Mumbai: Barely a week into the escalating war in the Middle East, India is already staring at the spectre of a serious fuel crisis - marked by supply anxieties, sudden policy jolts and steep price hikes that could ignite a fresh wave of inflation across the economy. Industry bodies and consumers alike were rattled on Friday as a series of back-to-back directives from the country’s oil ecosystem triggered panic in the markets. In a span of barely 24 hours, consumers got three

Opportunities are everywhere—waiting not for the young, but for the awake. Many people unknowingly imprison themselves with one dangerous thought: “It’s too late for me.” Too late to learn. Too late to change. Too late to dream again. But life doesn’t work on a fixed calendar. It works on awareness, courage, and willingness. Opportunities do not vanish with age; they merely change their shape, waiting patiently for those who are alert enough to recognise them.   At every stag

On the centenary of her birth, Mahasweta Devi’s work endures as a reckoning with power and neglect. Born in 1926, Mahasweta Devi remains, even after her death in 2016, one of India’s most formidable literary presences. Few writers have so insistently fused literature with moral urgency or treated writing as an act burdened with responsibility. Prolific she certainly was, producing over a hundred novels, hundreds of short stories and thousands of pages of reportage. As we take

Did you know Mumbai commuters lose hundreds of hours every year not in distance, but in delays, waiting, and uncertainty. In Mumbai, commuting can feel like a challenge, but technology is quietly changing that. Intelligent transport systems (ITS) are helping people navigate the city more efficiently by combining real-time data, adaptive routing, and smart coordination across trains, metros, monorails, buses, and last-mile options. At the forefront of this transformation is Ya

French President Emmanuel Macron with Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee and others during a meeting in Mumbai. Mumbai: After landing in Mumbai in late hours of Monday (February 16), French President Emmanuel Macron barely took any time to rest and hopped into his sportswear just hours later for a jog at Mumbai’s iconic Marine Drive promenade, much to the disbelief and delight of the early risers there. Macron (48) was clad in a navy-blue t-shirt, black shorts and

Childhood has become preparation, not experience. I belong to an era where childhood wasn’t scheduled, measured, or evaluated. We played with mud, drew shapes on the ground, jumped over hopscotch lines till dusk, and came home with scraped knees and hearts full of joy. Life itself felt like a reward — simple, abundant, and stress-free. We lived on cloud nine without knowing the term. Our homes were porous. Relatives dropped in without appointments, and we visited them without

India’s food security rests not just on grain and groundwater, but on the steadily eroding bodies of the farmers who produce it. India’s debate on food security is oddly bloodless. Policymakers pore over spreadsheets tracking seed varieties, fertiliser subsidies and grain reserves, while television panels argue over procurement targets and buffer stocks. Yet amid this obsession with inputs and outputs, one variable is conspicuously absent: the physical health of the human bei

Mumbai: Come Ganeshotsav, Mumbai is poised to get an eye-catching landmark – the ambitious Elphinstone Double-Decker Road Overbridge, being fast-tracked to provide a key link to the Sewri-Worli Elevated Corridor and Atal Setu, officials said. The double-decker ROB, will dramatically arise by Sep. 2026 from the ashes of the 112-year-old British-era Elphinstone Bridge that is being demolished since Oct. 225 after it outlived its utility. The swank double-decker coming up in its

Yogesh Kumar Gupta Kolhapur: When a police officer takes genuine interest in securing justice for citizens duped in financial fraud, investigations can move swiftly enough to lift the crushing burden off affected families. Kolhapur Superintendent of Police Yogesh Kumar Gupta has demonstrated precisely that. His firm and sensitive handling of a cheating case ensured relief for Akshay Deepak Dhale, a young entrepreneur from Kolhapur who had fallen prey to a Rajkot-based company

Reform that prizes speed over standards risks weakening the science it seeks to mobilise. For a long time, the meaning of a PhD was clear. A PhD meant deep and original thinking on a narrow question. It meant years of careful work, guided by a supervisor, resulting in a written thesis. The thesis was examined by experts and placed in a library so that others could read it, question it, and build upon it. Papers and patents could follow, but the thesis was the main proof that

