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HC asks if Parth Pawar did not benefit from Mundhwa land deal? grants pre-arrest bail to accused

The Bombay High Court has raised concerns about the involvement of Parth Pawar in a disputed land transaction. Parth Pawar, who holds a 99 percent stake in Amadea Enterprises, purchased government land at a significantly reduced price. The court highlighted discrepancies in the investigation, questioning why Parth was not named…

The Economic Times · Oct 1

5 Weekend Drives From Pune That Are Not Lonavala

Tamhini Ghat to Mulshi LakeTamhini Ghat is one of the wettest stretches of the Western Ghats, and in the monsoon it earns that reputation in the first kilometre. The road from Pune takes roughly 45 minutes to reach the ghat entry near Paud, and from there the 25-kilometre descent to…

Times Life · Oct 1

The Person You Still Think of on Bad Days Who Has No Idea They Are Your Comfort and Anchor

The Job Nobody Applied ForYou don't call them. You may not even follow them on Instagram. But when the day turns bad in that specific way, the kind where the air in the room feels wrong and your chest does something you can't explain, your mind goes to them. Not…

Times Life · Sep 30

Housing sales drop 6% in Jul-Sep across top 9 cities to 1.03 lakh units on slow demand: PropEquity

Housing sales across nine major cities in India declined 6 percent during the July-September quarter. The total units sold fell to 1.03 lakh from the previous year's 1.09 lakh. New supply also decreased from 1,00,330 units to 98,165 during the same period. Bengaluru and Hyderabad saw slight increases in sales,…

The Economic Times · Sep 26

IndiGo cancels 24 flight movements at Ranchi airport due to adverse weather conditions

IndiGo cancelled 24 flight movements at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport on September 25 due to adverse weather, affecting 12 arrivals and 12 departures. The cancellations disrupted services connecting Ranchi with Kolkata, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Patna and Delhi. Air India Express also cancelled one flight rotation for operational reasons.

The Economic Times · Sep 26

Japan on Your First Trip From India: Rail Pass Maths, Seasons, and the Cities Worth Your Days

The Rail Pass Question Nobody Answers HonestlyThe 7-day Japan Rail Pass costs around ¥50,000 (roughly ₹28,000 at current rates). A single Tokyo-to-Kyoto Shinkansen round trip on the Nozomi, the fastest Bullet Train, runs about ¥28,000. So the pass pays for itself the moment you add Hiroshima or Osaka into that…

Times Life · Sep 26

ACL Rehab Takes 9 to 12 Months: What Indian Patients Risk When They Cut Recovery Short

Why the graft is not a ligament yetWhen a surgeon replaces a torn ACL, they are not restoring the original ligament. They are placing a graft, typically taken from the patellar tendon or hamstring, that the body must slowly convert into functional tissue. This process is called ligamentization, and it…

Times Life · Sep 26

Wardrobe Changes Every Indian Makes When Moving From a Small Town to a Metro City

The First Thing to Go: The 'Best Clothes for Special Occasions' CategoryIn a small town, most people keep a mental partition, everyday clothes and good clothes. The good clothes come out for weddings, festivals, relatives visiting from outside. In a metro, that partition collapses almost immediately. Mumbai office floors, Delhi…

Times Life · Sep 25

Scuba Certification in India: Open Water Course Locations, Training Steps and Timeline

Where to Get Scuba Certified in IndiaThe main certification hubs are Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Goa, and the Tarkarli coast in Maharashtra. Each has a different character. Port Blair and Havelock Island (now officially Swaraj Dweep) in the Andamans host the largest concentration of PADI- and SSI-affiliated dive centres…

Times Life · Sep 25

Ganpati Bappa Morya and the Promise of Return: What the Visarjan Farewell Really Means

The moment the idol enters the waterYou have watched it happen, or you have been the one holding the edge of the aarti thali while someone else lets go. The clay Ganesha tilts, the colours begin to bleed into the water, and the crowd around you does not go quiet.…

Times Life · Sep 25