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December 25, 2024

5 soldiers killed as vehicle falls into Poonch gorge

At least five soldiers were killed and five others critically injured after an army vehicle skidded off the road and rolled down a 150-feet-deep gorge in the Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday evening, officials familiar with the matter said.

1 min

Law, policy, contract: Why SC junked ruling on credit card interest

The Supreme Court last week struck down a decision of the apex consumer forum that directed banks not to levy penal interest of above 30% on credit card users who either default or delay payment of dues within the stipulated time.

6 mins

12-YEAR-OLD GIRL REPORTED MISSING FOUND DEAD IN THANE AFTER A DAY

A 12-year-old girl from Kolsewadi in Kalyan East who was reported missing on Monday night was found dead on Tuesday.

1 min

59-YEAR-OLD MERCHANT KILLED IN HIT-AND-RUN IN SAKI NAKA

A steel merchant died after a truck ran over him in a hit-and-run accident on Khairani Road, Saki Naka.

1 min

BMC cancels auction of Malabar Hill plot

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to drop its plan to auction a 2,432-square-metre plot that houses a Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) receiving station to a private party, municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani confirmed on Tuesday.

2 mins

5 arrested after 4 Ratnagiri college professors assaulted

The profs were allegedly attacked by president of the Guhagar Education Society and goons

2 mins

5 arrested after 4 Ratnagiri college professors assaulted

The profs were allegedly attacked by president of the Guhagar Education Society and goons

2 mins

Excise department proposes new liquor licenses to cap fiscal deficit

As the state's fiscal deficit is expected to cross ₹2 lakh crore, thanks to the many populist schemes launched by the Mahayuti government ahead of the Assembly elections, the state government has started pulling out all stops to mobilise resources to cap the shortfall.

2 mins

CONG WORKERS PROTEST AGAINST AMIT SHAH

Ramtek, the sprawling, sea-facing bungalow on Narayan Dabholkar Road in Mumbai's posh Malabar Hill, has a bit of a reputation for being unlucky for its high-profile ministerial residents.

3 mins

DYCM SHINDE TO MEET PM MODI WITH FAMILY

Amid concerns flagged by the Congress, the Election Commission on Tuesday said there were no arbitrary additions or deletions of voters in Maharashtra where assembly polls were held recently.

3 mins

MAN WANTED FOR WIFE'S MURDER HELD AFTER 33 YEARS

A 70-year-old man who allegedly set his wife ablaze in 1991 following a domestic dispute was arrested on Monday after being on the run for 33 years.

1 min

India's tallest luxe building gets part OC up to 53 floors

Metro shoes owners buy 2 flats for cumulative price of ₹162 crore in the residential property

1 min

Aaditya urges CM to tackle poster menace

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, requesting him to hold an all-party meeting regarding the proliferation of illegal banners and posters, especially political ones, in Mumbai.

1 min

ENGINEER DUPED OF ₹10 LAKH BY FALSE JOB OFFER

A 46-year-old electrical engineer who was looking for a job abroad was duped of nearly ₹10 lakh in a cyberfraud where he was offered a false job in Singapore.

1 min

Demand waiver of 20% export duty as procurement prices have halved

PRICES HAVE DROPPED FROM ₹3,600 A QUINTAL ON DECEMBER 12 TO ₹1,725 A QUINTAL ON MONDAY, LED BY RISE IN FRESH KHARIF HARVEST

2 mins

Andheri resident loses ₹5.7 cr in cyber fraud

A 53-year-old Andheri resident working in an insurance firm was duped of ₹5.70 crore in an online share trading cyber fraud.

1 min

Palm Beach Road to open for fitness buffs on Sundays

Sports and fitness enthusiasts can look forward to using three lanes of the scenic Palm Beach Road every Sunday.

