Hindustan Times Mumbai - February 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai - February 04, 2025
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February 04, 2025
Speaking in Marathi must for employees in state govt offices
The Maharashtra government on Monday issued an order ratifying a policy announced in March last year that makes speaking in Marathi mandatory for all employees in government offices.
1 min
An island limps back to normalcy amid tensions, fears
Sandeshkhali island in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, was rocked by violent protests in early 2024 over allegations of sexual abuse and illegal land grabbing by local TMC leaders. The unrest led to arrests, land restitution, and a political battle that continues to shape the island's future.
7 mins
Separatist Wanted by Ukraine Dies in Moscow Explosion
Armen Sarkisian Had Formed a Battalion for Fight Against Kyiv and Enlisted Prisoners to Fight in Ukraine
1 min
HC Raises Doubts About Police Encounter
Over four months after Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur school sexual assaults case, was killed in what the police claimed was retaliatory firing, the Bombay high court on Monday raised serious doubts about the genuineness of the police encounter after going through a judicial inquiry report into the incident.
2 mins
Helmet Assault In Road Rage Incident Kills Kharghar Man
A 45-year-old man succumbed to fatal head injuries after being allegedly attacked with a helmet by two unidentified bike-borne men in a road rage incident in Kharghar.
1 min
Siddique shooter seeks to retract confession
Shivkumar Gautam, the main accused in the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, has moved an application before the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court seeking to retract his confessional statement made to the police.
1 min
Saki Naka Call Centre Busted, Six Held for Selling Viagra to US Citizens
The crime branch has busted a bogus call centre in Saki Naka that was being used to illegally sell Viagra and other banned medicines to American citizens.
1 min
State to issue cards for health scheme
Pointing to the low rate of cards issued for health insurance schemes operated by the state and central governments, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked the administration to speed up the work.
1 min
Mum-Nashik highway pothole claims life
A 20-year-old software engineer from Wadala died after he lost his balance and fell off his scooter, and was then run over by a truck on the Mumbai-Nashik highway in Bhiwandi.
3 mins
EOW tells court that Ukrainian actor possessed fake IDs, including a birth certificate from BMC
The police have received complaints from 10,848 investors who lost a total of ₹117.63 crore in the alleged Torres Jewellery fraud.
3 mins
VVCMC demolishes 4 more illegal buildings
The Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) on Monday demolished four more unauthorised buildings in Agarwal Nagar in Vasai East, bringing the total number of buildings razed since November to 16.
1 min
3 Lokhandwala Complex Societies To Go In For Cluster Redevelopment
Mahindra Lifespace Developers has bagged the redevelopment project of three housing societies in Mumbai's upscale Lokhandwala Complex in Andheri West.
1 min
Centre, ECI Get Notices on Poll Discrepancy Plea
The Bombay high court on Monday issued notices to the central government and the Election Commission of India (ECI), seeking their responses to a writ petition about discrepancies during the conduct of the assembly poll on November 20, 2024, including the unusually high percentage of votes cast in the final minutes.
1 min
BMC Plans Pay-n-Park Facility on Flank Road to Ease Traffic
Defunct cycling track may be turned into parking zone
2 mins
24-Year-Old Man Remanded in Custody for Rape at Bandra Terminus
A metropolitan magistrate court in Bandra on Monday remanded a 24-year-old man to five days of police custody after he was arrested by the Bandra Government Railway Police (GRP) for allegedly raping a 54-year-old woman in a vacant mail train at Bandra Terminus early Sunday morning.
1 min
Why Feb matters for your neuroplasticity
EXPECTATIONS AROUND LEARNING NEW SKILLS, COMPETENCIES, DEVELOPING NEW HABITS IS WHAT MAKES THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TOUGH
3 mins
Locals to run at 2-min gap soon: Vaishnaw
Efforts underway to improve ventilation, air conditioning in locals using Vande Bharat tech: Rly min
1 min
Rare failure led to ALH crash, shows inquiry
The multi-mission helicopter has been designed and developed by Bengaluru-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
2 mins
LoP's 'falsehood' damaging nation abroad, says EAM
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday accused Lok Sabha's Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi of deliberate \"falsehood\" and damaging \"the nation abroad\" after the latter said in the Lower House that the minister went to the US in December last year to secure an invitation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at President Donald Trump's inauguration.
1 min
Ruckus in House over Kumbh, Oppn walks Out
Opposition lawmakers disrupted proceedings in both Houses of Parliament on Monday, demanding an immediate discussion on the Maha Kumbh stampede that claimed at least 30 lives and a list of those deceased, with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge triggering an uproar in the Rajya Sabha by claiming \"thousands\" died in the January 29 incident.
2 mins
Retired soldier killed, kin injured in terrorist attack
Waghey served in the Territorial Battalion based in South Kashmir, succumbed to bullet injuries in the stomach
1 min
Neither UPA nor NDA could tackle job crisis: Gandhi in LS
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday presented an alternative vision of the President's speech that he said would have focused on the technological revolution, solving the unemployment problem, boosting industrial systems to take on China and a more representative vision of development model that included marginalized communities.
