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Taj Lands End gets coastal body nod for expansion plan

Mumbai, Aug. 5 -- Two new restaurants will be added to the Taj Lands End Hotel in Bandra West as the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA), at its meeting held in July, approved the ho... Read More


'Sukoon' and 'shukoor': Bhendi Bazaar's revival pushes forward

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- In the heart of Bhendi Bazaar, where narrow, dimly lit alleys service one of the oldest parts of the inner-city, residents now speak a different language: one of "sukoon" (peace) and... Read More


Illegal bldgs in Vasai: ED questions ex-VVCMC chief

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned the former Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner, Anil Pawar, for over nine hours in connection with its m... Read More


Bizman's Merc runs over sweeper near Chowpatty, driver arrested

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- A sweeper sleeping on a footpath near Girgaum Chowpatty was run over by a Mercedes E 200 owned by a leading industrialist who manufactures and distributes food products and edible oi... Read More


'Owners of bigger apts must pay more maintenance'

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- The Bombay high court has ruled that flat owners with larger apartments must pay higher maintenance charges in housing complexes, in line with the Maharashtra Apartment Ownership Act... Read More


Munde yet to move out of bungalow, penalty at Rs.42L

Mumbai, Aug. 5 -- Five months after he was forced to resign from the Maharashtra cabinet following the Beed sarpanch murder controversy, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Dhananjay Munde is yet ... Read More


Kolhapur residents hold 45-km silent march for elephant's return

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- After the transfer of Mahadevi, an elephant belonging to a Jain shrine in Kolhapur, to Vantara, an animal rescue and rehabilitation initiative by the Reliance Foundation in Jamnagar,... Read More


Nigerian held with mephedrone in umbrella

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- In a dramatic bust that peeled back the layers of an international drug-smuggling operation, the Tulinj police in Nalasopara arrested a 48-year-old Nigerian national with high-grade ... Read More


Nair hosp hostel canteen shut; students suffer

Mumbai, Aug. 4 -- The canteen at the Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Charitable Hospital hostel at Haji Ali has been non-functional for nearly two months, forcing over 400 student resid... Read More


'Animal quarantine centre needed at airport'

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- Following reports of multiple seizures of illegally smuggled exotic animals from the city's airport, the Plant and Animal Welfare Society (PAWS - Mumbai) wrote a letter addressed to ... Read More