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How Mumbai is grappling with shrinking grounds and fading football dream

India, Aug. 22 -- The fight to save the last remaining speck of space left in what was once a thriving expanse of grounds is almost emblematic of the gradual erosion of football in the city. On life ... Read More


PM Shehbaz approves new NARC master planPublished on: August 22, 2026 7:45 PM

Pakistan, Aug. 22 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved a new master plan for the National Agriculture Research Centre. The plan aims to modernise research infrastructure and meet internationa... Read More


PMC orders repairs of closed public toilets before Ganeshotsav

India, Aug. 22 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has directed officials to repair all closed public toilets and reopen them before the upcoming Ganeshotsav, amid an expected increase in footfall... Read More


Startup Mantra: AVN Agrobharat takes automation to milk collection

India, Aug. 22 -- For an entrepreneur with no formal background in engineering, electronics or dairy technology, the road to building a deeptech solution for India's dairy sector was an unlikely one. ... Read More


HIV+ man gets 20 years' jail for raping six-year-old girl

India, Aug. 22 -- A Pune court has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment for raping a six-year-old girl, observing that the accused knew he was HIV infected and nevertheless e... Read More


The promise and peril of the global city in our times

India, Aug. 22 -- In 1972, S Rajaratnam, Singapore's first minister of foreign affairs, delivered a prescient speech entitled "Singapore: Global City". Drawing on Arnold Toynbee's Cities on the Move (... Read More


India's transformation in telecom & digital connectivity led by Modi 'monumental': Scindia

India, Aug. 22 -- Union minister for communications, Jyotiraditya Scindia, said that India's transformation in telecommunication and digital connectivity led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been '... Read More


Landowner faced Rs.3.41 crore tax on a Rs.6.82 crore sale he never made; ITAT Ahmedabad deletes addition

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- A landowner in Ahmedabad found himself facing an income-tax dispute over a property sale he said he had never made. The land had allegedly been sold for Rs.6.82 crore in cash usi... Read More


Pune mobility projects, MNGL works reviewed; Misal seeks time-bound action

India, Aug. 22 -- Maharashtra minister of state for urban development Madhuri Misal on Friday reviewed the progress of key mobility projects in Pune, including the proposed high-capacity mass transit ... Read More


BMC clears proposal for coastal committee

India, Aug. 22 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) proposal to set up a coastal committee was cleared in the general body meeting on Friday. BJP corporator Yogita Koli on June 25 had propo... Read More