Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)
Rockets banned in Mumbai after 200 fires in four days
MUMBAI: Following multiple incidents of fire triggered by crackers across Mumbai over the past two days, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday imposed a blanket ban on the use of rockets and other aerial firecrackers till November 25....
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Political will ended Naxal menace: Modi
JAGDALPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the end of Maoist terror and the Naxal menace was a victory for the country’s right policies and strong political will. “Our government took decisions that dealt a severe blow to the funding...
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Harry Boxer, who terrorised B’wood, nabbed in USA
JAIPUR/CHANDIGARH/MUMBAI: Most-wanted gangster and active operative of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Harichand Jat alias Hari Boxer, was detained by US authorities in California on Friday night following inputs from the Haryana Special Task Force (STF)...
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Recovery notices sent in ration card clean-up
MUMBAI: When Ramdas Chavan (name changed on request), a farm labourer from Mhasobachi Wadi in Pune’s Indapur taluka, got 10 farmers together to pool resources and buy a tractor under a government scheme for group farming last year, he would not have...
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Hands are tied: Tata trust on replying to Mehli Mistry claims
Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) on Thursday told the Maharashtra charity office that it is unable to respond to allegations raised by former trustee Mehli Mistry because of an existing order from the commission. A counsel for the Trust told Prashant...
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BLUE FLIP, TRUMP FLOP
WASHINGTON: Democrats won control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives on Tuesday, breaking through in Republican strongholds that had shut them out for generations as tens of millions of Americans delivered a damning verdict on...
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SC: Nobody can occupy protest site indefinitely
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said no individual, group, or organisation could claim an indefinite right to occupy a designated protest site, underlining that others too have an equal constitutional right to use the same public space to raise...
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Cracks in NCP? Senior leaders meet Amit Shah
MUMBAI Veteran NCP leaders met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Sunday and reportedly expressed dissatisfaction with party chief Sunetra Pawar and her son, Rajya Sabha MP Parth Pawar, over their leadership style and growing influence in the...
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Oppn marches together in display of force against CEC
Leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) came together on Sunday for the largest Opposition mobilisation in recent years, renewing calls for the removal of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and saying he will be...
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HC: Citizens have right to protest against court ruling
BENGALURU: The Madras high court has refused to restrict public protests against court rulings, emphasising citizens’ undeniable right to disagree with a judgment and “question and peacefully protest”. The court, however, directed state and police...
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6 killed as helicopter crashes soon after Badrinath takeoff
DEHRADUN: Six people, including five friends from Bengaluru returning from Badrinath, were killed after a helicopter crashed near Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Friday afternoon, officials said. The crash occurred amid deteriorating...
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SC seeks banks’ liability for digital arrest fraud losses
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said any mechanism to curb digital arrest frauds must provide for the prosecution of bank officials found to have colluded with fraudsters, and must require financial institutions to compensate victims if a...
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Bibi pulls ahead, but still short of majority
DUBAI: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled ahead on Wednesday as votes were counted in Israel’s election, but the loss of a parliamentary majority leaves his path to another term dependent on drawing rivals into a coalition. With the turnout in...
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150k shifted to safety as cyclone intensifies
HYDERABAD/BHUBANESWAR: Cyclone Arnab intensified over west-central Bay of Bengal and picked up speed late on Tuesday, barrelling towards the coast of Andhra Pradesh, even as nearly 150,000 people were moved to shelters and rescue teams were deployed as...
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Noel Tata: Remove N Chandra decision from minutes of meeting
BENGALURU/MUMBAI: The standoff at Bombay House flared up yet again on Monday, with Noel Tata urging Tata Sons to remove all reference to the reappointment of N Chandrasekaran from its board meeting minutes, and accusing it of maktion. ing a regulatory...
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Global North must step up amid int’l crisis: EAM
Countries of the Global South are facing a “4F crisis” of finance, fuel, food and fertilisers and the Global North has to do more to find solutions to these challenges, including the derisking of the global economy, external affairs minister S...
