Mumbai: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday framed an additional charge against alleged IS recruit Areeb Majeed for allegedly receiving funds to join the terrorist organisation Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.Judge Abhay A Joglekar framed the charge under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act following the filing of a fifth supplementary…
The Supreme Court has requested the government to reconsider its decision on curbing metro and train services. (Representational image) MUMBAI: Even as the Supreme Court on Friday asks government to reconsider curbs on metro and train services in Delhi and to resume the services in a regulated manner that doesn’t cause discomfort to commuters, jurists…
The Railways has cancelled multiple Mail and Express trains ahead of the Cockroach Janata Party’s planned protest MUMBAI: The Railways has cancelled several Mail and Express trains and rescheduled two Rajdhani Express services ahead of the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) planned protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday, citing anticipated severe traffic congestion…
Patel has represented Mumbadevi, a mixed-population constituency that includes Dongri, Nagpada and Kamathipura, since 2009. (File photo) MUMBAI: Nearly 40% of Mumbadevi assembly constituency’s voters have been categorised as permanently shifted, dead, untraceable/absent, duplicate and ‘other reasons’ during SIR, local Congress MLA Amin Patel has alleged.Patel said that several voters had been wrongly placed in…
One outfit. Multiple festivals. Zero guilt. The old festive dressing rule — new event, new outfit — is getting a Gen Z rewrite. Why buy another lehenga when the one sitting in your cupboard can have a completely different personality with a new pair of shoes, a different drape or a borrowed jacket?For a generation…
Earlier this week, over 500 college students in traditional garba finery gathered for what was, remarkably, an exam. For 90 minutes they danced in age-old concentric circles, with the Mataji sthapana at the centre, as the singer Bhoomi Trivedi lifted the evening with her presence. Bhoomi said she felt a touch of Vadodara in the…
Mumbai: “Garba is not a dance party, only those that have faith should attend”, said Swami Vidyanand, joint general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, at a press conference on Thursday announcing the World Hindu Congress to be held in BKC at the Jio World Centre from Dec 18 to 20.When asked a question on…
The Bombay high court scrutinized the financial capabilities of Sachin Waze, a dismissed Assistant police inspector MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday wondered aloud incredulously how dismissed Assistant police inspector Sachin Waze on a salary of less than Rs 1 lakh monthly, could use high-end luxury cars and questioned a month long stay at…
Navi Mumbai: A 38-year-old man arrested in a theft case by Navi Mumbai International Airport police died early Thursday morning while in police custody at the NRI Coastal police station’s lockup. The deceased was identified as Sanjay Kantu Yadav, a resident of Ulwe, who hails from Uttar Pradesh.ACP (crime) Bhausaheb Dhole said that late in…
A gas leak from a cylinder pipe caused an incident at a hostel on the IIT Bombay campus. MUMBAI: Five people, including two minors, were injured after a gas leak from a cylinder pipe triggered a flare-up at Hostel No. 6 on the IIT Bombay campus in Powai on Thursday night, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation…
