JCB at work at the cremation ground Kojbi Chak in Nagbhid taluka on Friday Chandrapur: The grief of losing a loved one was compounded by a painful scramble for firewood at Kojbi Chak in Nagbhid taluka on Friday. As relatives prepared for the final rites of Yuvraj Meshram, they discovered that firewood needed for his…

Nagpur: A 73-year-old housewife was allegedly duped of ₹4.5 lakh by cyber fraudsters posing as officials conducting a voter ID verification exercise and offering assistance with voter ID renewal and name correction.The fraud came to light after Saroj Joshi lodged a complaint with Dhantoli police. Joshi, who has no regular source of income, was targeted…

Brittney Griner appears in a scene from the documentary “The Brittney Griner Story,” an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. (Sundance Institute via AP) WNBA star Brittney Griner has filed for divorce from her spouse, Cherelle Griner, bringing an end to their 8-year of marriage, according to TMZ. Reports suggest that Griner filed…

AMC cancels Jaya-Parvati Vrat events at Riverfront, Kankaria Ahmedabad: In view of the India Meteorological Department’s forecast of extremely heavy rainfall across Ahmedabad and other parts of Gujarat over the next few days, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has cancelled special arrangements planned for women and girls observing Jaya-Parvati Vrat. Acting on instructions from mayor Hitesh…

Many of the victims were residents, others labourers working at the site and at least one was a visitor Bhiwandi: Ten persons were killed and three injured after half a wing of a five-storey building tagged “very dangerous” collapsed amid illegal emergency repairs to a tilting pillar and rain late on Thursday in Bhiwandi. Locals…

Patna: Long before English theatre became closely associated with metropolitan centres such as Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, Patna had built a vibrant amateur theatre tradition that staged classics of William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, George Bernard Shaw and several modern playwrights. Theatre practitioners, however, say the city’s once-thriving English theatre culture began to decline in…

Tanmay Vekaria, popular for playing Bagha in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, recently lost his father. During the show’s 18-year celebration, the actor remembered and missed his late father. He turned emotional as he recalled a promise he had made to his late father, who wanted to binge-watch his episodes after returning home from the…

Kozhikode: Twenty-three years after the Muthanga land agitation, Kalpetta principal sessions court on Friday acquitted 56 accused, including Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha (AGMS) co-founder M Geethanandan, in the murder of police constable K V Vinod. However, Geethanandan and three others were convicted in a related attempt-to-murder case.Of the 57 accused in the murder case, 15…

The committee has earmarked Rs37.53 crore for civic amenities in gram panchayats and also approved Rs 12 crore for non-conventional energy projects in 61 govt offices and Rs 2 crore towards construction of the Beed district library building Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Beed District Planning and Development Committee (DPDC) on Friday approved Rs 623-crore annual plan…

BY: Bhaskar Mehare YAVATMAL: A woman and her two young daughters died after their Ertiga car was swept away by floodwaters while attempting to cross a submerged bridge in Maharashtra’s Darwha taluka. Her husband narrowly escaped after clinging to a tree in the flooded river.The deceased have been identified as Madhavi Avinash Khandare, Sachi Avinash…