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Delhi-Pune flight cancelled after hours of delay

India, Sept. 12 -- Passengers booked on SpiceJet flight SG939 from Delhi to Pune on September 10 alleged that the flight was repeatedly delayed before being cancelled around 1am on September 11, leavi... Read More


Youth want to read if books are made accessible: Yogi at Lucknow fest

LUCKNOW, Sept. 12 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said it was wrong to assume that youth were moving away from books. The success of book festivals in Lucknow and Gorakhpur was evidence ... Read More


9-hour Pune yard block to disrupt train services on Sunday

India, Sept. 12 -- Train services in and around Pune are set to be disrupted on Sunday, September 13, as Central Railway's (CR's) Pune division will undertake a nine-hour, special traffic-and-power bl... Read More


Islamic scholar moves HC, questions validity of Maharashtra's anti-conversion law

India, Sept. 12 -- A petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, arguing that while the state may leg... Read More


MSRTC to introduce alcohol, drug tests for drivers, conductors

India, Sept. 12 -- The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) will launch a statewide "Drug-Free ST, Safe Travel" campaign, with comprehensive alcohol and drug screening of drivers and c... Read More


21 UP districts gear up for first-level EVM-VVPAT checks ahead of polls

VARANASI, Sept. 12 -- The district magistrates of 21 districts attended a special workshop that was organised at the Circuit House auditorium in Varanasi on Friday with an objective to provide trainin... Read More


Youth tosses chilli powder, snatches rRs.r4.53 lakh in Nagpur bank heist

India, Sept. 12 -- An unemployed graduate armed with chilli powder staged a dramatic bank heist in Nagpur, only to find his escape cut short 30 minutes later. As bank officers were returning to the S... Read More


HC seeks report on 'torture' of Sikh youth in Sangrur village

Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has sought a report from the director general of police (DGP), Punjab, on an alleged incident in which a Sikh youth was assaulted by police pe... Read More


Nagpur graduate tosses chilli powder in dramatic bank heist, gets caught in 30 minutes

India, Sept. 12 -- An unemployed graduate armed with chilli powder staged a dramatic bank heist in Nagpur, only to find his escape cut short 30 minutes later. As bank officers were returning to the S... Read More


This year, gadget prices got splashier

India, Sept. 12 -- Yesterday, this newspaper reported that Apple had increased the prices of iPhones dramatically. Regular readers of this column will be unsurprised. Back in July, we discussed why ph... Read More