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MUMBAI: With the chief minister leaving for Davos to attend the World Economic Forum and the date for a lottery to decide whether the mayor’s post goes to the open category, SC/ST, OBC or women likely in the next few days, discussions for power-sharing in the BMC are expected to extend through the month.A lottery...

NOIDA: An FIR was registered against two builders who own the water-filled pit in Sector 150 where a 27-year-old software engineer drowned after his SUV broke through a damaged boundary wall and plunged into it around Friday midnight.Police said the plot was not properly secured with a boundary wall, fencing or reflectors, turning it into...

Pune flyers wait 11 hrs to take off to Ahmedabad on Akasa Air PUNE: Over 150 flyers on an Ahmedabad-bound Akasa Air flight were forced to wait at Pune airport for close to 11 hours on Saturday evening following major delays, little or no information and continuous change of gate numbers.The flight (QP-1509) was scheduled...

BHOPAL: A man allegedly bathed in the ashes of a funeral pyre and took the skull and bones of the deceased home in a plastic bag in Datia, triggering outrage among locals.The incident was followed by alleged mob action in which the man was publicly humiliated and his entire family was socially boycotted by a...

INDORE: Mission “Beggar-free Indore” was meant to wean destitute off the streets. Instead, it uncovered one who had been minting crores sitting on a sliding iron cart with ball-bearing wheels.Physically disabled Mangilal has been a familiar face in the city’s landmark Sarafa Bazaar neighbourhood for years. He never “begged”, at least not overtly. He would...

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh govt aims to develop a memorial in honour of those who were killed and maimed by the MIC gas leak from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on the intervening night of Dec 2 & 3, 1984, on the lines of memorials developed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.The proposed gas...

AI-generated representational image. IMPHAL: A 20-year-old from the Kuki-Zo community, who became the unseen face of mob-fuelled sexual violence during the May 2023 ethnic rioting in Manipur, has died waiting for justice.Eighteen when she was abducted and allegedly “handed over” to members of an armed group, the woman carried physical and psychological injuries that never...

Babar Azam (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images) Babar Azam’s difficult run in the 2025–26 Big Bash League showed no signs of easing as the Pakistan star endured another low return in Sydney Sixers’ must-win clash against Brisbane Heat at the Gabba on Sunday, January 18. Opening the batting once again alongside Steve Smith, Babar struggled...

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) Harshit Rana recently shared a light moment that perfectly captures Virat Kohli’s playful side, taking fans back to the celebrations after India’s 2025 Champions Trophy triumph. Recalling the scenes inside the dressing room after the final, Rana said he was part of the squad but...

JAIPUR: Prolonged prison terms without trial undermine constitutional justice and demand bail, former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said Sunday, citing cases such as Umar Khalid’s and warning courts to rigorously test national security claims.Speaking at Jaipur Literature Festival, Chandrachud said when state invokes national security, “the court is duty bound to carefully scrutinise...