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Fishing boat collides with cargo ship off Maharashtra coast, 15 sailors rescued
A cargo ship collided with a fishing boat off the Palghar coast in Maharashtra, triggering panic. However, thanks to the timely help of two other boats, the lives of 15 sailors were saved and a potential disaster averted, a district official said on accident-hit vessel was brought back to the shore after nearly 17 hours of struggle at sea on collision occurred about three nautical miles from the coastline on the night of August 14. The impact was such that four sailors of the 'Shri Sai' boat were thrown into the sea. They, however, managed to swim back to the vessel," a Palghar district official said. Upon receiving the distress call, two nearby boats- 'Jai Sai Priya' and 'Jai Sai Ram' rushed to the spot and extended immediate assistance," he fishermen not only rescued sailors but also secured the damaged vessel. Both boats tied up the damaged boat and began towing it towards Murbe port around 10.30 p.m. However, strong winds and heavy waves complicated the task, with seawater gushing into the damaged boat."The ordeal continued well into the next day. After almost 17 hours of struggle, two more fishing boats from Murbe joined the operation, and together they managed to bring the damaged boat safely to Satpati-Murbe port on August 15 at around 3 p.m.," the official said the fishing boat sustained extensive structural damage and was on the verge of splitting apart."This courageous collective effort saved 15 sailors and prevented a large-scale disaster at sea," according to the official.- Ends
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- Business
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IndiGo plane tail touches runway at Mumbai amid bad weather, airline responds
An IndiGo Airbus A321 aircraft's tail touched the runway at Mumbai airport on Saturday, August 16, 2025, while executing a low-altitude go-around due to unfavourable weather airline confirmed that the aircraft later carried out another approach and landed IndiGo spokesperson said, 'On August 16, 2025, an IndiGo Airbus A321 aircraft tail touched the runway while executing a low-altitude go-around due to unfavourable weather conditions in Mumbai. Thereafter, the aircraft carried out another approach and landed safely.'advertisement The spokesperson added, 'Following the standard protocol, the aircraft will go through the necessary checks/ repairs and regulatory clearance before resuming operations. At IndiGo, the safety of our customers, crew, and aircraft is our top priority. We are making all efforts to minimise any subsequent impact on our operations due to this incident.'- EndsMust Watch IN THIS STORY#IndiGo
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- Politics
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Set fire to book if facts missing: Congress slams NCERT's Partition module
Congress leader Pawan Khera on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the NCERT's new module on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, alleging that it omits crucial facts and presents a distorted special module was released by NCERT to mark Partition Horrors Remembrance Day. It holds Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Congress, and then Viceroy Lord Mountbatten responsible for India's The module has not gone down well with the Congress.'Is 1938 mentioned or not [in the NCERT module]?' Khera asked, stressing that the year was 'a very significant date' when the Hindu Mahasabha's national conference in Gujarat declared that Hindus and Muslims could not live in one country.'Let us move forward to 1940. Is it there in the module?' he said, pointing out that Jinnah repeated the same idea at the Muslim League's Lahore session. 'It was floated in 1938 by the Hindu Mahasabha, Jinnah repeated it in 1940.'Khera further claimed that in 1942, when Congress leaders resigned from provincial assemblies to join the Quit India movement, 'Hindu Mahasabha and Muslim League made alliance regimes in provinces including NWFP, Bengal, Sindh. In the Sindh Assembly, the partition proposal was tabled by Hindu Mahasabha and Muslim League. Is it written in the NCERT module?''Set fire to the book if all this is not mentioned in it,' Khera said. 'Partition happened due to the jugalbandi of Hindu Mahasabha and Muslim League. If there is a villain in this history, then it is the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Generations will not forgive them.'WHAT MODULE SAYSIn a section titled 'culprits of Partition,' the NCERT module states: 'Ultimately, on August 15, 1947, India was divided. But this was not the doing of any one person. There were three elements responsible for the Partition of India: Jinnah, who demanded it; second, the Congress, which accepted it; and third, Mountbatten, who implemented it. But Mountbatten proved to be guilty of a major blunder.' The text accuses Mountbatten of advancing the transfer of power from June 1948 to August 1947, calling the rushed demarcation of boundaries a 'great act of carelessness.' It says: 'In Punjab, even two days after 15 August 1947, millions of people did not know whether they were in India or in Pakistan.'The module highlights the 1940 Lahore Resolution, where Jinnah declared that Hindus and Muslims belonged to 'two different religious philosophies, social customs, and literatures.' It notes that while Jinnah pushed for Partition, he later admitted: 'I never thought it would happen. I never expected to see Pakistan in my lifetime.'advertisementIt quotes Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as saying, 'India had become a battlefield, and it was better to partition the country than to have a civil war.'Mahatma Gandhi's stance is also included: he opposed Partition but 'would not stop Congress from accepting it with violence.' Patel had called it 'bitter medicine,' while Jawaharlal Nehru described it as 'bad' but 'unavoidable.'The material, prepared in separate versions for Classes 6–8 and 9–12, is a supplementary resource outside regular textbooks. It is meant to be used through posters, projects, discussions and debates in English and versions open with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2021 message announcing Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, quoting his post on X: 'Partition's pains can never be forgotten. Millions of our sisters and brothers were displaced, and many lost their lives due to mindless hate and violence.'The module also notes that Partition turned Kashmir into a new security problem for India, with Pakistan and other countries continuing to use the issue to put pressure on New Ends
