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Technical fault sparks 5-hour outage in Thane

Thane, March 30 -- Over 150,000 residents in Thane faced a more than five-hour power outage on Sunday morning after a technical fault in a 220 kV feeder disrupted supply across several areas. The disr... Read More


As war halves onion price, farmers seek central aid

Mumbai, March 30 -- As the wholesale price of onion has nearly halved to Rs.800 per quintal in the wake of the war in west Asia, making it difficult for farmers to recover their production costs, the ... Read More


NSEL case: Court says loans were repaid using fraud money, asks banks to pay up

MUMBAI, March 30 -- A court under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) Act has ruled that money from the Rs.5,600-crore National Spot Exchange Ltd. (NSEL) scam was used to repay... Read More


Jhanvi Kukreja's mother challenges Diya's acquittal

MUMBAI, March 30 -- Nearly two months after a sessions court sentenced 26-year-old Shree Ambadas Jogdhankar to life imprisonment for the murder of 19-year-old Jhanvi Kukreja and acquitted co-accused D... Read More


Living in the dark shadow of the awaited bullet train

MUMBAI, March 30 -- While the under-construction Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed railway (MAHSR), better known as the bullet train project, may well benefit commuters in future, it has caused grief to man... Read More


Cong Assam manifesto puts women, sr citizens in focus

Guwahati, March 30 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday released the party's manifesto for the April 9 Assam assembly polls, pledging five guarantees: financial aid to women; and senior ... Read More


Politics over 'Miyas' takes centre stage

Guwahati, March 30 -- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently threatened to break the "backbone" of Miyas, a pejorative term for Bengali-speaking Muslims, if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)... Read More


SIM binding timeline likely to be extended

New Delhi, March 30 -- The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is set to extend the timeline for messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, ShareChat and Arattai to comply with its SIM... Read More


Candidates: Pragg, Sindarov, Caruana start off with big wins

Bengaluru, March 30 -- Two twenty-year olds - R Praggnanandhaa and Javokhir Sindarov brought the fireworks and spectacle that lit up the first day of the three-week Candidates tournament with sparklin... Read More


Champions Training Centre clinch hockey title with shootout win

Mumbai, March 30 -- Champions Training Centre were crowned winners of the BK Mohite Memorial Hockey Tournament after beating United Bandra Sports Club 5-3 in the penalty shootout. The two teams were l... Read More