Screengrab from video released by US Centcom The US Central Command (CENTCOM) released a fresh footage showing their Navy diverting a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman as part of what it described as enforcement of restrictions linked to Iran’s maritime routes.The video, shared on X, shows a sailor aboard the USS Michael Murphy…
Pune: The Talegaon MIDC police are searching for two men, including one from Virar in Palghar district and Mehsana in Gujarat, on the charge of duping an industry owner of Rs 85 lakh on the promise of helping him secure an investment of Rs 65 crore in his company. The fraud happened between Feb and…
‘Bhooth Bangla’, featuring Akshay Kumar, has made an impressive debut, earning Rs 12.25 crore on its first day and an extra Rs 3.45 crore on the second, totaling Rs 19.245 crore. This horror-comedy rejuvenates the classic magic of director Priyadarshan’s film-making after a 16-year gap and poignantly honors the late Asrani, marking his final appearance…
Kolkata: Income-tax officials on Friday raided CM Mamata Banerjee‘s poll nomination proposer Miraj Shah (also the trustee of one of the state’s biggest private educational institutions), and Trinamool’s Rashbehari candidate Debashis Kumar, prompting the CM to call BJP “cowards and spineless” and ask why it is so scared. “Ballots, and not bullets, win polls,” she…
The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) has reported a strong performance in the Class 10 board exams this year. With an overall pass percentage of 95.27 per cent, the results show that high scores are not limited to a few pockets, but they are spread across the state.Gumla has emerged as the top-performing district, recording an…
SRINAGAR: Zoji La tunnel, an upcoming strategic corridor that will provide all-weather connectivity between Kashmir and Ladakh, is nearing a defining moment, with engineers inching towards a “breakthrough” final blast expected around May 30.Work is progressing at about four meters per day from both ends — Sonamarg (Baltal) in Kashmir and Minamarg in Ladakh —…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh govt has expanded the scope of the Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana-Gramin to include all remaining Scheduled Tribes (STs), aiming to achieve universal housing coverage among tribal communities in the state.The decision follows a proposal by the Rural Development Department after earlier target groups under the scheme reached near saturation. Initially, only select…
Pune: A coach of Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat Express derailed while entering Pune station around 7.15pm on Monday, blocking the main line between Mumbai and Pune. No one was injured. Eight to nine train arrivals were affected.One Vande Bharat passenger said they had to sit in the train for over 90 minutes before being told to…
Panaji: Elections to 11 municipal councils in the state are likely to be postponed, advocate general Devidas Pangam said on Friday.With the latest ordinance, he said the “state election commission will publish a draft notification on ward delimitation and reservation and invite objections from the public, consider these and then only publish a final notification,”…
Kalyan: Suburban services on Central Railway were disrupted for nearly three hours on Monday morning after a coach of an empty local train derailed on the down line at Platform No. 1A of Dombivli railway station during peak hours. Railway officials said the empty rake was heading towards Kalyan when one of its compartments slipped…