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Tiger Shroff case: Two pistols used in firing found, 11th arrest made
MUMBAI: The Mumbai police on Saturday recovered the two pistols used in the October 18 firing on actor Tiger Shroff, near Surat railway station. The weapons—a Turkish Zigana and a countrymade pistol—were tossed into bushes by the shooters, recruited by...
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Oil hits 5-month high of $117 amid supply fears
NEW DELHI: Oil climbed to its highest level in more than five months on Friday after Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia raised fears that the war in West Asia could disrupt the Red Sea route Saudi Arabia has used to ship its crude around the choked Strait...
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Indian killed, 3 hurt in attacks on Saudi infra
NEW DELHI: An Indian man was killed and three others injured in strikes on a major airport and oil field in Saudi Arabia, officials said on Thursday, as Houthi rebels continued attacks on civil infrastructure in the Gulf country. India on Thursday...
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CJP leaders Das, Ranka out after week in custody
: A special executive magistrate on Wednesday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) co-conveners Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka from judicial custody after they agreed not to call any protests at Jantar Mantar until the site is re-notified...
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BEYOND THE HYPE: THE QUIET BENEFITS OF AI IN EVERYDAY LIFE
From enhanced diagnostic capabilities to sustainable energy solutions, artificial intelligence (AI) is already making significant improvements in our lives, with even greater advancements on the horizon. In various sectors such as healthcare, research,...
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Tiger firing draws sharp response, 3 held in Kota
MUMBAI: The three assailants who shot at actor Tiger Shroff outside a football ground at Juhu were arrested from aboard a Jaipur-bound express train at Kota junction by a team of Rajasthan police on Monday afternoon. In Mumbai, the police seized the...
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Tiger Shroff shot at in Juhu; Bishnoi gang claims attack
MUMBAI: Three bike-borne assailants opened fire at actor Tiger Shroff’s BMW near Pushpa Park in Juhu on Sunday evening. While the actor escaped unhurt, his driver, Firdos, sustained a gunshot wound to his left hand. Autorickshaw driver Umesh Chavan,...
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Relief for India as US puts off tariffs over Russia oil
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday used a waiver provision in the Graham Act to hold off tariffs of up to 100% that the law would otherwise have triggered against India and four other countries for buying Russian oil and gas, in an...
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PM likely to visit Canada in Dec, trade deal in focus
TORONTO/NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Canada in December, people familiar with the matter said on Friday against the backdrop of fast-track negotiations for a trade deal that the two countries are hoping to conclude by the...
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No easing of pilot duty rules from Mar: DGCA
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has told airlines that no variations to pilot duty and rest rules will be allowed from March 2027, when the second phase of the Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL), takes full effect, persons...
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CJP, Cong push to restore protests at Jantar Mantar
NEW DELHI: The recently decommissioned protest site of Jantar Mantar brought the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and the broader Opposition on the same page on Wednesday after three CJP members were jailed, triggering condemnation and a vow to restore the...
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India a trusted partner in weaponised world: Modi
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday pitched India as a reliable global partner to empower humanity in an unstable world where supply chains, trade and technologies were weaponised as he underlined the unique path forged by the country...
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Retail inflation at 5.5%, RBI stance vindicated
NEW DELHI: “It is clear that inflation and its outlook are not benign as they were last year…,” RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra said in a statement after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on October 7. Data released by the National Statistics...
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MPSC aspirants likely to call off protest after most demands met
The 11-day protest by Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) aspirants at Pune’s SM Joshi Bridge is likely to end soon after the state government agreed to address most of their demands, including a time-bound inquiry into examination...
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9 killed across 3 Manipur districts in deadly 24 hrs
IMPHAL: At least nine people were killed across three districts of Manipur in 24 hours as Nagakuki clashes flared up again, officials aware of the matter said on Saturday, in one of the deadliest days in the strife-torn state. The violence unfolded...
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Ruling parties win bypoll battles across 4 states, UT
KOLKATA/GUWAHATI/CHENNAI: Ruling parties in three states and a Union Territory won the byeelections to five assembly seats and one parliamentary constituency for which results were announced on Friday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept both seats...
