MUMBAI: The nine-day ( December 22-30) Aligarh Urdu Book Fair, organized by the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), concluded with historic success. Books worth Rs 70 lakh were sold even as the enthusiasm of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) community, especially the students, was to be seen to be believed. At the…
Video of parcels being thrown on railway tracks in UP sparks outrage; NEW DELHI: A video from Ma Belhadevi Dham Pratapgarh Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh has triggered outrage online after it showed India Post workers casually hurling mail bags and parcels onto the railway tracks on Platform. The incident occurred on November 23 around…
Pune: IMD observatories in Pashan and Shivajinagar recorded minimum temperatures of 9.4°C and 9.8°C, respectively, on Sunday, marking a 4–5° plunge in just 24 hours.In rural Pune, Haveli was even colder at 7.8°C, making it one of the chilliest pockets in the region. The sharp dip was unmistakable, with residents waking up to crisp, biting…
Shinde stresses on ‘alliance dharma’ MUMBAI: Amid the ongoing tussle between MahaYuti allies Shiv Sena and BJP over the poaching of former corporators and office bearers, Deputy CM Eknath Shinde said that “everyone must follow alliance dharma” just like the Shiv Sena follows alliance dharma. This is our expectation, Shinde said, adding that he spoke…
The Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun Expressway has begun a trial run, a significant step for the 213km corridor NEW DELHI: The Delhi–Saharanpur–Dehradun Expressway was opened for a trial run on Monday, marking a key milestone in the 213km corridor project that aims to significantly improve connectivity between Delhi and Dehradun.After completion, the expressway is projected to reduce the…
Drunk Pune techie driving off in a huff runs over valet near Kalyaninagar pub PUNE: A 30-year-old parking attendant, working with a prominent bar and restaurant in Kalyaninagar, died after he was struck by a car driven by a drunk IT firm employee around 3pm on Sunday.Police have arrested the techie, Pratapsinh Dhaygude (50), a…
Mumbai: Maharashtra recorded 379 sextortion cases between Jan 2022 and Aug 2025, including 193 in Mumbai, which resulted in collective losses of a little over Rs 21 crore and recoveries of only Rs 40 lakh. The period saw 603 cyberbullying cases, with scammers extorting Rs 106.5 crore and authorities recovering a mere Rs 2 crore,…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday sent Al Falah University founder Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui to 14-day judicial custody in a terror-linked money laundering case.Siddiqui was sent to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for 13 days starting November 19.On Monday, he appeared before Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan, who remanded him to judicial custody until…
Pune: When Siddhi Jain secured admission to the National Institute of Technology, most would have seen a bright path ahead but she aspired to a different one — the sky. Refusing to give up on her dream of donning an Indian Air Force (IAF) uniform, she cleared the NDA entrance in her second attempt, left…
Mumbai: The city’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) improved to 105 on Sunday from 124 recorded the previous day, marking a steady progress after last week when AQI spiked to 198.Of the 26 stations monitored by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), only Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) showed a ‘poor’ AQI of 217 on Sunday, while…
