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Survivors of Kurla bus crash recount horror

SOP mandates six weeks of training for scaling up, but driver Sanjay More trained for just three days

VVPAT check done but Oppn ups ante on EVMS

BJP leaders launch scathing attack on Sharad Pawar at Markadwadi meeting, call the NCP (SP) chief a 'cunning wolf'

Salem's plea for release date rejected

MUMBAI: A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on Tuesday rejected the plea filed by jailed gangster Abu Salem Abdul Qayyum Ansari, a convict in the March 1993 Mumbai serial bombings case, seeking to know the tentative date of his release.

HC PULLS UP BMC OVER DELAYS IN 100-YR-OLD FORT BUILDING REPAIR

The Bombay high court on Tuesday rapped the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over delays in initiating repair work in DG Chambers, a 100-year-old building in Mumbai's Fort area that houses the iconic Dwarka Restaurant, saying the delays amounted to \"harassment\" of citizens.

City's temperature fluctuates erratically; cold spell to be short-lived, says IMD

MUMBAI: The city's temperatures have been fluctuating dramatically since the beginning of the month of December, with the mercury rising 5 degrees Celsius early Tuesday morning, just a day after the city recorded its coldest December day in nine years.

Mannat to get taller? Gauri seeks coastal authority nod

The application seeks approval to build two additional floors on the six-storey annexe behind the mansion

Ecologist Madhav Gadgil gets UN's top green honour

Veteran ecologist, Madhav Gadgil has been named one of the six 'Champions of the Earth' for 2024 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Treesa-Gayatri aim to impress at Tour Finals

NEW DELHI: It had been a far from ideal year for Treesa Jolly and P Gayatri Gopichand.

OLYMPIC CHAMP SCHEFFLER BAGS YEAR'S NINTH TITLE

The Scottie Scheffler juggernaut continues to roll, and records and rivals continue to get steamrolled.

Ding hits back with positional masterclass, levels match 6-6

A day after blunder cost him dear, world champion levels match with flawless Game 12 vs Gukesh

SA on top of WTC table, pressure on India to win series

KOLKATA: South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by 109 runs in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) to win the two-match series 2-0 on Monday and as a result moved up to No. 1 on the ICC World Test Championship table with 63.33 percentage points.

Near Adelaide, at Tea Tree Gully: The place where you can find Head's heart

ADELAIDE: For some time now, Indian players and fans have been asking themselves the same question over and over again because Travis Head finds a way and shows the will to scupper India's hopes over and over again: \"Where has this guy come from?\"

WTC's imperfections laid bare by SA's late charge

MUMBAI: The screams and singing from the South Africa team celebrations echoed across St George's Park at Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) after their series-clinching Test win against Sri Lanka on Monday.

Air India places order to buy 100 more Airbus aircraft

Private airline Air India on Monday said it has placed an order to purchase 100 more Airbus aircraft, comprising 10 wide-body A350 and 90 narrow-body A320 family aircraft including the A321neo.

Malhotra to lead next leg of RBI's war on inflation

The appointment comes months after the govt appointed 3 new members to MPC

Syria's Assad exit shows Russia, Iran and Hamas made a bad bet

JERUSALEM: A great many actors had a hand in the fall of Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist group that led the offensive; Turkey, which nurtured and supported HTS; the myriad Syrian groups and people who gave a hated tyrant a final push.

Hasina slams Yunus regime, calls him 'mastermind' behind July-Aug turmoil

Bangladesh's deposed premier Sheikh Hasina has launched a fierce attack on the interim administration, accusing its chief adviser Muhammad Yunus of running a \"fascist regime\" that allows terrorists and fundamentalists to act without restraint.

Prez Putin's call to grant Assad asylum in Russia: Kremlin

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Monday President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant asylum in Russia to Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted as Syria's president by a lightning rebel offensive.

Israel now 'more optimistic' on prospects of Gaza deal: Saar

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take to the witness stand on Tuesday for the first time in his trial on corruption allegations, a pivotal point in the drawn-out proceedings that comes as the leader wages war in Gaza and faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes charges.

NVIDIA HIT WITH CHINA PROBE IN GLOBAL TECH WAR ESCALATION

BEIJING: China has opened a probe into Nvidia Corp. over suspicions that the US chip-maker broke anti-monopoly laws around a 2020 deal, taking aim at the AI heavyweight as Washington ramps up sanctions.

Speech that doesn't befit a judge's office

When they're sworn in, high court judges take an oath to bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India.

Can ICJ deliver climate justice to Global South?

After the battle at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague has now become the battleground for the developing and the developed worlds to face off on the climate issue.

On the road to Damascus

Assad's fall and the rise of Islamists in Syria is a momentous event for West Asia

Arab Spring in Syria marks a power shift

The collapse of the Assad regime has far-reaching consequences. There is genuine fear that Syria could become a safe haven for extremist groups

Why children in schools take to physical Violence

What made a 12-year-old strangle his classmate over a minor incident in New Delhi? In another city, a class monitor, in his enthusiasm to maintain discipline in the classroom, kicked a student in the groin who succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital.

Govt looks to table bill on one nation, one poll

NEW DELHI: A bill to pave the way for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies ranks high on the Union government's agenda and could be tabled in Parliament in the ongoing winter session or the coming budget session, people familiar with the details said on Monday.

PM: Vision of 'reform, perform, transform' led to robust growth

JAIPUR: The country has seen robust development in every sector over the past 10 years with a vision of \"reform, perform, transform\", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he addressed investors and industrialists in Jaipur.

10 FIRs filed for default on loans from Kuwait bank

FIRS ARE PART OF A LARGE-SCALE FRAUD OF NEARLY ₹700 CRORE ALLEGEDLY BY AT LEAST 1245 HEALTH CARE WORKERS

BJP intensifies attack over Cong links to Soros, Oppn hits back

NEW DELHI: The government and the Opposition traded barbs involving five-letter words on Monday, both names of billionaire businessmen either side sought to link to the top leader of the other side of the Lok Sabha.

TN RESOLUTION URGES CENTRE TO CANCEL RIGHTS FOR TUNGSTEN MINING

THE COURT ASKED THE STATE TO OUTLINE STEPS TO RECOVER CHARGES FROM THOSE WHO HAVE UNLAWFULLY USED OR OCCUPIED THESE ASSETS