1 min

HC allows Italian couple to adopt one-year-old child

The infant was surrendered when she was a month old, and suffered from congenital heart disease,

1 min

12 booked for posting edited Fadnavis video

The Maharashtra police's cyber cell has registered an FIR against 12 unidentified social media users for posting a \"maliciously edited\" video of one of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis's speeches about Naxalism.

1 min

NHRC appointment process flawed, says Cong in dissent note

Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, Leaders of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, submitted a dissent note over the selection of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson and members, saying that the process was fundamentally flawed.

2 mins

Lucknow bank heist case accused gunned down

THE 2 DECEASED, AND 5 AIDES STOLE JEWELLERY, CASH WORTH CRORES FROM A U.P. BANK ON SATURDAY

1 min

Invisible hand seems at play in Manipur crisis: Former CJ

No one appears to be in control in Manipur, where \"an invisible hand\" continues to fan violence, the Manipur high court's former chief justice Siddharth Mridul said on Tuesday, stressing the need to urgently bring the situation under control otherwise, \"there will be nothing left to protect\" in the northeastern state.

4 mins

SHAH REVIEWS IMPLEMENTATION OF THREE NEW CRIMINAL LAWS

Union home minister and minister of cooperation Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the three new criminal laws have become the protectors of civil rights and the basis of \"ease of justice\" under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as he reviewed the implementation of the legislation during separate meetings with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, people aware of the matter said.

1 min

Orthodox Priest Slams Modi Over Christmas Event

A senior bishop of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala took a dig at BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, a day after the PM participated in a Christmas event in the Capital.

1 min

NDA leaders to meet today as Oppn sharpens attack on Shah

LEADERS OF THE NDA ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE STOCK OF THE UPCOMING DELHI ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS AND THE UNION GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO ELICIT SUPPORT FOR IMPORTANT LEGISLATIONS

1 min

North India shivers as cold wave intensifies, snow covers the hills

TEMP DROPPED BELOW ZERO IN PARTS OF J&K; AND WEATHER DEPT IN HIMACHAL ISSUED A 'YELLOW ALERT' FOR DENSE FOG IN BHAKRA DAM RESERVOIR AREA AND BALH VALLEY

2 mins

CFSL SAYS PROOF OF STRUGGLE MISSING AT RG KAR CRIME SCENE

No evidence of a possible struggle or resistance was found at the crime scene in the seminar room of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata where a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered on August 9, according to a report by the Delhi-based Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL).

1 min

5 states get new guvs

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday appointed Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, former Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla, and ex-army chief and former Union minister General (retd) VK Singh as new governors of Bihar, Manipur and Mizoram, respectively,

2 mins

Can't settle scores in a constitutional post: Dhankhar

People holding constitutional posts have to be \"vindicated by commitment to sublimity, sterling qualities, and constitutionalism\" and are \"not in the position to settle scores\", vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Tuesday.

2 mins

HAL to start trial of new Tejas jet in Jan

State-run plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is set to begin in January 2025 critical trials on the new Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA Mk-1A), involving the testing of the indigenous Astra beyond-visual-range missile, the aircraft's locally made electronic warfare suite and the Israeli Elta radar, as it now targets a March 31 deadline to deliver the first fighter jet to the Indian Air Force after completing the necessary certification requirements, senior officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday.

1 min

Pulls of domestic politics in Dhaka

Bangladesh's insistence on Sheikh Hasina's extradition will further test its ties with India

2 mins

Battles of attrition in West Asia & Ukraine

If 2024 was the year when war returned with a vengeance to the centre of inter-State relations, it also witnessed some critical developments in warfare, featuring attrition, manoeuvre, and adaptation.

3 mins

Unlocking philanthropy to meet India's climate goals

India's climate crisis is not a distant threat—it's a stark reality impacting millions across the country. That said, it is the marginalized—farmers, low-income communities, women, and the displaced—who often bear a disproportionate burden.

