Palghar: A Gujarat resident, Pushpa Lad (52), was killed and her 16 family members injured after a trailer hit their mini-bus on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad NH in Dahanu on Friday. The trailer driver fled. The family was going to Mumbai airport. A tyre of the mini-bus burst, which made it slow down, and the trailer driver…
Spacetech startup Skyroot Aerospace HYDERABAD: Skyroot Aerospace, which is gearing up to launch India’s first private orbital rocket Vikram-1 into space, has become India’s first spacetech unicorn with its latest funding round of around $60 million (Rs 568 crore) for a valuation of $1.1 billion.With its second pre-series C funding round, Skyroot also becomes Hyderabad’s…
Cleared – maniChennai: A 45-year-old man was arrested by Choolaimedu police for smuggling the banned gutkha tobacco products in an auto-rickshaw near the Arumbakkam Metro Rail Station. Police seized 445.5 kg of gutkha packets, an auto-rickshaw and a light commercial vehicle during the operation. Police identified the accused as Vetrivel of Kodungaiyur. According to police,…
Nandigram: During the polls of 2021, a wheelchair-bound Mamata Banerjee chose Nandigram’s Boyal as her anchorage, scripting one of the defining moments of a razor-edge contest. In 2026, it was Suvendu Adhikari — once her opponent, now facing aide-turned-foe Pabitra Kar — choosing the same Boyal as his basecamp. It’s here that all eyes tracking…
Panaji: Two newly built ferries will be commissioned on the Panaji-Betim route at 4.30pm on Friday on the Betim side of the Mandovi river. Currently stationed at the marine workshop at Betim, the ferries are ready for deployment following what officials have described as “fully satisfactory” trials.“The vessels named Salaulim and Kushavati completed trial runs…
MUMBAI: A group of young farmers from Nashik were in Mumbai for the first time this week, that too at the home of the Australian Consul-General’s residence in Breach Candy where they spoke candidly on how they are now no longer waiting for the rains to decide their future. Until recently, most of them depended…
As part of the drive, the metropolitan authority is carrying out plantation work, landscaping, development of green pockets, painting of kerbstones and fencing of greenbelts The work is underway at Mahavir Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, Atul Kataria Chowk, Jharsa Chowk and Kanhai Chowk Officials said all junction upgrades and beautification will be completed by June 15…
Chennai: A total of 67,812 students applied for scanned copies of their Class XII public exams answer sheets this year, a jump from 51,720 applications received last year.Officials from the department said the reduced number of centums in subjects such as social science and accountancy could be the reason for the spike. These students can…
Lucknow: Utkarsh is the Uttar Pradesh state topper in the second session of JEE Main examination, a national-level engineering test, results of which were announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday.Utkarsh scored 99.9 percentile (also read as NTA score) and stood as state topper in JEE Main’s first session held in January.As many…
‘Khalnayak Returns’: Sanjay Dutt unleashes his dark, intense aura in sequel teaser Actor Sanjay Dutt has sparked a wave of nostalgia among fans, unveiling his first look from the much-awaited sequel to his iconic film ‘Khalnayak’, marking a dramatic return to one of his most celebrated on-screen avatars.Unveiling a striking new look, the makers, on…
