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Celebrations outside Purohit's Pune home

Pune, Aug. 1 -- Celebrations erupted outside Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit's residence on Law College Road in Pune on Thursday, after a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court acquitted ... Read More


Fadnavis meets Beed murder victim's widow, orders SIT

MUMBAI, Aug. 1 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced the setting up of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the murder of Beed based real-estate contractor Mahadev Munde aft... Read More


Residents fear traffic surge with opening of Coastal Rd promenade

MUMBAI, Aug. 1 -- With the Coastal Road promenade ready - a date is yet to be set for its inauguration - residents along the coastal edge of South Mumbai anticipate a wave of traffic and parking issue... Read More


Man kidnaps minor over dad's Rs.80,000 loan

MUMBAI, Aug. 1 -- The police have arrested a man for allegedly kidnapping a 16-year-old boy on July 22 and confining him for a week to his house in Mumbra. According to the Chunabhatti police, the acc... Read More


Warning against misuse, bench junks 7,651 RTIs

MUMBAI, Aug. 1 -- Calling them a burden on the government administration and a misuse of the law, the Sambhaji Nagar bench of the Information Commission has dismissed 7,651 appeals filed by 18 Right T... Read More


India's Q1 fiscal deficit widens amid Capex surge

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- India's fiscal deficit nearly doubled in the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 (FY26), compared with the same period of the last year, driven by a sharp rise in capital expenditur... Read More


Big idea, cultural insights must in digital era ads

India, Aug. 1 -- The dissonance around Amul's local twist on the recent Coldplay Kiss Cam scandal in its topical ad has spotlighted the significance of cultural connect required for any campaign to wo... Read More


Trump fires salvo at 'dead economy';frustrated with India, says Bessent

Washington, Aug. 1 -- US President Donald Trump escalated his attack on India on Thursday, declaring the country could take its "dead economy down together" with Russia in an unusually combative socia... Read More


courts can fix timelines for disqualification pleas, rules sc

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that constitutional courts can fix timelines for Speakers to decide disqualification petitions under the anti-defection law, warning that protr... Read More


Trump uses U.S. Deal with PAK to needle India

Washington, Aug. 1 -- US President Donald Trump announced a fresh deal with Pakistan, with Washington pledging to support the development of "massive oil reserves". Trump also said that "Pakistan coul... Read More