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Merchandise exports drop 11% in February

New Delhi, March 18 -- India's merchandise exports in February fell by about 11% to $36.91 billion compared to $41.41 billion in the same month last year, but the services sector and non-petroleum mer... Read More


hair treatment in sangrur triggers eye infections, 67 hospitalised

Sangrur, March 18 -- A group of people who attended an authorised hair treatment camp in Sangrur district of Punjab needed medical attention after suffering eye infections, with 67 landing at the loca... Read More


India, NZ sign defence pact with eye on stable Indo-Pacific region

New Delhi, March 18 -- India and New Zealand on Monday firmed up an agreement to bolster defence cooperation with an eye on ensuring an open and stable Indo-Pacific, even as Prime Minister Narendra Mo... Read More


Ensure Taslima's return to Kolkata: BJP MP to Centre

India, March 18 -- Bharatiya Janata Party MP Samik Bhattacharya on Monday urged the government to ensure the safe return of Bangladeshi novelist Taslima Nasrin to Kolkata, which was her home for many ... Read More


'Body revival medicine': Discharge plea of Munir Khan's son rejected

MUMBAI, March 18 -- A special PMLA court has refused to discharge Munish Khan, son of self-proclaimed doctor Munir Khan, in a multi-crore fraud case linked to the sale of a dubious medicine, 'body rev... Read More


Alert bank staffers tip off police; trio held for fraud

MUMBAI, March 18 -- Suspicious of three men who kept opening new accounts at a nationalized bank branch, staffers at the Thane branch tipped off the police, which led to the discovery of a fraud and t... Read More


Mom-daughter duo hit by 19-yr-old driver in Andheri

MUMBAI, March 18 -- A 54-year-old woman and her 31-year-old daughter suffered severe injuries after a speeding Sedan hit them on Lokhandwala Back Road in Andheri (West) on Sunday while they were on a ... Read More


MCOCA court acquits Chhota Rajan in 2011 firing case

MUMBAI, March 18 -- A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Monday acquitted gangster Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje aka Chhota Rajan in the 2011 Pakmodia street firing case. ... Read More


Clear dues or payments will be withheld, Metro contractors told

MUMBAI, March 18 -- The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) has issued a notice to two contractors of Metro Line 3, or the Aqua Line, saying it will withhold payments to them due to non-payment ... Read More


Novelty Cinema: A Mumbai icon to be razed

MUMBAI, March 18 -- It's curtains for Novelty Chambers, a landmark that housed one of South Mumbai's much-loved single screens - Novelty Cinema. While the projectors here stopped rolling 19 years ago,... Read More