<p>File photo</p><p><br></p> NEW DELHI: Railways is operating at least 7,000 additional special trains to cater to the Deepawali and Chhath rush. Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday that the national transporter will carry nearly one crore passengers during the festive period from October 1 to November 30.“This is around 60% more than 4,429 trains operated…
Porsche Taycan car crash case PUNE: Maharashtra prosecution Thursday informed the court of special judge UM Mudholkar in Pune that the state government has given its sanction to prosecute two doctors and a mortuary staff of Sassoon General Hospital arrested in Porsche Taycan car crash case. Two young software engineers had died when the Porsche…
3 labourers killed, 7 injured as water tank collapses in Pune NEW DELHI: At least 3 labourers were killed and seven others suffered injuries after a makeshift water tank collapsed at a labour camp in Maharashtra‘s Pune district on Thursday morning, police said. The incident took place in the Bhosari area of Pimpri Chinchwad township…
NEW DELHI: Only six large states – Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan – accounted for nearly 55 per cent of the 1,73,000 road deaths in the country last year. Among them, Rajasthan saw the sharpest increase in fatalities, with an almost 6 per cent rise compared to 2022, according to…
MUMBAI: A day after a virtual breakdown in seat-sharing talks in Maha Vikas Aghadi with Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut and Congress‘s Nana Patole taking potshots at each other and Uddhav Thackeray saying things should not be stretched to breaking point, AICC in-charge for Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala met Uddhav and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar in…
Congress MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui (in white) and others can be seen carrying the mortal remains of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique as full state honours were given to him, in Mumbai, last week. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A few days after NCP leader Baba Siddique‘s death, his son, Zeeshan Siddique, has now written a…
NEW DELHI: The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, consisting of the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (SP), on Sunday targetted the Maharashtra government for its handling of law and order in the state, alleged corruption, and failure to fulfill promises.During a joint press conference, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray said, “BJP’s condition is…
NEW DELHI: Following the shooting death of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique near his son’s office in Mumbai’s Bandra on Saturday, a political clash has erupted between the BJP and opposition parties.While the BJP-led Maharashtra government has urged against ‘politicising’ the incident, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, criticized…
NEW DELHI: Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead in Mumbai on the evening of Dussehra, Saturday. The incident occurred mere hours after he had shared a message of goodwill on social media, expressing his hopes for the festival. Earlier on Saturday, at 11am, Baba Siddique had taken to the platform X to convey…
Baba Siddique was attacked in Bandra by three gunmen on Saturday night. Mumbai Police are investigating the killing of former Maharashtra MLA Baba Siddique from multiple angles, including a possible contract killing, business rivalry, or threats related to a slum rehabilitation project. Siddique, a 66-year-old NCP leader, was shot by three assailants in Mumbai on…
