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HC grants bail to convict in a 2014 kidnapping case

MUMBAI, Jan. 4 -- The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Avinash Anil Dethe, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in a 2014 kidnapping-for-ransom of the then three-year-old son of a ... Read More


Boy, 12, found chained inside Nagpur home

NAGPUR, Jan. 4 -- In a case of alleged child cruelty, the parents of a 12-year-old boy allegedly chained and confined him inside his home in Rameshwari, south Nagpur, for several hours each day over t... Read More


Oppn slams ruling parties on unopposed candidates

MUMBAI, Jan. 4 -- Opposition parties came down heavily on the ruling parties, mainly the BJP and Shiv Sena, over the unprecedented number of candidates whose nomination is unopposed for the upcoming m... Read More


Vaishnavi praised for craft, control in first India outing

Chandigarh, Jan. 4 -- The past fortnight has been nothing short of transformative for young left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma, who made a memorable T20I debut in the India women's 5-0 series drubbing ... Read More


Justice MS Sonak appointed as CJ of Jharkhand HC

MUMBAI, Jan. 3 -- The Centre on Friday notified the appointment of justice Mahesh Sharadchandra Sonak, a judge of the Bombay High Court, as the chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court, following a r... Read More


Hours before deadline, CM manages rebel crisis from literary meet dais

Pune, Jan. 3 -- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis found himself straddling culture and political crisis on Friday, spending a significant part of the inauguration of the 99th Akhil Bharatiy... Read More


Sahitya Akademi winner stopped for wearing black shirt

MUMBAI, Jan. 3 -- Pradeep Kokare, the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2025, was stopped on Friday by the police from entering the Sahitya Sammelan venue for a curious reason: the colour of... Read More


Man who gave bank account to frauds to route funds held

MUMBAI, Jan. 3 -- A 25-year-old man from Surat has been arrested for allegedly facilitating a cyber fraud in which Rs.21 lakh was siphoned off from a city businessman and his wife through a malicious ... Read More


Retired BEST staffer 'begs' for dues after promises go unmet

MUMBAI, Jan. 3 -- Dipak Juwatkar wasn't your run-of-the-mill beggar, despite the steel container placed in front of him as he sat on the road in the crowded Dadar Phule Market on Tuesday. The placard ... Read More


How your privacy will be weighed in 2026

India, Jan. 3 -- In 2026, Indian companies will be forced to ask a question that would have sounded absurd even a year ago: when does it make sense to delete perfectly usable data, on purpose? Not bec... Read More