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GANDHI REFERS TO SAVARKAR WHILE ATTACKING THE SANGH IDEOLOGY

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), asserting that India faces a battle between constitutional values and those who prefer Manusmriti as the governing law as he cited Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's criticism of the Indian Constitution.

TN CONG LEADER PASSES AWAY AT 75, TRIBUTES POUR IN

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister EVKS Elangovan died due to age-related ailments at a private hospital here on Saturday, the hospital said.

Cong must earn place as INDIA bloc leader: Omar

NEW DELHI: Acknowledging growing discontent among INDIA bloc partners with the Congress, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has asked the party to justify its leadership role in the alliance instead of taking it for granted.

MPs submit notice in LS to impeach judge

MUMBAI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday came out openly in support of the Allahabad high court judge who opposition Rajya Sabha members have sought to impeach for his controversial remarks at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad last week.

BMC launches massive weekend clean-up drive

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched a massive clean-up drive over the weekend through its solid waste management department to tackle barricades at various infrastructure construction sites and collect debris and solid waste.

BEST wet-lease operator's drivers stop working, demand pay hike

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking is embroiled in a fresh problem after drivers of one of its wet lease operators, Switch Mobility Ltd, have stopped working and are demanding higher salaries.

15% WATER CUT IN MUMBAI, THANE AND BHIWANDI ON SUNDAY

Mumbai and the neighbouring municipalities of Thane and Bhiwandi will face a 15% water cut today due to the sudden breakdown of a transformer at the Pise water pumping station.

Biker loses leg as trailer with machine topples

MUMBAI: A 44-year-old interior designer lost his leg after a trailer carrying a 60-tonne earth-piling machine toppled on the Pant Nagar bridge slope near Vikhroli East on the Eastern Express Highway on Saturday.

Early morning outage disrupts CR services till noon

MUMBAI: A major power outage caused trains on a section of the Central Railway (CR) to stop dead in their tracks for 20-30 minutes early on Saturday, triggering a cascading effect that disrupted suburban and outstation services until noon.

Music teacher, minor son assault cop, booked

The teen, who is not licensed to drive, rammed his car into two constables

Leopard trapped in pipe rescued in 14-hr op

THANE: In a heart-pounding 14-hour rescue mission that gripped Bhiwandi's Janwal village—home to 500 residents and thousands of warehouse workers—a seven-year-old leopard trapped in a perilously narrow drainage pipe was finally freed on Saturday morning.

MVA OPPOSES PLAN TO LEVY GARBAGE COLLECTION FEE

MUMBAI: The municipality's plan to levy a user fee on the collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste is facing strong resistance from the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).

KUTCH BIZMAN WHO LAUNDERED ₹150CR DENIED BAIL

MUMBAI: A special PMLA court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Ramchand Issrani, a 64-year-old businessman from Gujarat, who was arrested in a money laundering case for allegedly cheating Union Bank of India.

Aaditya performs 'maha-aarti' at Dadar temple amid clashes

MUMBAI: After its poor showing in the recent assembly elections, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has been aggressively revisiting the Hindutva agenda.

HC ENHANCES COMPENSATION TO WADIA TRUST

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has enhanced the compensation granted to A H Wadia Trust for acquiring 50,000 sq m of its land for the expansion of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA).

NCP expels leader accused in murder of sarpanch in Beed

Criminals have no caste-they are just criminals. No one should use the incident to create a rift between two communities

MLAs scramble for cabinet berths ahead of expansion

BJP is keen to not include controversial MLAs in cabinet; CM Fadnavis says list has already been sent to central leadership

Series reaching a tipping point

As cricket moves to Gabba, this is where one team might gain a psychological advantage over other

At the nets, Gill and Pant show they mean business

BRISBANE: There was a time when the eve of a match would mean that the venue would be a beehive of activity.

Rahane breaks free, takes Mumbai into SMAT final

MUMBAI: After spinners Tanush Kotian and Atharva Ankolekar's thrifty bowling kept Baroda batters restricted to 158/7, Ajinkya Rahane's blazing 98 (56b, 11x4, 5x6) made short work of the target to take Mumbai to the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final with six wickets in hand on Friday in Bengaluru.

History will see this as a pivotal moment: Carlsen

Former world champion Magnus Carlsen believes that 18-year-old D Gukesh, being crowned youngest-ever undisputed world chess champion is a pivotal moment in chess and could potentially be the beginning of something interesting.

Top court rejects CCI's case transfer request

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday told the Competition Commission of India (CCI) that it cannot get any \"special treatment\" in petitions challenging its antitrust probe against e-commerce giants including Amazon and Flipkart transferred from various high courts to the top court, and granted it time till Monday (December 16) to take instructions on whether all matters could be bunched and heard together by the Karnataka High Court (HC).

PROBE DEATH OF THREE STUDENTS, MEA TELLS CANADA

NEW DELHI: India on Friday described the recent murder of three Indian students in Canada as \"terrible tragedies\" and urged Canadian authorities to carry out a thorough investigation into the crimes against the backdrop of a sharp deterioration in bilateral ties.

Mkts stage biggest swing in 6 months

About-turn

CCPA pulls up 17 direct-selling cos

NEW DELHI: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notices to 17 direct-selling entities for allegedly violating the Consumer Protection (Direct Selling) Rules, 2021.

Switzerland scraps MFN for India citing lack of reciprocity

NEW DELHI: Switzerland has suspended the most favoured nation (MFN) clause in a bilateral tax treaty with India following the Indian Supreme Court's decision last year, adding an extra procedural layer and making the applicability of the provision non-automatic in a tax dispute involving Nestle SA.

Directors' parade at Dish TV as investors spar with promoters

INVESTORS HAVE OUSTED A RECORD 25 DIRECTORS FROM THE DISH TV BOARD IN A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS

France's Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as PM

PARIS: Veteran centrist figure, Francois Bayrou, became France's fourth prime minister in a year, on Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron named his longtime ally as the new head of government.

New York CEO killing suspect wasn't client

NEW YORK: The man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was not a client of the medical insurer and may have targeted it because of its size and influence, a senior police official said on Thursday.

2nd impeachment vote for Prez Yoon on edge

SEOUL: South Korea's opposition leader on Friday urged ruling party lawmakers to side with the \"people\" and impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, a day before a second parliamentary vote that appears on a knife edge.