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FORGIVING NATURE OF SUPREME COURT MUST COME TO END, SAYS JUSTICE DATTA
MUMBAI: The government is considering delaying the rollout of a fee on large payments via UPI by a few months, according to a regulatory official and an industry executive familiar with the discussions. The fee, set to come into effect from October...
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‘Mark VIP’: EC rolls out new feature in app used by BLOS
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) introduced a feature called ‘Mark VIP’ in the app used by booth level officers (BLOS) in the middle of the ongoing special intensive revision exercise (SIR) in 16 states and three Union territories, HT...
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Judges differ, refer call on bench for CEC law to CJI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred challenges to the 2023 law governing the selection of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) for setting up a constitution bench after a split...
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Parents demand arrest of IIT-B director, prof
MUMBAI : The parents of an Iitbombay student who died by suicide on September 18 have demanded the arrest of institute director Shireesh Kedare, Professor Suryanarayana Doolla and others named in the FIR. Speaking to the media outside the Mumbai Crime...
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IIT-B suspends dean, agrees to review its punishment system
MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Technology-bombay (IIT-B) has suspended its dean of administrative affairs, Prof Suryanarayana Doolla (in pic below), after massive student protests prompted the institute to take action after a secondyear Btech student...
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BMW falls off Coastal Road; 3 dead, 1 critical
MUMBAI: Three students were killed and a fourth critically injured after a speeding BMW smashed through the Coastal Road’s barrier and plunged 75 feet onto a construction site at 5.20 am on Sunday. The four students, from NMIMS in Juhu and an...
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Rejinagar bypoll pick says will exit, then makes U-turn
KOLKATA/BERHAMPORE: Fresh political drama unfolded in West Bengal on Saturday after Rabiul Alam Chowdhury, the candidate fielded by Mamata Banerjee for the October 6 Rejinagar bypoll, said that he will withdraw his nomination only to go back on his...
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Tata Sons’s Chandra move short of shareholder math
BENGALURU/MUMBAI: The shareholding math required for N. Chandrasekaran to retain his Tata Sons directorship appears heavily stacked against him, a day after the board revolted against the majority owner Tata Trusts to grant him a third term as...
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Tata turmoil: Chandra U-turn void, says Trusts
BENGALURU/MUMBAI: An unprecedented revolt at Tata Sons has plunged India’s largest conglomerate into a critical governance crisis, after directors voted to grant chairman N Chandrasekaran a fresh fiveyear extension in the face of objections by Noel...
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Delhi lodges protest after India, Pakistan naval vessels collide
NEW DELHI: A Pakistan Navy vessel collided with a frontline Indian warship in the Arabian Sea after manoeuvring in an “unprofessional and unsafe” manner, prompting New Delhi to summon Pakistan’s most senior diplomat on Wednesday to lodge a strong...
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Meta to report child abuse cases to govt
NEW DELHI: Meta will report cases of child sexual abuse and other child-safety concerns directly to the cybercrime portal run by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Union home ministry, a Meta spokesperson and officials at the...
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Modi flags ‘weaponisation’ of tech, critical minerals, calls for Brics unity
India on Sunday flagged concerns over the “weaponisation” of technology and critical minerals at the Brics Summit, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for greater cooperation within the grouping to develop solutions that can be extended to...
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Delhi bridges divide, delivers declaration
NEW DELHI: India pulled off a diplomatic victory at the Brics Summit on Saturday with the adoption of a consensus joint declaration despite divergences between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the West Asia crisis, though the document was...
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PM reiterates call for Ukraine peace, stresses risks to seafarers with Putin
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi again nudged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to end the conflict in Ukraine, reiterating that dialogue and diplomacy is the way forward, as the two leaders assessed progress in economic, defence,...
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Pivotal PM-XI bilateral set for Brics sidelines
NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in New Delhi on Saturday for his first visit to India in seven years, setting the stage for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that will provide an opportunity for the two sides to...