Sting operations promise accountability, but often blur the line between public interest and voyeurism. The term ‘sting’ was popularized in the classic Robert Redford-Paul Newman caper film ‘The Sting’ (1973). It was released in India at a time when no one understood the meaning of the term. It featured two men who attempt to pull off the ultimate con a ruthless crime boss (brilliantly played by Robert Shaw) when one of their associates gets killed. But as many viewers (inclu

Class 12 student dies after falling from local train on way to exam Dombivli: On the very first day of the 12th standard board examinations, an 18-year-old student, Soham Sachin Katre, lost his life after falling from a moving local train between Kalwa and Mumbra stations while travelling to his examination centre. Soham, a resident of Dombivli, was on his way to appear for his first paper at Manisha Vidyalaya in Kalwa when the tragic incident occurred, turning a day of hope

Asks was there a sinister motive behind his uncle’s travel delay because of an NCP leader from East Vidarbha Mumbai : A fortnight after the January 28 air-disaster that snuffed out Nationalist Congress Party President and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Anantrao Pawar, his nephew and Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MLA Rohit Rajendra Pawar raised haunting questions challenging the premise that the Baramati tragedy was a mere accident, and alleging sinister attempts to suppress fac

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Red roses bloom in shop windows, florists are all over with red roses, hearts decorate every corner, and the world seems to whisper one message repeatedly: love belongs to couples. But where does that leave those who are single, divorced, separated, or widowed—or simply walking life on their own terms? A quiet question often arises, especially for women: Are we incomplete without a partner? Without a man in our lives? The answer, spo

Mumbai: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghachalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday threw his full weight behind the long-standing demand to confer the Bharat Ratna on Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, asserting that the Hindutva ideologue’s inclusion would enhance the dignity of the country’s highest civilian honour. Bhagwat, who explained the genesis and growth of the RSS over past 100 years in two lectures at the Nehru Centre here on Saturday and Sunday, replied t

Mumbai: The proposed Shirur–Karjat road corridor, being advanced under Maharashtra’s highway expansion programme, is gaining strategic urgency as authorities seek long-term solutions to recurring congestion on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway. The project, being executed by the Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation (MSIDC), assumed renewed significance following repeated traffic disruptions — including a recent gridlock that lasted over 30 hours, highlighting the

Mohan Bhagwat, Sarsanghchalak, RSS during the lecture on the occasion of the centenary year of RSS at Nehru Centre Auditorium in Worli on Saturday. | Pic Bhushan Koyande Mumbai: On the centenary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh its present (6 th ) Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Madhukar Bhagwat termed the RSS as a civilizational movement dedicated to serving humanity, cultural unity and social organization rather than power, protest or politics. Addressing a centennial lecture se

Mumbai : Stand-up comic Kunal Kamra and Senior Advocate Haresh Jagtiani have challenged the validity of the government’s Sahyog portal – an online mechanism used that issues content takedown directions to digital platforms – in the Bombay High Court.   The portal gives content withdrawal directives to platforms like X, YouTube, Meta, etc, and Kamra-Jagtiani have raised serious constitutional questions centering on freedom of speech, due process and the scope of government pow

Mumbai: The over 30-plus hour traffic jam on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway on Wednesday and Thursday, has once again underscored the urgent need for the long-pending “Missing Link” project — a strategic intervention aimed at eliminating chronic congestion, particularly along the vulnerable Khandala-Lonavala ghat stretch. The unprecedented disruption, triggered by an overturned gas tanker near the Adoshi tunnel, left thousands stranded for over a day and exposed deep structural b

Mumbai | Pune: When lakhs of travellers either baked or froze in their vehicles during the massive 33-hour long traffic snarls on the prestigious Mumbai-Pune Expressway, a Pune businessman was all ‘cool’. Dr. Sudhir Mehta, Chairman of Pinnacle Industries Ltd, Pune, was stuck in the traffic chaos at the Mumbai end for over eight hours and finally decided to ‘rise’ out of it, literally, in a chopper. He somehow managed to reach the Juhu Aerodrome at Vile Parle, hired a helicopt