Mumbai: Matunga police have lodged an FIR against a French national for allegedly threatening an Indore-based businessman and trying to extort Rs 20 crore from him and his family while also defaming them online.According to the complainant, Vaibhav Rai, promoter of H&H Health Care and Cosmetics, he and his son, Harshal, frequently visit Mumbai for…
Bihar gets Rs 6,000 Cr highway and railway projects ahead of polls (AI image) NEW DELHI: Call it the Centre’s “development” icing on the state govt’s populism cake ahead of the Bihar assembly election, the Union cabinet on Wednesday approved two major infrastructure projects, marking the NDA’s “double-engine” thrust in the poll-bound state. The highway…
Pune: A record 765 very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall events have lashed the Himalayan states this monsoon, triggering landslides and flash floods that battered roads, homes and villages across Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir.IMD data shows the number of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall spells in 2025 is the highest in…
MUMBAI: The Central govt sought four weeks’ time to file its reply to a petition by two men who questioned the constitutional validity of the definition of ‘spouse’ under the Income Tax Act and sought a declaration that it be extended to same-sex relationships as well.The HC division bench of Justices B P Colabawala and…
Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, facing accusations of sexually harassing 17 female students at a Vasant Kunj institute, is currently evading authorities NEW DELHI: A self-styled spiritual leader, Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, also known as Swami Parthasarathy, is on the run after 17 female students accused him of sexual harassment at a Vasant Kunj-based management institute. The complaint,…
Pune: A bridge on the Mutha canal in the Hadapsar area has been found to be damaged, leading to the suspension of vehicular movement on the stretch. Alternate routes have now been made available for road users for their daily commutes. However, local residents are pushing for Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to carry out repairs…
Mumbai: Then GRP commissioner and suspended IPS officer Quaiser Khalid granted permission for the illegal hoarding in Ghatkopar that crashed in May 2024 and his successor, Ravindra Shisve, failed to take action during its construction, a high-level probe panel led by former Allahabad HC Chief Justice Dilip Bhosale said while highlighting criminal aspects. It said…
Accused Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati NEW DELHI: Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, the self-proclaimed spiritual leader on the run after allegations of sexual abuse came to light at a private city institute, is no stranger to controversy. Saraswati, initially known as Swami Parthasarathy alias Swami Dr Parthasarathy, was living at Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management for nearly…
Pune: A team of cardiologists at Manipal Hospitals in Kharadi has successfully performed a rare lifesaving heart procedure on a 70-year-old woman with severe aortic valve narrowing and multiple health issues.The surgery was performed on Aug 5, and the patient was discharged from the hospital on Aug 9.The treating doctors said instead of performing traditional…
Woman plots with lover to kill hubby, he lives to tell taleNishikant.KarlikarThane: Police have arrested a homemaker, who allegedly along with her lover and his two aides, abducted and tried to kill her 43-year-old husband by throwing him into Kharegaon Creek in Thane on Sunday night. The dramatic case of betrayal unfolded when the victim…
