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42 Yrs On, Court Orders Govt To Execute Contract

The firm filed a suit in 1982 as the govt failed to handover GT Hospital plot to them on lease basis

Govt sanctions ₹5cr to clear arrears of special teachers

The fund to clear the arrears of 52 special teachers under the Central govt's IEDSS programme

Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair-2025 from January 9-11

Hindu spiritual organisations will come together in January for the Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair 2025 at Bangur Nagar, Goregaon.

'Dissatisfied' Shinde meets PM

COURTESY VISIT? | Shinde has neither visited Mantralaya nor convened any official meetings since portfolio allocation; he has been working from his village

Trust seeks security panel for temples

The third Maharashtra Mandir Nyas Parishad passed a resolution to establish a security committee for each temple in the state.

Two motorbikes collide, 1 dead

A bike-borne man was killed and another was critically injured when another motorcycle crashed into their two-wheeler in Tardeo on the intervening night of December 25-26.

Loan scam with morphed pics: 2 held with int'l link

The Bandra police have arrested two persons from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly duping people in Mumbai through fake loans, and sending the extorted amount abroad as bitcoins.

12-yr-old attacked by unleashed German Shepherd

A 12-year-old boy, Ayush Kirte, was attacked and injured by a German Shepherd near BMC School No. 02, Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar, Ghatkopar East, on Thursday afternoon.

Bizman dies at Bandra rly stn, Maha Emergency Med denies report on ambulance delay

The Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services (MEMS) has vehemently denied a report in a section of the press that a 70-year-old businessman, Rama Shankar Singh, died at Bandra railway station on December 24 because its ambulance driver refused to take him to Hinduja Hospital.

City eats dust, doctors warn against outdoor life

RUN FOR LIFE | Situation particularly dangerous for those suffering from asthma or COPD; children, elderly also at risk

'Hope when history is written, it'll be kinder to me'

THE SCHOLAR, THE ECONOMIST AND THE UNLIKELY STATESMAN

INDIA-US CIVIL NUCLEAR DEAL A CROWNING GLORY OF SINGH

India’s epochal civil nuclear agreement with the United States in 2008 will remain a crowning glory for Manmohan Singh's prime ministership in the foreign policy domain as it not only ended the country’s nuclear apartheid but created a favourable geopolitical configuration.

NCW cracks whip on cops for revealing rape victim's identity

A day after the daring sexual assault of an engineering student on the Anna University campus in Chennai shook Tamil Nadu, fresh outrage was triggered over the leak of the girl's identity.

Excavation of 'Mrityu Kup' Begins in Sambhal

The administration in this Uttar Pradesh district on Thursday commenced the renovation and excavation of the ancient \"Mrityu Kup\" at Kot Purvi, located within the Sambhal Kotwali police station area.

Teachers Will Have Big Role in Next Century, Says RSS Chief

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has emphasized on the role of teachers in the 21st century with science poised to get more and more disruptive and even dangerous.

Hry: 2 killed, 1 hurt as masked men open fire

Two men were killed and another one was grievously hurt after a group of about five masked miscreants opened fire indiscriminately on them outside a gym in Haryana's Yamunanagar district Thursday morning.

Mahakumbh: UP Accelerates Land Allocation

With Mahakumbh 2025 approaching, preparations in Prayagraj have gained significant momentum as the Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, focuses on expediting the land allocation process.

Noted Malayali writer Nair cremated with state honours

MT Vasudevan Nair, a legendary figure in Malayalam literature, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 91, was cremated with full state honours at the Smrithipatham Crematorium in Kerala on Thursday.

BJP stumps Cong over map gaffe

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday criticised the Congress for displaying at its plenary session at Belagavi in Karnataka posters in which the map of India with Mahatma Gandhi's image allegedly excluded the regions of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Aksai Chin.

Mum actors' face BJP ire

The BJP urged cinegoers and film producers to shun both actors from West Bengal who have acted in film projects in Bangladesh and Bangladeshi actors who are working here especially for their silence on the Bangladeshi crises.

'Ishwar Allah tero naam' song triggers row in Bihar concert

In an unexpected incident, noted folk singer was stopped from singing Mahatma Gandhi's favourite Bhajan, \"Ishwar Allah tero naam,\" and even forced to apologise allegedly by BJP workers at a function organised at Bapu Sabhagar auditorium here to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Kazakh plane was shot at?

The Kazakh airline crash, western media reports suggest, was wrongly attributed to a collision with a flock of birds in the Russian media.

Gentle Exit of a Giant Reformer

If a nation has to be reminded that the Prime Minister doesn't inevitably signify brute power and crafty political manipulations, that the Prime Minister can be an embodiment of erudition and grace, you don't have to dig deep into history to discover a Jawaharlal Nehru. You found Manmohan Singh barely a decade ago, a leader whose wisdom and humility accorded dignity to politics that has degenerated so much as to evoke ridicule, fear and suspicion from the masses.

City chokes on dense smog

Mumbai was smothered by a thick blanket of smog on Thursday, reducing visibility to dangerously low levels by evening.

VHP Public Drive to Free Temples of Govt Control

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has announced a countrywide 'public awakening' campaign to free Hindu temples from government control.

Tax cuts for those earning upto ₹15L?

The government is vetting a proposal to lower income tax for individuals earning up to Rs 15 lakhs annually in its upcoming budget, according to two government insiders, cited by Reuters.

China okays building of Brahmaputra superdam

The 'mother of all dams' with the projected cost of US $137 billion, is set to dwarf any infrastructure project on the planet and will have huge lower riparian implications for both India and Bangladesh

AAP trains gun on Maken, gives Cong 24 hrs to act

Threatens to rally INDIA Bloc against Congress a day after Ajay Maken terms the alliance a mistake

Kohli Bumps Into A Row

It was an unsavoury moment when Virat Kohli appeared to bump into the Australian Test debutant Sam Konstas at the MCG on Boxing Day.

Eight Teams Remain in the 'City of Pearls'

Out of the 36 states and two institutional sides jumping into the fray, eight teams remain in the \"City of Pearls,\" determined to grab the coveted Santosh Trophy, considered the jewel of the country's National Football Championship since 1941.