Modi’s inflation-blowing farm pivot may not be enough to win key Indian state SATARA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken several pro-farmer but inflation-stoking measures in recent... Published 19 Nov, 2024 05:42pm
World India flight from Frankfurt hit with latest fake threat BENGALURU: The latest in a string of hoax threats made against Indian airlines targeted a flight from Germany, the... Published 17 Oct, 2024 01:03pm
World Indian politician Baba Siddique shot dead in Mumbai MUMBAI: A senior politician in India’s financial capital Mumbai was shot dead on Saturday, weeks ahead of key state... Updated 13 Oct, 2024 10:33pm
World Heavy rains paralyse Mumbai, at least four dead MUMBAI: Torrential rain lashed India’s financial capital Mumbai, triggering floods and killing at least four people... Published 26 Sep, 2024 10:20am
World Billionaire Adani’s Mumbai slum revamp struggles to secure land in potential setback MUMBAI: A joint-venture led by billionaire Gautam Adani is struggling to secure land to rehabilitate poor residents... Published 25 Aug, 2024 11:24am
World Sexual abuse of minors: Schools, internet shut near Mumbai as protests grow MUMBAI: Internet services were cut off and schools were closed for a second straight day in a town near India’s... Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am
World Monsoon rains flood India’s financial capital of Mumbai MUMBAI: Heavy rains flooded roads and railway tracks on Monday in India’s financial capital of Mumbai, pushing... Published 08 Jul, 2024 10:58am
World Twelve dead, 60 injured in India billboard collapse MUMBAI: Twelve people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in... Published 14 May, 2024 11:16am
World Muslim shopfronts torn down in Mumbai after clashes MUMBAI: Authorities in India’s financial capital Mumbai have torn down several Muslim-owned makeshift shopfronts... Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am
World Mumbai gets a makeover as India binges on bridges, roads and rail MUMBAI: India’s longest bridge, the 22-km (14-mile) Atal Setu linking central Mumbai with a fast-growing commercial... Published 11 Jan, 2024 03:13pm
World Plane held for days in France on trafficking concerns lands in India MUMBAI: A plane that had been grounded in France for days over concerns its roughly 300 mostly Indian passengers... Published 26 Dec, 2023 11:50am
Sports Maidans still the nursery of Mumbai cricket MUMBAI: It is not yet 7:00 am and the sun has still to rise above a hazy Mumbai sky. But there is already a steady... Published 30 Oct, 2023 12:34pm
World India’s migrant millions: Caught between jobless villages and city hazards NEW DELHI/JAUNPUR: As he crosses the mud houses and wheat fields around his village to catch a train to distant... Published 18 Apr, 2023 06:20pm
World Eleven people die of sunstroke near Mumbai after open-air award function MUMBAI: At least eleven people died on Sunday after suffering from sunstroke at an event attended by India’s home... Published 17 Apr, 2023 02:33pm
World Cities under strain: India’s predicted urban boom MUMBAI: India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already... Published 08 Nov, 2022 12:13pm
World India police detain one after death threats to billionaire Ambani, family NEW DELHI: Police in Mumbai said on Thursday they had detained one person from India’s eastern state of Bihar ... Published 07 Oct, 2022 05:59am
Business & Finance Cyrus Mistry dies in road accident MUMBAI: Cyrus Mistry, the 54-year-old former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, died in a road accident near... Published 05 Sep, 2022 07:09am
World Mumbai building collapse kills at least 11 with more feared trapped MUMBAI: A four-storey residential building collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai overnight, killing at... Published 28 Jun, 2022 05:49pm
World India records 17,336 new coronavirus cases, a four-month high MUMBAI: India recorded 17,336 new daily infections of the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Friday, the... Published 24 Jun, 2022 11:16am
World India reports highest coronavirus daily cases since March 2 MUMBAI: India reported 7,240 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday,... Published 09 Jun, 2022 12:25pm
World Rapid rise in Mumbai pushes India’s COVID numbers to month high MUMBAI: India’s health ministry reported 3,712 new coronavirus infections for the past twenty four hours on... Published 02 Jun, 2022 11:31am
Sports Mumbai batsmen have to step up, says captain Rohit Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma called on his team’s batsmen to step up their game after Sunday’s 36-run defeat... Published 25 Apr, 2022 01:11pm
Technology India's Maharashtra hopes to persuade Amazon, Uber, others to go electric faster NEW DELHI: India's Maharashtra state will offer companies like Amazon.com Inc and Uber new incentives to electrify... Published 08 Feb, 2022 03:19pm
World Dozens of Indian turtles die in suspected poisoning MUMBAI: Deliberate poisoning is likely to blame for the death of dozens of turtles at a lake near Mumbai, Indian... Published 23 Jan, 2022 03:15pm
World Soaring Covid self-test kit sales fuel India underreporting fears LONAVLA: Booming sales of home self-test kits for Covid are prompting Indian authorities to tighten the rules around... Published 21 Jan, 2022 02:02pm
World India's COVID-19 cases multiply, vulnerable groups given vaccine boosters NEW DELHI: India began administering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers and vulnerable elderly... Published 10 Jan, 2022 10:32am
World Omicron spreads in India's big cities but hospitalisations still low KOLKATA: Indian megacities Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases, although without a... Published 06 Jan, 2022 12:23pm
Sports Kohli backs struggling Rahane after 'good' year of cricket MUMBAI: India skipper Virat Kohli backed Ajinkya Rahane despite the veteran batsman's dry spell and absence from... Published 06 Dec, 2021 01:07pm
Sports India thrash top-ranked New Zealand to clinch Test series MUMBAI: India hammered New Zealand by 372 runs to win the second Test on Monday, after the Black Caps' Mumbai-born... Updated 06 Dec, 2021 12:01pm
Sports Ashwin strikes early after India set New Zealand 540-run target MUMBAI: India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin struck early after the hosts set New Zealand an improbable target of... Updated 05 Dec, 2021 05:01pm