In an order passed on June 8, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vinod Patil dismissed Merchant’s application seeking deletion of the travel restriction imposed while granting him anticipatory bail. (AI image) MUMBAI: A metropolitan court has rejected the plea of Colaba-based shipping businessman Aliasgar Merchant, an accused in an alleged assault and extortion case, seeking removal…
Kolkata: Identity politics is re-scripting the Vijay-versus-Vijay fight in Jorasanko this time, a coincidence that brings to mind the many roles played by Amitabh Bachchan in his movies in the 1970s and 1980s.But beyond the shared name, this is a contest shaped by local history, diversities, shifting loyalties, religion-based politics and everyday concerns in a…
BJP MLA Ashishrao Deshmukh alleges Sanjay Raut wants UBT, Pawar factions to join Congress MUMBAI: BJP MLA Ashishrao Deshmukh on Wednesday alleged that Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut was working towards a merger of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar’s NCP faction with the Congress.Speaking to news agency ANI, Deshmukh claimed…
Mumbai: Mahayuti on Wednesday released its official list of 17 MLC candidates for the 16 biennial and one bypoll election to be held on June 18. Addressing a joint press conference, BJP state president Ravindra Chavan said a meeting of the alliance partners was held on Tuesday evening and it was decided to release the…
Tushar Deshpande (TOI Photo) NEW DELHI: Proving naysayers wrong and winning them over has been a hallmark of Indian cricketer Tushar Deshpande’s playbook over the years. A Mumbai U-19 coach once questioned Deshpande’s potential to represent the national team as a pacer, expressing a lack of faith in his ability to generate pace. The conversation…
Bengaluru: What was initially feared to be a fallout of searing summer heat has taken a more serious turn, with laboratory reports confirming that the deaths of 44 peacocks in Tumakuru were caused by H5N1 strain of avian influenza. The deaths were reported between April 16 and April 24 in Bommanahalli and Machenahalli villages of…
Agartala: A Bengali woman from Tripura, who has been living and working in Kolkata for the past five years, was harassed and labelled a ‘Bangladeshi’ while travelling on a bus in the West Bengal capital.The incident triggered strong reactions in Tripura. The All India Bengali Association here condemned the incident and demanded an apology from…
KOLKATA: The state govt on Monday downgraded the security cover of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee. He will no longer receive Z+ category protection following a security review conducted by the Directorate of Security. Officials said he would now be provided only the standard security cover available to Members of Parliament.Sources said chief minister Suvendu…
Palghar: The Palghar police arrested a 23-year-old absconding man from Bharuch in neighbouring Gujarat in connection with the alleged rape and blackmail of a woman and her minor sister here in Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.The arrest comes after a multistate manhunt was launched to track down the culprit, who was on the run since…
Dibrugarh: In a major haul, Lakhimpur police have busted an inter-state mobile theft gang and recovered 146 stolen mobile phones, 524 mobile batteries, and a large number of mobile phone parts from a rented house at Chapori Gaon under North Lakhimpur Police Station in Lakhimpur district.During a raid on Thursday, police arrested six persons in…
