The Purnekar family holds a press conference Vasai: A 26-year-old woman, Dhanashree Sonawane, died of severe head injuries on Wednesday after a container truck hit her scooter as she was negotiating the traffic congestion in Vasai caused by a protest over Shiv Sena (UBT) Manpada division chief Pradeep Purnekar’s murder in Thane district. The protest…
Bengaluru: Greater Bengaluru Authority’s (GBA) proposed plan to build new roads and widen existing ones has raised concerns, with maps released by the five city corporations showing proposed road alignments through or along lakes, forest land, defence properties and public sector undertaking (PSU) campuses.GBA has invited suggestions and objections from residents on the proposed road…
CHENNAI: While the bail petition moved by former Tamil Nadu school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi is slated for hearing before a special court for corruption cases, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police have filed an application seeking his custody for five days.Mahesh was arrested on Monday in connection with the Rs 100crore private schools…
The incident took place on Tuesday evening. GURGAON: A young man clung to the driver-side window of a moving Mahindra Thar for some distance as traffic police attempted to impound the vehicle after its occupants allegedly created a ruckus during an inspection, police said on Wednesday.A video of the incident has also surfaced on social…
Behrampore: The West Bengal Police’s Special Task Force (STF) is likely to take over the investigation into the Samserganj encounter in which prime accused Samaul Sheikh was shot dead on Tuesday. The CID, whose officers were involved in the operation, may hand over the probe.The process of releasing the body was delayed on Wednesday due…
Naka checking in place on Dite Dime bridge with makeshift accommodation for security forces being built on the bridge. Dite Dime: Security forces have turned the Dite Dime bridge, the strategic gateway to four proposed drilling sites for the pre-feasibility survey of the 11,200 MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), into a heavily fortified zone.A…
UP Legislative Council polls LUCKNOW: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured six seats while the Samajwadi Party (SP) won three as results for nine of the 11 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council constituencies were declared by Wednesday evening.Counting continued in the remaining two Graduates’ constituencies of Lucknow and Varanasi.According to the office of the Uttar Pradesh…
Mamata Banerjee along with Indranil Sen NEW DELHI: Former TMC minister Indranil Sen was arrested by Kolkata Police on Wednesday in connection with alleged financial irregularities involving Durga Puja preview shows and the sale of privileged-entry passes. Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari alleged that former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee may also have benefited from…
A UK charity collected 88,544 unwanted real Christmas trees after the festive season. It turned them into reusable mulch, biomass and land management products. The effort also raised a record £1,885,915 for local causes. Just Helping, the national group behind the yearly Big Christmas TreeCycle Appeal, confirmed in its 2026 impact report that this was…
In 1996, Burt Reynolds filed for bankruptcy and declared he was in USD 11.2 million debt; years later, ‘The Cannonball Run’ star’s net worth fell down to USD 500 thousand by the time of his passing. (Instagram) In December 1996, Burt Reynolds, who was at the time considered one of the biggest icons in Hollywood…
