The teenage driver tried to flee, but he was caught by police. (Representational)
Mumbai:
A 24-year-old man, distributing milk in the early hours of Thursday, died after a speeding SUV driven by a teenage boy knocked down his two-wheeler in Goregaon area here, police said.
The incident took place in Aarey Colony around 4 am.
Navin Vaishnaw died after a Mahindra Scorpio which was on the wrong side collided with his two-wheeler, said a police official.
As the accused driver is 17 years old, a case was also registered against the SUV owner Iqbal Jivani (48) and his son Mohammed Faz Iqbal Jivani (21), he said.
After hitting the two-wheeler, the SUV hit an electric pole. The teenage driver tried to flee, but he had sustained injuries and was caught by police.
His blood samples were sent to a laboratory to ascertain whether he was under the influence of alcohol, the official said.
Police were also investigating whether the accused had partied with his friends before the accident.
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The chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces has reiterated the country’s intention to give a “calculated” response to the Israeli assassination of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Major General Mohammad Bagheri made the remarks on Wednesday in reference to the much-anticipated retaliation for the Israeli assassination of Haniyeh, which occurred in Tehran in late July.
General Bagheri said the Israeli regime is now in a precarious situation and is ready to commit any act of atrocity following the October 7 attacks by the Hamas Resistance movement, as it sees itself on the verge of collapse, PressTV reported.
“Today we witness the crisis situation in the region following the Al-Aqsa storm and the Zionist regime is worried over its existence and is in dangerous conditions, so it won’t spare any criminal move to continue its shameful life.”
On the US role in the region, General Bagheri said the US power is certainly not comparable to five years ago, as the regime is on the decline and is struggling to restore its power.
In his remarks, the general also said Iran’s armed forces have a very crucial responsibility to boost military preparedness and they should not waste a second in improving rapid response capabilities, strengthening infrastructures, and increasing the quality of products.
Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were martyred after their residence was targeted in Tehran on July 31, according to a statement released by the IRGC.
Issuing a statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh was “designed and implemented by the Zionist regime and supported by the criminal government of America.”
Reacting to the Israeli act of terror, high-ranking Iranian officials vowed to give a proper response to the Zionist regime, with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei saying, that by assassinating Ismail Haniyeh, the Israeli regime has prepared the ground for harsh punishment for itself.
I am eager to regroup with my cricketing friends and continue to entertain my fans as we create new memories together, says the former Indian opener
Published Date – 26 August 2024, 01:39 PM
Former Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan
New Delhi: Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan on Monday joined the Legends League Cricket (LLC) following his retirement from international cricket.
Having announced his retirement on Saturday, the 38-year-old southpaw can now compete in T20 leagues outside the IPL.
“My body is still conditioned for the demands of the game, and while I’m at ease with my decision, cricket is an inseparable part of who I am, it will never go out of me. I am eager to regroup with my cricketing friends and continue to entertain my fans as we create new memories together,” said Dhawan in a statement.
Dhawan represented India in 34 Tests, 167 ODIs and 68 T20s, aggregating 12,286 international runs. The Legends League Cricket will be staged in September.
In response to a post on X by the Reserve Bank of India, PM Modi congratulated RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, saying, “Congratulations to RBI Governor Shri @DasShaktikanta for achieving this feat for the second time.” He added, “This recognition reflects his leadership at the RBI and his efforts to promote economic growth and stability.”
Published Date – 21 August 2024, 12:50 PM
PM Modi Congratulates RBI Governor for Top Global Rating for Second Consecutive Year
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on being rated “A+” for the second time in a row in the ‘Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2024’.
Responding to a post on X by the Reserve Bank of India, PM Modi said, “Congratulations to RBI Governor Shri @DasShaktikanta for this feat, and that too for the second time”.
“This is a recognition of his leadership at the RBI and his work towards ensuring economic growth and stability,” said the Prime Minister.
The Global Finance magazine released the names of Central Bank Governors who earned the highest grades, “A+”, “A” or “A-”, in the ‘Central Banker Report Cards 2024’.
The report, published annually since 1994, grades the central bank governors of nearly 100 key countries, territories and districts, as well as the European Union, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, the Bank of Central African States and the Central Bank of West African States.
Grades are based on success in areas such as inflation control, economic growth goals, currency stability and interest rate management.
“Central bankers have waged war against inflation over the past few years, wielding their primary weapon: higher interest rates. Now, countries around the world are witnessing the tangible results of these efforts, as inflation has dropped significantly,” said Joseph Giarraputo, Global Finance founder and editorial director.
Meanwhile, Das said on Tuesday that banks need to carefully monitor the persistent gap between credit and deposit growth because it could become a challenge, leading to liquidity issues.
In an interview with NDTV Profit, the RBI Governor said they are cautioning banks to monitor this situation carefully.
“Banks should also carefully monitor the change in investment strategies of young aspirational Indians,” Das told NDTV Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia.
He further mentioned that a decision on reducing the key policy repo rate will depend on keeping inflation in check and the fall in food and vegetable prices in July was not enough to cut rates.
The central bank Governor said any adverse impact on economic growth due to not reducing the policy rate is “minimal and negligible”.
