Hindu youth lynched to death in Bangladesh (Credits: IANS) MUMBAI: City-based think tank Idea of India (IOI) Foundation has unequivocally and strongly condemned the brutal murder and mob lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a non-Muslim citizen, in Bangladesh. In a statement, Mohammad Umar Siddiqui, head of the Foundation, expressed deep anguish and outrage over the…
NEW DELHI: Swiggy-owned Instamart’s 2025 order report offers a snapshot of how Indians are using quick commerce, ranging from low-cost daily purchases to high-value luxury buys, along with a sharp rise in orders from several Tier-II cities.Instamart’s highest-spending user recorded purchases worth Rs 22 lakh in 2025, showing wide variations in spending on the platform….
Pune: More than a year after the state cabinet approved doing away with the non-agricultural (NA) tax in urban areas, cooperative housing societies across Maharashtra continue to face uncertainty as there is yet to be a govt resolution (GR) issued in this regard. The Maharashtra State Housing Federation has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis…
Mumbai: Police registered an FIR against a 72-year-old motorist for driving rashly, resulting in a pile up of 15 vehicles and leaving two persons injured. The incident occurred on Saturday around 3.10 pm near Tata Power, police said. The two injured were rushed to a hospital in Powai for treatment. One of them had suffered…
NEW DELHI: Dense smog continued to choke the national capital on Tuesday morning, sharply reducing visibility and keeping air quality firmly in the ‘severe’ range. The Air Quality Index (AQI) Delhi stood at 414 around 7 am, according to data from Sameer app. Several parts of Delhi recorded alarmingly high pollution levels. Key hotspots included…
Pune: The court of additional sessions judge PY Ladekar on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of suspended tehsildar Suryakant Yewale in the case of issuing two illegal orders granting ownership rights of govt lands in Mundhwa and Bopodi to private parties.The Khadak police registered a case based on a complaint by naib tehsildar Pravina…
Mumbai: Observing that she intended to take care of the child, a sessions court on Monday granted bail to Dr Reshmi Banerji, a 43-year-old dentist and medical college professor from West Bengal, who was arrested in connection with an alleged interstate child trafficking racket in April this year. After a grandfather in Mumbai complained to…
NEW DELHI: Three days after an Air India Express pilot allegedly assaulted a passenger at IGI Airport’s Terminal 1, Delhi Police received cross complaints from both. It registered a case based on the complaints of the flyer, Ankit Dewan, under sections 115 (voluntarily causing hurt), 126 (wrongful restraint) and 351 (criminal intimidation) of BNS on…
Pune: The Bharati Vidyapeeth police have registered a case under the Black Magic Act against two men after they allegedly claimed to have cured cancer patients and improved one’s financial situation through prayers in several sessions at a public utility hall in Dhankawdi.According to the police, the two conducted several sessions for people in the…
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court summoned BMC chief Bhushan Gagrani and the state pollution control board (MPCB) member-secretary on Tuesday morning to “explain inaction on the part of officers concerned” after a survey of 36 sites by a court-appointed panel prima facie indicated implementation of civic guidelines to curb air pollution was lacking, and compliance,…
