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CM to unveil restored 89-year-old fire engine

Mumbai, Jan. 26 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will unveil on Republic Day the restored 89-year-old turntable ladder fire engine which was used during the devastating 1944 dock explosion and seve... Read More


Raut brokers peace again

India, Jan. 26 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut stepped into the role of a trouble-shooter last week when it seemed like the newly formed alliance of the Thackeray brothers was in trouble following t... Read More


Cong-led front plans bid for Bhiwandi civic body

MUMBAI/THANE, Jan. 26 -- After discussions that lasted more than a week, the Congress, NCP (SP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) will together stake their claim to power in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Cor... Read More


BJP-Sena talks may delay mayoral poll

MUMBAI, Jan. 26 -- The city's mayoral election could be delayed as the BJP and Shiv Sena have yet to register their corporators with the Konkan divisional commissioner, a mandatory step after the civi... Read More


Civic hosps lack stock of rabies vaccines

Mumbai, Jan. 26 -- Despite clear directions from the National Medical Commission (NMC) that all hospitals must have a stock of anti-rabies vaccine and rabies immunoglobulin at all times, several major... Read More


Tool gauges mangrove loss due to coastal rd

Mumbai, Jan. 26 -- Urban researcher and geospatial analyst Abhijit Ekbote, 50, has developed a mapping tool that citizens can access freely to assess mangrove loss due to the proposed Versova-Dahisar ... Read More


BMC yet to set up even one dog shelter two months after Supreme Court order

MUMBAI, Jan. 26 -- Two months after the Supreme Court directed civic bodies to move stray dogs to shelters, Mumbai is still struggling to set up even a single facility. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corp... Read More


Cong-led front to stake claim in BNMC

MUMBAI/THANE, Jan. 26 -- After discussions that lasted more than a week, the Congress, NCP (SP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) will together stake their claim to power in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Cor... Read More


Mussoorie's 100-year-old sufi shrine desecrated, case filed

Dehradun, Jan. 26 -- Members of a Hindu right-wing outfit allegedly vandalised a "mazaar" (shrine), believed to be over 100 years old, built on private land in Mussoorie, the Uttarakhand police said o... Read More


entry of 'non-Hindus' banned in Kedarnath, Badrinath

Dehradun/Mussoorie, Jan. 26 -- The Shri Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC )on Sunday announced that the entry of non-Hindus will be prohibited inside 45 temples under its jurisdiction. The an... Read More