parts of the state, including rain-deficit Marathwada, witnessed a heavy downpour since Friday evening, resulting in a rise in the water levels of dams and reservoirs. The d... Read More


Vikhroli Parksite mudslide buries 2

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- At Varsha Nagar in Vikhroli Parksite, fear is a constant companion and denial a survival tool. But time ran out for a father and his teenage daughter in the early hours of Saturday,... Read More


Police bust cable theft racket in Sion, arrest 15 posing as MTNL workers

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- It looked like routine repair work. A JCB machine at the site, men in reflective safety jackets digging up the road in the dead of night, even documents to show they were contractor... Read More


Schools not exempt from environment protection rules: SC

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- Industrial sheds, schools, colleges and hostels for educational institutions will no longer benefit from an exemption from obtaining environmental clearances under the Environment I... Read More


State govt to lease farmland to increase forest cover, boost eco-tourism

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- The state is chalking out a new forest conservation policy that will allow the government to lease private agricultural land for tree plantation, thereby increasing forest cover fro... Read More