Hindustan Times Pune - April 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune - April 11, 2025
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April 11, 2025
School friends to collaborators in terror: The Rana-Headley nexus
In the early months of 2009—sometime between February and March—David Coleman Headley called his friend Dr Tahawwur Rana in Chicago to make him hear an audio tape in which at least five top commanders of the Pakistani terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) could be heard giving detailed instructions to the ten men who had been sent to Mumbai on a suicide mission in November 2008.
4 mins
Action Against 66k Motorists For Traffic Violations In 2024-25: RTO
In a major crackdown on traffic rule violations, the special squad of the Pune Regional Transport Office (RTO) has taken action against 66,653 motorists during the financial year 2024-25.
1 min
GIPE Accuses SIS Prez of Fund Misuse
Tensions have escalated between Pune's prestigious Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) and its parent body, the Servants of India Society (SIS), with both sides locked in a public dispute over alleged financial improprieties and governance issues.
3 mins
Study on BDP, Hilltop, Hill Slope Soon: Govt
As the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had different rules for hilltops and hill slopes along with Biodiversity Park (BDP), the state government has formed a group to study the guidelines related to the green belts.
1 min
Karad moves court seeking discharge in murder case
Deshmukh, the Sarpanch of Massajog village in Beed, was abducted and tortured to death on December 9 last year
2 mins
Jay Gets Engaged; Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule Attend Function
Jay Pawar, son of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, on Thursday got engaged to Rutuja Patil in a private ceremony held at a farmhouse in Ghotawade on the outskirts of Pune.
1 min
Hospitals Should Not Deny Urgent Treatment Due To Financial Constraints: Govt
The state government has issued orders to all hospitals empanelled under government health schemes to uphold their ethical responsibility and ensure that no patient is denied urgent treatment due to financial constraints.
1 min
MAHARERA TO DEVELOPERS: DISPLAY PROJECT INFORMATION PROMINENTLY
Cracking down on attempts by some developers to obscure crucial project registration information, the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has issued fresh guidelines mandating the prominent display of registration numbers, QR codes, and its website address across all promotional materials.
1 min
Daund Man Held For Leaking Chhaava Online
The South Cyber police have arrested a 26-year-old man from Daund in Pune district for his alleged involvement in leaking the Bollywood movie Chhaava.
1 min
HC raps bank for bid to recover settled loan from two senior citizens
The Bombay high court on Wednesday rapped a nationalised bank for initiating recovery proceedings against a senior citizen and a super senior citizen after executing no dues certificates and release deeds for mortgaged property.
1 min
MU Raps Teachers' Body for Defamation
In a move to punish an allegedly errant teachers' association, the University of Mumbai will ask the Mumbai University and College Teachers Association (MUCTA) to vacate the office space it occupied on the Kalina campus since 2010.
1 min
MSRTC employees get 56% salary due to cash crunch
Transport minister Sarnaik blamed the finance department, saying it hadn't released funds for sops like the 50% fare waiver for women passengers
2 mins
CBI Books 15 Officers of Defence Ministry Unit in 11 Corruption Cases
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered 11 corruption cases against 15 officers of the Pay and Accounts (ORS) section at the Artillery/Army Aviation Centre (AAC) in Nashik, which operates under the Ministry of Defence's Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA).
1 min
NIA cites Headley's emails, requests 20-day custody of Rana at spl court
The National Investigation Agency on Thursday presented several pieces of evidence, including emails sent by 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana to his co-conspirator David Coleman Headley, as it sought the former's custody for 20 days.
1 min
Security Ramped Up At Airports, Court In Delhi For Rana Arrival
Security was ramped up at various locations in New Delhi, including IGI airport, Palam airport, Patiala House court, and the NIA headquarters ahead of the arrival of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana on Thursday.
1 min
Meet the legal teams fighting for and against Rana
Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan will spearhead the National Investigation Agency's prosecution team in the trial of terrorist Tahawwur Rana, and he will be assisted by advocate Narender Mann, who was appointed by the Union home ministry as special public prosecutor for three years in a notification issued just a day before Rana's arrival in India.
