By the time most shops along Bandra’s busy SV Road begin pulling their shutters down, one lane along Jama Masjid, near Quresh Nagar, only starts getting brighter. Rows of woven cane pendant lamps hang above the pavement like floating lanterns, throwing warm amber light onto passing buses, parked scooters, and pedestrians. Inside narrow roadside shops…
2 min readKolkataMay 14, 2026 12:39 PM IST Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached the Calcutta High Court on Thursday wearing a lawyer’s gown, accompanied by TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee and his son Shirshanya Bandopadhyay, who is also an advocate. The TMC said she would argue her case regarding violence that erupted after…
2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: May 14, 2026 11:25 AM IST More than 48 hours after a 30-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped in a moving bus in Outer Delhi’s Nangloi area, the police said Wednesday they have arrested the driver and his helper in connection with the case. According to the police, the woman had boarded…
4 min readMay 14, 2026 09:34 AM IST Holding that there was “grave misconduct” on the part of suspended Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Daljit Singh in allegedly driving a Brezza car under the influence of liquor and causing multiple accidents, the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) of Chandigarh has directed the UT Police to book him under…
Lachmina Devi, 55, was recovering from a hip fracture at a private hospital in Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. Mangroo Chaudhary, 34, a labourer, was returning home from Karnataka, where he had travelled in search of better-paying work to support his family. Vinesh Shah, 40, a golgappa vendor, was travelling to Hardoi to attend a satsang. All…
4 min readNoidaMay 14, 2026 05:48 AM IST Exactly a month since the workers’ protest in Noida, which turned violent on April 13, two accused – Aakriti Chaudhary (25), a history graduate from Delhi University who hails from Durgapur in West Bengal, and a former journalist from Lucknow, Satyam Verma – have been booked under…
2 min readPuneUpdated: May 14, 2026 12:50 AM IST Pune City police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) on Wednesday night defused a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) with a timer and a ‘low-grade explosive’ found inside a hospital in Pune’s Hadapsar. The BDDS team neutralised the device in a controlled explosion in…
4 min readAhmedabadMay 14, 2026 12:46 AM IST FOLLOWING PRIME Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for austerity measures aimed at fuel conservation, the Gujarat government is planning to issue guidelines to its departments across the state and make appeals to the public as well. Senior government officials said on Wednesday that measures such as online or…
The BJP on Wednesday swept the municipal elections in Haryana, securing six of the seven civic bodies, with only Uklana municipal committee chief’s post going to a 23-year-old independent candidate. The BJP also delivered crushing defeats to its main rival Congress in the mayoral contests, where victory margins ranged from more than 21,000 votes to…
3 min readNew DelhiMay 14, 2026 01:00 AM IST A sudden thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning, rain and strong winds swept across parts of Delhi on Wednesday evening, bringing a sharp drop in temperatures after a hot day and gusts reaching up to 98 kmph, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Several parts of the…
