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Pawar rules out NCP merger, says other faction can join him

MUMBAI, Sept. 29 -- NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday ruled out his party joining hands with any other political formation, saying that those seeking to unite with it would have to join the party ... Read More


CBI chargesheets five in Acme homebuyers case

MUMBAI, Sept. 29 -- The CBI has chargesheeted five former promoters and directors of Acme Realties Pvt Ltd and its holding company, Acme Housing India Pvt Ltd, over alleged cheating of homebuyers in c... Read More


Need trees, not zoo, food outlets at Coastal Forest, say citizens

MUMBAI, Sept. 29 -- Ten days after Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) finalised New York-based landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations to design the 130-acre "green necklace" along the Co... Read More


Students protest at 'Justice Corner'

MUMBAI, Sept. 29 -- After continuing their agitation at IIT Bombay's main gate for the last 10 days, the students have named the spot 'Justice Corner'. They have set up a make-shift library where they... Read More


JJ Hosp expansion plan in limbo over lack of OC

MUMBAI, Sept. 29 -- Nearly three years after it was originally scheduled to open, the ambitious super-speciality expansion of the state-run Sir JJ Hospital remains incomplete, with pending constructio... Read More


Man killed by friend over Ganesh mandal fund row

THANE, Sept. 29 -- A 29-year-old man was allegedly killed by his friend after a dispute over the accounts of funds collected for their Ganesh mandal in Ambernath. Police later arrested the accused at ... Read More


Birds rescued from cramped cages on Gitanjali Express get a new home

MUMBAI, Sept. 29 -- A Mumbai railway court on Monday has handed interim custody of birds rescued after being transported in overcrowded cages on the Gitanjali Express to Kalote Animal Trust in Raigad.... Read More


When Gandhi rode the rails, freedom message travelled with him

MUMBAI, Sept. 29 -- The Indian Railways is seen as the leitmotif of Mahatma Gandhi's over three decade-long struggle to free India from the British Raj which, ironically, introduced the locomotive to ... Read More


State govt approves Rs.1,826-crore plan for Hinjewadi, Chakan in Pune after public outburst about poor infra

MUMBAI, Sept. 29 -- Following the recent outburst among citizens, particularly IT professionals and the industry sector, over poor infrastructure and facilities in Hinjewadi and Chakan, chief minister... Read More


Goregaon toxic fumes deaths: landowner of metal unit held

MUMBAI, Sept. 29 -- A day after two men died after suspected exposure to toxic fumes inside a public toilet in Goregaon, the Vanrai police on Monday arrested the owner of the land on which the adjacen... Read More