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NCP (SP) eyes three cabinet berths amid merger rumours

MUMBAI, July 18 -- As talks to reunite the rival Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions, backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), gather momentum, insiders with knowledge of the issue told HT, t... Read More


NCP leaders pitch Parth Pawar for Modi cabinet

MUMBAI, July 18 -- As signs of an internal rift within the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) become increasingly visible, a section of party office-bearers has pitched for the induction of her son and ... Read More


19-year-old boy drowns after suffering seizure in Kurla lake

MUMBAI, July 18 -- A 19-year-old youth with a history of epilepsy drowned while swimming in Kurla's Sheetal Talao near LBS Road on Friday morning, with police suspecting that he suffered a seizure in ... Read More


Why smartphones and laptops are getting costly

India, July 18 -- Prices of smartphones and laptops have gone up. This may sound counterintuitive because our devices were supposed to get smarter with AI coming in. But we hadn't imagined it would ge... Read More


Navi Mum jewellery firm duped of Rs.10.7 cr in WhatsApp fraud

NAVI MUMBAI, July 18 -- A jewellery company in Navi Mumbai was allegedly duped of Rs.10.70 crore after fraudsters created a WhatsApp profile using the owner's name and photograph and convinced an acco... Read More


Contractor gets pre-arrest bail in Rs.65-cr Mithi desilting scam

MUMBAI, July 18 -- A sessions court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to contractor Lokesh Onkarlal Jain, an accused in the alleged Rs.65-crore Mithi river desilting scam, holding that the EOW had f... Read More


BMC plans scientific survey of roadside trees amid fatalities

MUMBAI, July 18 -- After a series of tree-fall incidents during the ongoing monsoon left several people dead, injured and properties damaged, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided t... Read More


5 killed as train rams car at WB crossing

Kolkata, July 18 -- Five people including four school children were killed after a passenger train hit a pool-car and a bicycle at a manned level crossing in West Bengal's Murshidabad districts on Fri... Read More


Maharashtra's NEET topper began journey in a govt school

MUMBAI, July 18 -- Maharashtra's NEET 2026 topper, Shravani Kudale from Pune district, has shown that studying in a government school was not a disadvantage. Shravani, who completed her primary educat... Read More


SC to look into affordable access to cancer medicines

New Delhi, July 18 -- The Supreme Court on Friday said it will examine the broader issue of affordable access to life-saving cancer medicines and judicial delays in cases involving the right to health... Read More