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Kharif sowing lags despite July rains

India, Aug. 4 -- The sowing of the monsoon crop (kharif) across India remained below last year's level despite an improvement in July rainfall, with farmers planting crops in 105.2 million hectares as... Read More


TN govt moves SC amid Cauvery row

India, Aug. 4 -- The chief minister Vijay-led TVK government on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to Karnataka for immediate release of the share of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The ap... Read More


Kerala, Assam rains toll rises to 102; floods in J&K

India, Aug. 4 -- The death toll in rain-related incidents in Kerala rose to 15 on Monday, as several parts of the state continued to report severe waterlogging, flash floods and landslips in high-rang... Read More


100% compliant, yet shut: HC raps FDA, revokes licence suspension of resto-bar

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday revoked the suspension of the FSSAI licence of a Navi Mumbai bar and restaurant, observing that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had failed to r... Read More


Auto driver injured in metro slab crash awaits compensation six months on

Mumbai, Aug. 4 -- Nearly six months after narrowly escaping death in the Mulund metro slab collapse incident, auto-rickshaw driver Rajkumar Yadav, 43, is still struggling to rebuild a life that change... Read More


Reel rivalry over betting app leads to kidnapping, assault; 4 arrested

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- The Powai police on Monday arrested a Pune-based content creator and three of his accomplices for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a Mumbai-based content creator who had criticise... Read More


Dilip Kumar museum space in bandra home up for sale

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- Veteran actress Saira Banu is reportedly in the process of selling a portion of her late husband Dilip Kumar's bungalow at Bandra's Pali Hill, now redeveloped into an 11-storey build... Read More


Tree saves life after car plunges 60 feet into gorge

NAVI MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- Seconds after his car began rolling down a rain-soaked hillside, 59-year-old Mohit Bhatnagar appeared headed for certain death. Instead, a tilted tree halted the vehicle's 60-fo... Read More


Pothole kills bldg collapse rescue hero

THANE, Aug. 4 -- A 31-year-old jawan of the Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF), who had participated in rescue operations at the Bhiwandi building collapse three days earlier, died in a road acciden... Read More


'Cluster revamp will make Navi Mumbai unliveable': Naik takes a dig at Shinde

Navi Mumbai, Aug. 4 -- Forest minister Ganesh Naik launched his sharpest attack yet on deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde's cluster redevelopment policy, questioning the "wise man" behind the Unified... Read More