5 mins
MP BJP MLA's Brother Kills Son Over Dispute
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA's brother shot his 30-year-old son dead with a licensed gun following a financial dispute in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Monday, adding that the accused has been taken into custody.
1 min
SC Seeks Forensic Report on Manipur Riots Audio Tapes
Ethnic violence has gripped Manipur since May 3, 2023.
1 min
BJP Moves Privilege Notice Against Sonia
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers on Monday submitted a notice of breach of parliamentary privilege, ethics, and propriety against Congress MP Sonia Gandhi for the \"use of derogatory and slanderous words against the President of India\" to \"undermine the dignity of nation's highest office\".
2 mins
2 Staffers of Sai Baba Sansthan Stabbed to Death
The attacks took place at different locations—at Kardoba Nagar Chowk, Sakori Shiv, and Airport Road
2 mins
Raj Anti-Conversion Bill Tabled in House
The Rajasthan government introduced the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2025 in the state assembly on Monday, seeking to make fraudulent conversions a non-bailable offence that can be punished by imprisonment between one and 10 years.
1 min
Myanmar faces a fragmented future
Five years after the coup and a protracted civil war, the junta and pro-democracy rebels have failed to consolidate power
4 mins
Cracking the whip on AI-enabled child abuse
The dark side of Artificial Intelligence (AI) portends harm for children, a demography whose inchoate psychosocial and physiological development leaves them vulnerable even otherwise.
1 min
Hits and misses in Uttarakhand UCC
The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) of Uttarakhand, which was recently brought into force, is a bulky enactment comprising 392 sections, seven schedules and multiple forms.
4 mins
Can the budget unlock labour market potential?
India's labour market has made notable strides in recent years, bolstered by a strong post-pandemic recovery and increased formalisation of employment.
3 mins
Trump Plans To Cut U.S. Funding To South Africa Over 'Land Law'
President Donald Trump and his team are having discussions about merging USAID into the State Department in order to significantly reduce the size of the agency's workforce for efficiency purposes, a senior White House official told Reuters on Monday.
1 min
Trump, Mexican Prez Hold Talks; Tariff on Pause for Now
US President Donald Trump has pulled back from imposing additional tariffs on Mexico for a month after a conversation with Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum in which she agreed to deploy 10,000 additional Mexican troops to the border with the U.S.
3 mins
19 Killed in Car Bomb Explosion in North Syria
A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city on Monday, killing at least 19 people, all but one of them women, and leaving more than a dozen wounded, hospital workers said.
1 min
Mkts Fall As World Braces For Trump's Next Moves
Global financial markets fell on Monday after the US president ordered tariffs imposed on Canada, Mexico and China, while world leaders responded to his threats to expand tariffs to the European Union as well.
1 min
Manufacturing PMI Reaches Six-Month High
India's manufacturing growth, which moderated in December, rose to a six-month high in January on the back of rising new export orders, a private survey released on Monday said.
1 min
Listed companies on M&A road may get to skip NCLT
The Centre may consider eliminating mandatory approval from the company law court in the merger and demerger of local listed firms, two people aware of the discussions said, over eight years after it allowed the leeway for certain types of companies.
1 min
Rupee tumbles against the dollar on trade war fears
Rupee tumbled to a record low on Monday as US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, and threats of higher levies on the European Union triggered fears of a broad trade war. Both Canada and Mexico have vowed to hit back with retaliatory tariffs.
1 min
Govt to further relax insurance FDI rules
Condition mandating Indian residents on boards and top posts to be removed
2 mins
I believe India is a sleeping giant in golf: Norman
Australian golf legend Greg Norman believes India is a \"sleeping giant\" in the game whose potential can be unlocked with more international tournaments coming to its shores.
2 mins
Too Many Tournaments May Lead to Burnout, Says Shooter Sift Kaur
Sift Kaur Samra squeezed in a 21-day break between the National Championships and the ongoing National Games.
3 mins
Put the screws on players who refuse Davis Cup: Amritraj
India's top players refusing to turn up for Davis Cup should face repercussions of some sort, says Anand Amritraj, a former India top 100 pro and longtime Davis Cup captain.
2 mins
Ponting, Shastri predict India-Australia CT final
Ravi Shastri and Ricky Ponting have tipped India and Australia to make it to the Champions Trophy final, picking England and South Africa as other prospective semi-finalists.
3 mins
How Pragg Went From a Quiet Year in 2024 to a Historic Title
A packed schedule gave the 19-year-old little chance to course correct and he will look to change in 2025
3 mins
Maybe We Will Re-release Jagga Jasoos Now
Anurag Basu; (inset) The filmmaker shook a leg to Barfi!'s title track on stage
1 min
Told Hrithik, if you'll sing that on screen, people might laugh
Lucky Ali; (inset) Singer Mohit Chauhan with Lucky at the Kathakar International Storytellers Festival
1 min
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