1 min
NIA officers who led repatriation process
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team tasked two senior officers from the Jharkhand cadre -- Ashish Batra and Jaya Roy -- to lead the extradition process of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, from the United States, officials said on Thursday.
1 min
Plotter to be tried for war on State, murder, terrorism
INDIAN GOVT ALSO ASSURED THE U.S. THAT HE WILL BE PROTECTED IN JAIL AND WON'T BE TORTURED DURING HIS CUSTODIAL PERIOD
3 mins
Plotter's extradition critical step towards seeking justice: US
The extradition of Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana is a \"critical step toward seeking justice\" for the victims of the heinous attacks, the United States said on Thursday.
1 min
Gujarat Will Help Shape Global Economy For Next 25 Yrs: Shah
Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Gujarat will define the global economy for the next 25 years as he hailed the state as a leader in the industries sector.
1 min
Soldier injured as UAV crashes into IAF tower
A Defence Security Corps (DSC) staff employed with the Indian Air Force (IAF) was critically injured on Thursday after an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the army crashed into an IAF tower in the high-security technical airport at Satwari in Jammu, officials said.
1 min
'Calculated savagery to destabilise social order': HC on '13 Hyd blasts
The justice system must respond with its harshest and most unflinching sanction to an act of terror, the Telangana high court asserted in its verdict that confirmed the death penalty to five Indian Mujahideen operatives convicted for executing the 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad.
3 mins
File pleas on hardship to seek divorce in 1 yr: HC
THE HIGH COURT BENCH EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT THE FAMILY COURT DID NOT FLAG A SPECIFIC ISSUE ABOUT THE PLEA
2 mins
Priest Held for UP Journalist's Murder Over Video of 'Abuse'
The Uttar Pradesh police has arrested a priest and two of his accomplices for conspiring the murder of a journalist in Sitapur district of the state in March after the deceased purportedly gathered evidence of the 32-year-old priest sexually abusing a minor boy, officials said on Thursday.
1 min
Decoding the tariff pause
Trump's flip-flop signals uncertainty that can't be beneficial from any large economy's perspective
2 mins
The road ahead for HEI accreditation
Public perception of the quality of higher education institutions (HEIs) in India is influenced significantly by the accreditation system run by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
1 min
India Can Reinvent Education With AI
If the country can empower its children to become fluent in the language of AI, to master these tools instead of fearing them, then it will gain a decisive competitive edge
3 mins
In Telangana, a case of missing the woods
Over the past few days, the University of Hyderabad (UoH) felt the tremors of relentless bulldozing of the shrub forest abutting it.
3 mins
Rana Case Underscores Need for Intelligence Coordination
The die is cast. The US Supreme Court has refused the final appeal of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana for a stay on his extradition to India.
3 mins
Israel Denounces France's Plan to Recognize Palestinian State
Israel's Foreign Minister (FM) Gideon Saar denounced French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement that Paris could recognise a Palestinian state by June, saying it would be a \"prize\" for terrorism.
1 min
Climate change fund: $319mn available for Loss and Damage
A road map for the start-up phase of the fund for responding to Loss and Damage was put up for agreement by the Board of the Fund which includes representation from developed and developing country parties on Thursday at its 5th board meeting in Barbados, but experts say some of the provisions pose significant concerns over potential dilution of its purpose and effectiveness.
2 mins
China reaches out to others to forge united front against the US
China is reaching out to other nations as the US layers on more tariffs in what appears to be an attempt to form a united front to compel Washington to retreat.
1 min
EU Halts Retaliatory Tariffs; No Pause in US-China Trade War
The European Union (EU) paused plans for retaliatory tariffs on US goods Thursday after President Donald Trump abruptly suspended higher US duties on the bloc and other countries, leaving China in the crosshairs of his trade war.
1 min
Dimon, Ackman: How chorus from Big Money triggered Trump rethink
Wall Street has gotten its way for decades, Scott Bessent argued on Wednesday morning, declaring \"It's Main Street's turn.\" Then Wall Street had its best day in 16 years.