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2 hours ago
- Sport
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AUS vs SA: Maxwell masterclass seals T20I series with thrilling chase in 3rd T20I
Glenn Maxwell guided Australia home in another thrilling run chase to seal the three-match T20I series against South Africa on Saturday, August 16, at Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns. The all-rounder remained unbeaten on 62* (36), smashing eight fours and two sixes as he helped his team chase down 173 on the penultimate ball of the third of his performance, Maxwell was adjudged Player of the Match as Australia emerged victorious by 2-1 in the three-match rubber. Apart from him, captain Mitchell Marsh also played a breathtaking innings of 54 (37), clobbering three fours and five sixes. Australia got off to a perfect start with Marsh adding 66 runs for the first wicket with Travis Head (19 off 8) off 48 South Africa managed to claw their way back into the game with regular strikes as Corbin Bosh (3/26), Kagiso Rabada (2/32) and Kwena Maphaka (2/36) chipped in with wickets. Australia were again cruising at 142/6 after 16 overs but a couple of tight overs from Bosch, including a double-wicket maiden penultimate over, brought the equation down to ten needed off the last six balls. Australia vs South Africa 3rd T20I HighlightsDewald Brevis continues rich formEarlier, Dewald Brevis continued from where he left off in the second T20I as he scored his second successive fifty-plus score. Brevis walked to the crease at the fall of Lhuan-dre Pretorius' wicket, which left South Africa on 32/2. The youngster didn't waste much time getting into the groove as he launched Ben Dwarshius for a massive 100-metre six over deep backward square further took on Josh Hazlewood to move into the 20s, collecting a boundary and his second six in the over. However, it was Aaron Hardie who received the worst treatment from Brevis as the 22-year-old clobbered him for four consecutive sixes to bring up his half-century off 22 added 61 runs for the fourth wicket off 29 balls with Tristan Stubbs (25 off 23) as the duo took their team's score past 100. As Brevis (53 off 26) set his sights on another century, Nathan Ellis (3/31) came to Australia's rescue and surprised him with a slower bouncer, which he hit towards Glenn Maxwell at long his dismissal, Rassie van der Dussen (38* off 26) gave a perfect finish to the Proteas' innings to help them finish on 172/7 in 20 overs. Meanwhile, after the T20I series, Australia and South Africa will next take on each other in a three-match ODI series beginning from August 19.- EndsMust Watch
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2 hours ago
- Politics
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Doing drama, dividing people: Kunal Ghosh vs Vivek Agnihotri over The Bengal Files
Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Saturday criticised filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri after the trailer launch of his film The Bengal Files was stopped by Kolkata Police. The film is based on the 1946 Calcutta riots. Ghosh accused Agnihotri of using cinema to push a political agenda, stating that his work is designed to divide people and create controversy.'Vivek Agnihotri is doing drama. As a filmmaker, what he makes is politically motivated and intended to divide people,' Kunal Ghosh TMC leader questioned why Agnihotri had not made films on incidents in BJP-led states. 'Why hasn't he made The Gujarat Files, highlighting the riots and the story of Bilkis Bano? Why no UP Files, MP Files or Manipur Files? He has come to Bengal only to serve the BJP's agenda and malign the state,' Ghosh added. Ghosh further said, 'He should be declared persona non grata and evicted from Bengal. That's not being done only because this is a democratic state.' He added that Agnihotri remains in Bengal out of respect for its cultural legacy, saying, 'This is the land of Satyajit Ray.'Ghosh challenged Agnihotri to make films like UP Files, Gujarat Files and MP Files first before focusing on Bengal. 'If he has courage, let him first make UP Files, Gujarat Files, MP Files, then talk about Bengal,' he TMC leader also said Agnihotri was acting on behalf of the BJP. 'Just as the BJP is trying to insult Bengal and Bengalis, Vivek Agnihotri is their wooden puppet. He should be thrown out of the state. But since this is Mamata Banerjee's Bengal, and we believe in democracy, no one will stop him,' he special screening of Vivek Agnihotri's film in Kolkata was halted after the venue for the trailer launch of the film was cancelled. Agnihotri alleged that the organisers informed him the cancellation was due to political pressure in the state, as per news agency IANS."Organisers told me that they can't show it because of political pressure. Then we talked to another multiplex chain. They also told us that there is a lot of political pressure and we will get stuck in a lot of trouble. And that's why we can't show it either," Agnihotri added that when they approached another multiplex chain, they faced similar concerns about political interference, which also prevented the screening."I have just got to know that they have cut all the wires. Who are instructing and why they are doing this I don't know. Multiple FIR's have been lodged against us. This is private hotel and how they can stop it in a private hotel. We have been given permission for this," the filmmaker his disappointment, Agnihotri said it was saddening for a filmmaker to be unable to show his film in a theatre."So when we didn't have any option left, where would we go? What would we do? What could be more saddening for a filmmaker than not being able to show his film in a theatre? The thing for which it was made. If someone writes a book and it is not shown in a bookshop, then we don't have any option,' he Agnihotri alleged that it was an attack on the democratic rights of people, as the censor board had cleared the film and 'the Calcutta High Court stayed a ban on it'.A senior official of the Kolkata Police told India Today that obtaining an amusement licence is mandatory for this type of screening event.'The organisers had not secured the required amusement licence from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. They also failed to inform the local police in advance. We received information about the event from other sources. Since the organisers could not produce any licence, we had to intervene,' the official said.'The Bengal Files' delves into the communal violence in undivided Bengal during the 1940s. The film is slated to be released in theatres on September 5.- EndsMust Watch IN THIS STORY#West Bengal
