New Delhi: As the calendar inches closer to Durga Puja, the lanes of some city localities have begun to hum with quiet anticipation. At scattered pandal sites, artisans sit cross-legged on the ground, the earthy scent of clay thick in the air as they paint the goddess with steady, reverent hands. This year, the excitement…
Pune: The Sangvi police on Wednesday arrested two people, including a transgender person, on the charge of abducting a property broker and extorting Rs1.6 lakh from him between Sept 8 and 9.Senior inspector Jitendra Koli of the Sangvi police said, “We have charged the two under relevant sections pertaining to abduction, extortion and robbery.”Another officer…
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The US government just made its biggest-ever bust of illegal e-cigarettes. Officials from the FDA and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized a massive 4.7 million vaping products, worth about $86.5 million, during a joint operation in Chicago.Most of the shipments were coming from China, and many were disguised with vague or misleading labels…
NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a landmark decision ahead of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, unveiling an all-female panel of match officials for the first time in the tournament’s history.While recent global events such as the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the last two ICC Women’s T20 World…
MUMBAI: The rupee closed weaker on Thursday, settling at 88.44 against the dollar, compared with 88.10 in the previous session, marking a fresh record low. The currency opened at 88.12, touched a high of 88.09 and a low of 88.45 during the day, slipping past its earlier low of 88.36 hit last week.The decline comes…
Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday condemned the Karnataka govt’s decision to change the name of Shivajinagar metro station in Bengaluru to St Mary’s station. “This is an insult to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj by the Congress govt of Karnataka. The Congress has the tradition of insulting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj right since the days of Jawaharlal…
New Delhi: The terror module busted by Delhi Police‘s special cell was allegedly at an advanced stage of carrying out assassinations of two right-wing politicians, of whom one is a Shiv Sena leader. The suspects are radicalised and at least two members had agreed to turn into fidayeens, police revealed on Thursday.The group was trying…
Pune: A rare and successful paediatric liver transplant surgery gave a new lease on life to a one-and-a-half-year-old boy at a city-based private hospital earlier this year. Doctors said the procedure helped save the life of the child, who is now stable and growing well. The baby, who was unwell since birth, struggled with persistent…
Former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, serving a 25-year sentence after his conviction on seven felony counts, will take the next step in his appeals process with a hearing scheduled for November. According to a Wednesday notice in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Bankman-Fried’s appeals case has been calendared for arguments…
