Panaji: The Bombay high court on Wednesday sought responses from Birch by Romeo Lane co-owners Saurabh Luthra, Gaurav Luthra and Ajay Gupta in petitions filed by the state challenging the bail granted to them earlier.Goa govt argued that 25 lives were lost in the fire and that granting bail in such a case which is…
Gandhinagar: South Gujarat’s Dang district, the first in the state to have shifted completely to natural farming, has emerged as a leading strawberry-producing region. The govt said on Wednesday that farmers have reported annual earnings of up to Rs 8 lakh per hectare by cultivating nine varieties of strawberries.According to official data, the area under…
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has convened a ‘Panthic Conference’ to deliberate on provisions of the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026 — a legislation that the Punjab govt says seeks to strengthen anti-sacrilege laws, but which has drawn criticism from several Sikh bodies.Talking to media here on…
PMC’s multi-storey building parking on JM Road Pune: The civic body has decided to appoint contractors at key parking lots on JM Road and dismantle some others following several complaints that various PMC-run facilities needed major upgrade.Many regular commuters also sought better monitoring at parking lots to curb fleecing and overcharging. Lack of maintenance, proper…
GUWAHATI: Multiple mass protests erupted across Manipur’s hill districts on Wednesday, with both Naga and Kuki-Zo communities demanding the immediate and safe release of their members.Naga groups said six men abducted on May 13 by Kuki-Zo armed groups remain untraced. The Kuki-Zo community said 14 people, including three students, are still in the custody of…
Lucknow: UP ministers Swatantra Dev Singh and Aseem Arun on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party and its chief Akhilesh Yadav, alleging that recruitment processes during the party’s tenure were marred by corruption, nepotism and caste-based favouritism.The ministers accused the previous SP govt of turning govt recruitments into a “system of collection…
Jaipur: Social worker Nirmala Rawat will lead an Indian delegation to Malaysia for the Second Asian Paralympic Throwball Championships, which will be held in Malaysia from June 1 to 5, 2026 with approximately 400 athletes from around the world participating.In a significant initiative to provide an international platform to disabled sports talent, a team of…
More than 10,000 pilgrims were stranded on the Kedarnath yatra route late Tuesday after a landslide blocked the Sonprayag-Gaurikund highway in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag amid continuous rain. The landslide hit the key Char Dham route during peak pilgrimage season as erratic weather continues to affect pilgrimage routes in Uttarakhand, report Gaurav Talwar & Kautilya Singh. The…
Something unusual sits quietly in central Africa, and it doesn’t look dangerous at first glance. A vast, calm lake stretches across the landscape, reflecting the sky like any other scenic body of water. Yet deep beneath its surface, a very different world exists. Experts say enormous volumes of gas are trapped under extreme pressure, including…
MUMBAI: Mobile phone financiers will face restrictions on “mobile lock” practices under RBI’s amended rules for loan recovery. Under the reworked draft regulation, lenders can restrict financed devices only under explicit contractual consent and after a 90-day default cycle with a staged 60-day and 7-day notice regime, while mandating that core functions such as incoming…
