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the gardens in Pune were run at the initiative of the surgeons of the East India Company.

The secret life of the Empress Botanical Garden, ready to be narrated

February 20, 2026 11:28 am

The Empress Botanical Garden is famous as Pune’s green paradise — but it has another identity that is hidden among the trees

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Rao believes this leaves a significant part of India's literary heritage outside the reach of most people

The poet who is looking at Sanskrit from a contemporary lens

August 8, 2026 22:42 IST

Mani Rao believes Sanskrit texts should be approached as literature, not just sacred works

Gandhi addressed a large gathering of students and competitive examination aspirants at the ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ programme at KP Ground in Prayagraj. (Express Photo by Vishal Srivastav)

‘Want jobs, not pellet guns’: Jantar Mantar echo reaches Prayagraj

Updated: August 8, 2026 22:40 IST

Several students at the ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event addressed by Rahul Gandhi said the uncertainty surrounding recruitment examinations had taken a heavy toll on them.

The CM also referred to a petition filed by Hawara before the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking parole and said the court had directed the authorities to consider his plea.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann seeks 10-day parole for Beant Singh assassin Hawara, cites mother’s ill health

August 8, 2026 22:37 IST

This is the first instance of a sitting chief minister in Punjab seeking parole for a convict in the assassination of a former CM

Speaking at an industry interaction organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Kolkata, Roy said the government would assess which proposals were implemented, which were not and how many announcements eventually translated into signed commitments. (Photo: X/@ICC_Chamber)

Bengal government to publish white paper on TMC’s eight Bengal Global Business Summits: Tapas

Updated: August 8, 2026 22:37 IST

Samik hails Birla Group's return to state

Tamil Nadu seeks permanent freeze on Lok Sabha seats as Opposition boycotts Vijay’s meeting

Updated: August 8, 2026 22:34 IST

Only 20 of Tamil Nadu’s 57 MPs -- 39 in the Lok Sabha and 18 in the Rajya Sabha -- attended the meeting.

Dead phone, phantom ‘Transcription’: Ben Lerner’s latest awakens ghosts haunting our always-on era

Updated: August 8, 2026 22:32 IST

In one of this year’s finest novels yet, Ben Lerner's Transcription turns a failed recording into a meditation on memory, authenticity and the uneasy ways technology shapes how we remember, communicate and understand one another

According to data shared by the two RTOs, fitness certificates of 785 of the 7,534 school transport vehicles, including buses and vans, registered with the Pune RTO have expired. In Pimpri-Chinchwad, around 700 of the 3,305 school buses registered with the RTO are due for fitness renewal. (File Photo)

School transport & Safety: Over 1,400 school transport vehicles await fitness renewal

August 8, 2026 22:32 IST

Citizens flag overcrowding, rash driving

The accident took place around 8 am in front of Himalaya Apartments, according to the police.

Speeding Mercedes hits another car, chain-collision kills woman; cop’s son held

August 8, 2026 22:22 IST

Preliminary investigation has found that the Mercedes collided head-on with a WagonR coming from the opposite direction, according to officers.

The court sentenced Devraj Maurya to 20 years’ imprisonment in each case and imposed a total fine of Rs 1.10 lakh. (AI generated image)

Man gets 40 years’ jail term for sexually abusing two minor girls in Mohali

August 8, 2026 22:22 IST

The cases came to light after police received a complaint from the father of an 11-year-old girl in the Mullanpur Garibdas police station area about a year ago.