3 mins
Cogence picks India, Saudi as Trump jolts trade
A BlackRock Inc.-backed South African fund manager said India and Saudi Arabia are its medium-term picks because the two nations stand to benefit from the demographic dividend and \"mega-forces\" of digitization.
1 min
Direct Selling Industry Grows 4% in FY24 to ₹22,150 Cr
The direct selling industry achieved a 4.04% year-on-year growth in FY24, reaching an estimated value of ₹22,150 crore, according to the latest report released by the industry body IDSA.
2 mins
JLR India Reports Best-Ever Retail Sales, Up 40% to 6,183 Units in FY25
Jaguar Land Rover India on Thursday reported the best-ever performance in a fiscal with retail sales of 6,183 units in FY25, a growth of 40% over FY24.
1 min
NABFID, New Development Bank ink pact to push financing infra projects
The National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NABFID) on Thursday said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the New Development Bank (NDB) creating a deep and sustainable infrastructure financing market and developing a supportive ecosystem around it.
1 min
ICRA Sees 18-20% Growth in FY26 for Airports
Indian airport operators are expected to see an 18-20% topline year-on-year growth in this fiscal, driven by a sustained improvement in passenger traffic and tariff hike as well as ramp up in non-aeronautical revenues, ratings agency ICRA said on Thursday.
1 min
Ziroh Labs Unveils System to Run Large AI Without Advanced Chips
Ziroh Labs, an artificial intelligence startup operating in India, collaborated with researchers at the country's premier technology school to design an affordable system that it says can run large AI models without requiring advanced computing chips from the likes of Nvidia Corp.
1 min
Baldota to Make Steel Sector Foray With ₹54,000-Cr Project
Renewable energy player Baldota Group on Thursday said it plans to foray into the steel sector with an investment of ₹54,000 crore for setting up a project in Karnataka with up to 10.5 million tonnes (MT) production capacity.
1 min
TCS Misses Revenue Estimates on North America Weakness
India's largest software services provider Tata Consultancy Services posted lower-than-expected revenue for the fourth quarter due to persistent weakness in North America, its largest market.
1 min
Moody's Cuts 2025 GDP Growth Forecast to 6.1%
Gems and jewellery, medical devices, and textile industries may be among worst hit
2 mins
Tracking how T20 batting is shifting into express lane
Striking it big this season
3 mins
Teen Maaya Counts Positives From Her BJK Cup Experience
There was a wide smile on the face when Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi was asked about being handed her first India jersey earlier this week.
2 mins
Nakamura ousts Arjun in quarters
Arjun Erigaisi couldn't salvage the game this time around. After managing to draw Game 1 from a difficult position, the Indian was outplayed by world No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura in their second classical quarterfinal knockout match-up on Thursday.
2 mins
Barca's Sensational Trio on Fire Again, Keeps Treble Hopes Alive
Lewandowski, Yamal, and Raphinha Have Scored 82 of Barca's 144 Goals This Season in All Competitions
3 mins
How India can produce a Major champion in golf
The combined experience of 35 Majors weighed in on what Indian golf must do to produce its first Major champion.
2 mins
On Pet Day today, actor Alaya F opens up on her special bond with fur baby MJ
For actor Alaya F, home isn't complete without the pitter-patter of little paws. Her three-year-old Maltese, MJ — short for Magic Junior — is not just a pet, but a living tribute to her late dog, Magic, and the undeniable centre of her world.
1 min
One shot at a time: Defeating Parkinson's with badminton
A few years ago, it was a struggle for 64-year-old Nirmal Sahdev to sit for extended periods.
1 min
GAME ON! CHECK OUT THE IPL PERKS THE CITY HAS TO OFFER!
From themed cocktails and big-screen action to late-night deals, restaurants and bars in and around Pune are dialling up the Indian Premier League excitement
2 mins
Sunny's actioner is everything that Salman's Sikandar wasn't
It's slightly concerning that we are in 2025, and yet there's a dearth of Hindi film actors who are convincing as action stars.
2 mins
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