Category: India

Mumbai: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, has launched an inquiry into allegations of misconduct against former Assistant Professor Souvik Mondal, who has resigned from his position amidst the controversy. The accusations, which include claims of harassment, defamation, nepotism, and misuse of institutional resources, have been strongly denied by Mondal, who insists they…

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Mumbai: The Adani Group and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) have contended that the proposed development on a plot of land at Bandra Reclamation is outside the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and hence free for development. Two separate affidavits were filed – by representatives of Adani Group and MOEFCC respectively –…

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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a woman accused of allegedly assisting her late husband in an investment fraud case involving Rs 70 lakh. Justice Milind Jadhav noted that the transaction between the parties was civil in nature but had been given a “criminal flavour” through the present complaint. Surekha and her…

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Thane: The Thane Sessions Court, presided over by Judge A.S. Bhagwat, has granted bail to Pankaj Das, a Mira Road-based man who was arrested by the local police on January 21, 2025, on allegations that he was a Bangladeshi resident who had entered and was residing in the country without any legal documents. The court…

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Grand grandeur Considering Punjab is a modest sized state in India, it’s remarkable how it has spread its influence across the globe. I’ve always wondered about the vast diaspora of Punjabis in Canada, Manchester, Thailand and countless other corners of the world. Last week, as I traversed its charming towns from Amritsar to Ludhiana to…

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The Shanti Nagar Police booked six persons for allegedly gang raping a 22-year-old woman in Bhiwandi on Thursday.  According to the police, the gang rape occurred in a pickup vehicle on Thursday. The victim went to her aunt’s house in Bhiwandi, where she received a call from her brother asking her to come to a…

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Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh): In continuance of Anti-Drug operations, Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN), Neemuch recovered 241.950 kg of poppy straw from a specially built cavity in oil tanker in Malhargarh on Saturday. As per reports, officials received specific intelligence that a person in the tanker having registration number of Haryana, would be smuggling illicit poppy…

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The crime branch unit 12 on Saturday busted a bogus call centre in Borivali West and arrested four persons for allegedly cheating the US citizens on the pretext of fixing their computers’ software. According to the police, they received a tip-off that a bogus call centre was operating from the third floor of the Arpan…

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Industries Minister Uday Samant called on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday fueling speculations and providing fodder to the rumor mills. The meeting of Samant was important when his name was doing rounds for the possible switchover to the BJP. Stoutly refuting the possibility, the minister had said that many faces from…

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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Cyber Crime branch arrested a fraudster who had been using Telegram channels with the MP Board monogram to deceive students by promising them leaked question papers for upcoming intermediate and high school exams. Additional DCP (Crime) Shailendra Singh Chauhan said that the Cyber Crime branch began investigating after reports emerged of…

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