Mumbai recorded its wettest July days in recent years with intense downpours. MUMBAI: Mumbai received as much rain between June 30 and July 6 as several major metros typically do in an entire year.IMD’s Colaba observatory recorded 882. 6mm of rain and Santacruz 988. 8mm during the seven-day period, surpassing the average annual rainfall of…
Police investigating the murder of Pune-based realtor Ketan Agarwal are examining whether his fiancée, Siya Goyal, had secretly married her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary PUNE: Police investigating the murder of Pune-based realtor Ketan Agarwal are examining whether his fiancée, Siya Goyal, had secretly married her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, months before Agarwal’s death.Goyal (20) and…
School dropout rates decline significantly in UDISE+ 2025-26 as secondary enrolment and teacher numbers reach new milestones NEW DELHI: The student dropout rate in schools witnessed a sharp and consistent decline across critical learning stages, according to the USIDE 2025-26 report released by the Ministry of Education, even as the student retention rate declined marginally…
US forces used precision-guided munitions to strike Iranian air defence systems The latest escalation came hours after three merchant vessels were struck in the Strait of Hormuz US forces used precision-guided munitions to strike Iranian air defence systems The latest escalation came hours after three merchant vessels were struck in the Strait of Hormuz US…
On Monday, in Garajiya village, a subadult lion pinned Maldhari herder Kalu Parmar to the ground for nearly half an hour, holding him down as villagers shouted and threw stones. Parmar escaped with claw injuries. (Below) In the video shared widely online, Parmar is seen patting the lion’s head For years, Vagha Siddha kept telling…
Built on generations of trust and tolerance, the Gujarat lion story was touted as a conservation model worldwide. But now, with four people killed in attacks in over two weeks, the limits of human-lion coexistence are being tested Built on generations of trust and tolerance, the Gujarat lion story was touted as a conservation model…
The United States on Tuesday charged jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his close aide Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar with orchestrating the June 2023 killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.According to a federal indictment unsealed in Los Angeles, Bishnoi and Brar ordered Nijjar’s assassination outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia,…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a plea by DMK seeking an order restraining Tamil Nadu CM Joseph Vijay from making statements on the Karur stampede and told the party not to use the judicial forum as a political platform to proceed against an adversary. It also asked…
NEW DELHI: Rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Wednesday morning, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting more showers, thunderstorms and gusty winds across the region over the next five days.IMD has issued a Yellow alert for July 8 and 9. During this period, Delhi is expected to witness a generally cloudy sky, intermittent light…
New Delhi: Calling the independence of the legal profession as important as the independence of the judiciary, Supreme Court Tuesday said the former must remain self-regulated. External agencies or institutions could not record adverse findings and opinions about the professional standing of advocates, the court said, as this was the exclusive domain of the Bar…