Candidates who qualified in the TG EAPCET 2024 with MPC stream or passed intermediate or equivalent courses are eligible to attend the counselling
Published Date – 29 August 2024, 06:13 PM
Hyderabad: The Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) on Thursday announced spot admissions to BTech Agricultural Engineering and Food Technology programmes.
Admissions will be conducted at the university examination centre on September 2 at 10.30 am and candidates who qualified in the TG EAPCET 2024 with MPC stream or passed intermediate or equivalent courses are eligible to attend the counselling.
For more details, visit the website https://www.pjtsau.edu.in/.
Taking to Instagram, Mrunal, who has 13.4 million followers on the photo sharing application, dropped photos from an ice-cream parlour.
Published Date – 29 August 2024, 06:44 PM
Mumbai: Actress Mrunal Thakur on Thursday shared a glimpse of her cheat day, in which she can be seen enjoying a delicious scoop of an ice-cream.
Taking to Instagram, Mrunal, who has 13.4 million followers on the photo sharing application, dropped photos from an ice-cream parlour.
She is wearing a denim-on-denim outfit and has rounded off the look with a sling bag. Mrunal is holding an ice-cream cone and is flaunting her smile.
The post is captioned as: “Oops!! I did it again #cheatday #icecream”.
A fan commented: “The happiness on your face”.
Another user said: “Ye ice cream mujhe de de thakur”.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Mrunal began her acting career in 2012 with the television show ‘Mujhse Kuchh Kehti…Yeh Khamoshiyaan’. She has featured in shows like ‘Arjun’, ‘Kumkum Bhagya’. She has also participated in ‘Nach Baliye 7’.
Mrunal was also a part of the web series ‘Made in Heaven 2’. She featured in the episode titled ‘Beauty and the Beast’ as Adhira Arya. The romantic drama that is streaming on Prime Video is produced by Excel Entertainment, and chronicles the lives of Tara and Karan, two wedding planners in Delhi.
The series stars Sobhita Dhulipala, Arjun Mathur, Jim Sarbh, Shashank Arora, Kalki Koechlin, Shivani Raghuvanshi and Mona Singh in the lead roles.
She has starred in movies like ‘Love Sonia’, ‘Super 30’, ‘Batla House’, ‘Dhamaka’, ‘Sita Ramam’, ‘Pippa’, and ‘The Family Star’.
She last featured in a cameo appearance as Divya in the recently released Telugu science fiction film ‘Kalki 2898AD’. Directed by Nag Ashwin and produced by Vyjayanthi Movies, the film starred Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone and Disha Patani.
Mrunal next has ‘Pooja Meri Jaan’, ‘Son of Sardar 2’, and ‘Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai’ in the kitty.
In the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, four people suffered minor injuries in gusty winds on Wednesday. Weather officials estimated the touchdown of a tornado based on the extent of damage and eyewitnesses.
City officials said the four were in their teens to 80s, and they included a girl whose leg was cut by broken window glass and a man in his 70s whose arm was hit by a flying roof tile.
The city was hit by more violent winds late at night on the same day, NHK reported.
Fire officials said they received more than 20 reports that sudden squalls occurred around JR Minami-Miyazaki Station and Miyazaki Airport.
The reports included injuries from broken glass, collapsed walls and dangling electric cables.
As of 2 a.m. Thursday, eight people aged from under 10 to their 60s were taken to hospitals. None of their conditions are reportedly life-threatening.
Police in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, say the city’s fire department received a report on Wednesday evening that a man in his 60s fell from a ship into the sea.
Firefighters, coast guard personnel and others are conducting search and rescue operations. But the man has not been found, and the search efforts have been temporarily suspended.
According to Al Jazeera, the Islamic Resistance group of Iraq announced today (Thursday) that it had hit a vital target in Haifa in the north of occupied Palestine with a drone.
According to the report, the Islamic Resistance has targeted the Haifa power plant in the attack.
In the past operations against targets in the occupied lands controlled by the Israeli regime, the Islamic Resistance of Iraq had warned that if the Zionist regime continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip, it would intensify its attacks against the positions of the regime.
In its genocidal campaign against the people of Gaza and the occupied West Bank, the Zionist regime has killed more than 41,000 innocent people, and wounded nearly 100,000 other people.
Hyderabad’s Sneha Singh secured her spot in the top 95 of LPGA Stage Two competition.
Published Date – 26 August 2024, 11:45 PM
Sneha Singh
Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s Sneha Singh showcased her golfing prowess by qualifying for the LPGA Stage Two after an impressive performance at the Pre-Qualifier in California, USA on Monday.
Competing against 329 players across three challenging courses—Dinah Shore, Indian Wells and Arnold Palmer—Sneha finished with a four-day total of 1-over-par. Sneha shot rounds of 74, 72, 72, and 71, for a total score of 289 to secure her spot in the top 95. The 2023 WGAI Order of Merit winner and current No. 2 in the 2024 WGAI Rankings, Sneha has also made her mark in the Thai LPGA, Taiwan LPGA, and LET events this year, continuing her journey toward global golfing success.
