Kolkata: Midnight raids and arrests won’t be able to scare or halt Trinamool, CM Mamata Banerjee thundered on Tuesday, her words coming barely a few hours after ED arrested I-PAC co-founder Vinesh Chandel in New Delhi late on Monday.“If one is arrested, another will take his place. We will continue to fight. It is not…
Kolkata: A day after CM Suvendu Adhikari held his first meeting with senior cops to outline the new govt’s law-and-order priorities, religious leaders and community organisers across faiths responded supportively to the govt’s new directives on loudspeakers and road usage during prayers and festivals, while stressing that the rules must be implemented fairly and uniformly.Till…
Famed actor Heath Ledger’s passing was perhaps one of the biggest news stories in the Hollywood industry at the time. As the news spread, tributes and comments of shock and disbelief were shared. Now, years later, fans wonder about the actor and what happened to his daughter, Matilda Ledger. Here is all we know about…
A brief rainfall over Pune city on Saturday Pune: After a brief lull in monsoon, only a few patches of the Western Ghats in the state saw triple-digit rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8.30am on Saturday, as per India Meteorological Department (IMD).In the said period, Tamhini recorded the highest rainfall at 200mm, followed by…
Chandigarh: In a significant move aimed at preserving cultural heritage and educating future generations, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini has announced the inclusion of the history of Sikh Gurus and Baba Banda Singh Bahadur in the Class 8 history curriculum across state schools.The decision fulfills a commitment made by the chief minister during the…
NEW DELHI: A Pune-based defence company has successfully carried out firing demonstrations of the EXTRA and Predator Hawk “Suryastra” rockets with ranges of 150km and 300km, respectively, at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha, on May 18 and 19, reports Surendra Singh. Suryastra is India’s first indigenous universal multi-calibre rocket launcher system, designed for…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. PUNE: The Forum for IT Employees (FITE), Maharashtra, has written to senior state govt officials seeking constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate a series of alleged job scams involving some tech firms.Based on employees’ complaints, the FITE claimed that thousands of freshers were allegedly cheated over…
Pune: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Saturday said the FIR registered by the Karnataka police in his uncle Ajit Pawar’s death in a plane crash had been transferred to the Maharashtra CID but it still did not act on it, while the CID officers told TOI that it had been made a part of…
US senators on Tuesday unveiled a revised version of a Russia sanctions bill that seeks to pressure Moscow and its major energy buyers, including India and China, while easing some of the toughest provisions from the original proposal.The bipartisan legislation, originally championed by the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, aims to impose sanctions on Russian…
In Maharashtra, all major cantonments, including Pune, Dehu Road, Deolali, Kamptee, Ahilyanagar, and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, now depend on central assistance Pune: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sanctioned Rs420.95 crore as grant-in-aid to 49 deficit cantonment boards across India for the 2026-27 financial year. The move underlines the severe financial distress confronting military townships and…