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CM: Maha to be first to have ‘tokenised’ land
MUMBAI: Maharashtra will become the first state in India to tokenise land using blockchain technology, to unlock the full value of property, thus enhancing liquidity in the real estate market while also improving transparency. To this end, the state...
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PM: India’s growth can boost global confidence
MUMBAI: At the seventh Global Fintech Fest (GFF) in Mumbai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the event by putting the spotlight on India’s structural reforms, macroeconomic stability and rising economic momentum. The country’s fintech story,...
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Baba Amte’s Anand Niketan seeks private bidders to run it
NAGPUR: The peerless Anand Niketan Arts, Science and Commerce College in Warora, Chandrapur—a living testament to the legendary Baba Amte’s visionary social movement—is fighting for survival. Starved of resources to repair its decaying infrastructure,...
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Iran threatens harder reply after US attacks
TEHRAN: Iran’s top negotiator on Sunday threatened a more forceful response to any further US attacks after Tehran targeted American warships in their latest round of clashes. The exchanges of fire, which began with US raids last week, come amid a...
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Census to begin early in 4 poll-bound states: Centre sets Dec 1 date
NEW DELHI: The Centre has moved the population count in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa and parts of Uttarakhand to December, two months ahead of the rest of the country, clearing the census out of the quarter in which all four states are expected to go to...
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Air India A320 briefly lost all hydraulics, says AAIB
NEW DELHI: An Air India Airbus A320neo lost all three of its hydraulic systems within seconds while cruising at 36,000 feet on August 4, triggering an “altitude upset” that injured 24 people on board, according to a preliminary report by the Aircraft...
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Belgium, India boost ties; pacts on defence manufacturing inked
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Belgian counterpart Bart De Wever on Thursday agreed to bolster cooperation in defence, advanced technology and law enforcement and set a target for doubling trade in five years, as defence firms of the...
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Oil near a 5-week high as West Asia crisis escalates
DUBAI: Oil steadied near the highest closing level in five weeks as hostilities broke out again between the US and Iran, renewing the threat to energy exports from the Middle East. West Texas Intermediate traded near $90 a barrel after surging 5.2% on...
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PM renews appeal to avoid gold buying, foreign travel
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday renewed his appeal to citizens to avoid buying gold unless necessary and to choose domestic destinations over foreign holidays, linking greater spending within the country to the goal of sustaining and...
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India shrugs off oil shock to post 7.8% growth in Q1
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy grew at 7.8% in the first quarter (April-june 2026) of the current fiscal year braving what has been described as the largest oil shock in the history of capitalism. The data, released by the National Statistics Office...
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Nepal toll nears 800 as rising waters hamper rescue efforts
CHITWAN/BEIJING: Rescuers in Nepal and China raced on Sunday to find thousands of people missing after a glacier collapse unleashed a catastrophic mudslide across the Himalayas, as they faced challenging weather conditions and rising water...
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Four days on: Hope fades, missing tally crosses 3K
BIDUR/NEW DELHI: The toll from the Himalayan flash floods neared 700 and the missing count approached 3,000 on Saturday, as hopes of finding more survivors faded among rescuers in Nepal and China, who scoured through mud, rock and debris, four days...
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Search on for hundreds of hydropower workers
Nepal and China resumed rescue operations that had been suspended briefly in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears of fresh devastation. A glacier collapse on Wednesday...
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NADDA HOLDS TALKS WITH GROUP OPPOSING CASTE RESERVATIONS
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Thursday reached out to a group demanding castebased reservations in education and government jobs be replaced by income-based quotas, a week after the little-known group held a stir at Jantar Mantar. The government...
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LS notice to 20 rebels in TMC defection row
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha secretariat sent a notice to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress lawmakers on Tuesday, asking them to reply within seven days to the disqualification petitions filed by party floor leader Abhishek Banerjee. The notice comes amid the...
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Let July 20 probe kick off: SC on plea to widen remit
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the five-member high-powered enquiry committee (HPEC), headed by its former judge Justice R Subhash Reddy, should be allowed to conduct its independent inquiry into allegations of excessive use of force...
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US puts Iran trade partners on notice
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from Washington. The new...
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