PUNE: Sudden heavy showers that lashed the city on Thursday exposed serious gaps in preparedness at Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML), with nearly 100 buses breaking down and disrupting services across multiple routes. Official data showed that 97 buses...

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NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has raised concerns over reports that the Centre may withdraw the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, saying the move cannot be taken at face value. Speaking in Nilambur, Tharoor said, “The Centre’s reported...

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Iran has rejected a US proposal for a temporary 48-hour ceasefire, according to a source cited by the country’s semi-official Fars news agency and reported by Reuters. The offer, reportedly conveyed through an intermediary nation on Wednesday, aimed to briefly halt...

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GUWAHATI: A six-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her father inside a moving train in Assam’s Lakhimpur district, police said. The accused was arrested shortly after authorities were alerted. The man, identified as Sunil Murmu, was travelling with his daughter,...

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At a modest bus stand in Mangaluru, a fruit seller once faced a question he could not answer. Foreign tourists asked the price of his oranges—in English. He understood the fruit, but not the language. That brief moment of helplessness stayed with Harekala Hajabba—and...

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