2 mins

Statesman who chose ideology over power

On his 100th birth anniversary, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's vision of good governance remains as relevant as earlier for the nation

4 mins

'NO JOB OFFER POINTS FOR P.R. VIA EXPRESS ENTRY ROUTE'

The Canadian government has announced that, beginning spring 2025, candidates for permanent residency (PR) through the Express Entry route will no longer benefit from extra points gained by having an employment offer in hand.

1 min

ALEC BALDWIN MANSLAUGHTER CASE DROPPED BY PROSECUTOR

A New Mexico criminal case against actor Alec Baldwin stemming from a fatal shooting on the set of his movie \"Rust\" in 2021 ended on Monday, with a prosecutor dropping her appeal of the case's dismissal.

1 min

Killed Haniyeh in Tehran, Israel says for 1st time

Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday acknowledged that Israel had killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, as he warned the military would \"decapitate\" the leadership of Yemen's Houthi rebels.

1 min

Russian firm denies corruption in Bangladesh nuclear plant project

Russia's state-run nuclear agency on Tuesday refuted allegations of corruption and embezzlement leveled against it by an anti-graft panel in Bangladesh looking into an atomic power plant it is building in the South Asian country.

1 min

US sanctions on 4 Pak firms have 'no justification': PM

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday defended Pakistan's nuclear and missile programme, saying the recent US sanctions against the country's four entities have \"no justification\".

1 min

Rupee hits record low for sixth straight session

The Indian rupee weakened to its all-time low for the sixth consecutive trading session on Tuesday as a rise in U.S. bond yields boosted the dollar and strong demand for the greenback from importers added to the lingering pressure on the local currency.

1 min

HURT BY IMPORTS, STEELMAKERS EYE SAFEGUARD DUTY

The commerce ministry's investigation into imports of flat steel products and a likely safeguard duty to curb their shipments have sparked optimism of a turnaround for Indian steelmakers after a tepid year marred by slipping sales prices and shrinking margins.

1 min

Small packs flood shelves as rural India defies slump

FMCG giants betting on hinterland to drive consumption as urban demand cools

2 mins

Informal sector GVA up 16.5%, workers by 10%

The Indian economy had 73.4 million non-farm informal sector enterprises in 2023-24, according to data published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Tuesday.

3 mins

Agri export policy to get a makeover

India's six-year-old Agricultural Export Policy (AEP) is set for an overhaul as export destinations shift and the country's farm exports basket becomes more diverse, three people directly involved in the process said.

1 min

Rohit's mantra: A personalised approach is key

Captaincy demands a mindset as varied as the individuals in the squad. You need to know when to be sympathetic and when to have a stern word or two.

3 mins

Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal shine as India women clinch ODI series

It was a thoroughly dominant all-round performance from India yet again in this series as they defeated West Indies by 115 runs in the second women's ODI and took a 2-0 lead in the three-match series at the Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara on Tuesday.

1 min

Konstas to debut; Head, Rohit ready to go

Much of the intrigue on Tuesday centred around the fitness of two key figures on either side—Australia's Travid Head and India's Rohit Sharma.

2 mins

INDIA NAME U-19 WOMEN'S T20 WC SQUAD, HOPE FOR TITLE DEFENCE

The Indian women's cricket team has so far been unsuccessful in winning a World Cup, not even after the big boost of coming under the BCCI fold in 2006. The chances of India defending the women's T20 U-19 World Cup, to be held in Malaysia from January 18 to February 2 though is high.

1 min

Khel Ratna row: Manu says lapse on my part

Seeking to end all \"speculations\" after her name was not considered for the Khel Ratna Award, Paris Olympics double medallist shooter Manu Bhaker on Tuesday admitted to a possible lapse in her application for the country's top sports award.

2 mins

Paris heartache over, Chanu focuses on regaining fitness

The right thigh is still a work in progress for her. She can win a medal anywhere in the world if she is injury free. VIJAY SHARMA, National weightlifting coach

3 mins

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