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Haze persists as AQI worsens; Borivali East, Mazgaon worst hit

MUMBAI, Nov. 27 -- Mumbai continued to be blanketed in haze on Wednesday, with the overall air quality index (AQI) almost slipping into the "poor" category. According to the 4pm bulletin by the Centra... Read More


CM wants IIT-Bombay renamed IIT-Mumbai

MUMBAI, Nov. 27 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said he would write to the centre to rename "IIT-Bombay" as "IIT-Mumbai", to contain the political fallout of a remark made by a Union minister on M... Read More


MBBS cutoff in state drops after tough NEET paper

MUMBAI, Nov. 27 -- The cutoff for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) admissions in Maharashtra has dropped sharply this year, with the State Common Entrance Test Cell announcing a low... Read More


Drug case: Orry quizzed by ANC

MUMBAI, Nov. 27 -- The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai police on Wednesday questioned social media influencer Orhan Awatramani aka Orry for nearly eight hours in connection with the probe into an ... Read More


Byculla zoo's Royal Bengal Tiger Shakti dies of lung failure

MUMBAI, Nov. 27 -- The Byculla Zoo on November 17 lost one of its three Royal Bengal Tigers, Shakti, a fact that came to light on Wednesday and led to charges of negligence and a "suspicious" death. T... Read More


BMC elections: SEC extends deadline for final voter list

MUMBAI, Nov. 27 -- Amid mounting complaints of errors in the draft voter list for the upcoming BMC elections, the State Election Commission (SEC) has extended the deadline for the final publication of... Read More


neighbour held for abetting woman's suicide

NAVI MUMBAI, Nov. 27 -- After a 22-year-old woman died by suicide in her Ulwe apartment on Monday, leaving behind a voice note alleging that a woman from her neighbourhood had caused her emotional dis... Read More


'They bullied me because I am fair': Man set ablaze

MUMBAI, Nov. 27 -- The five men who allegedly set Kurla resident Abul Rehman Maqsood Alam Khan ablaze while celebrating his birthday late on Monday envied him for his complexion and used to bully him ... Read More


Fee hike making med edu unaffordable

Mumbai, Nov. 26 -- When Sachin Kamble (name changed), a 19-year-old medical aspirant from Repanpalli, a remote village in Gadchiroli district in eastern Maharashtra, failed to secure admission in a go... Read More


Man acquitted in 26/11 case can't work as auto driver

MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- Fahim Arshad Mohammad Yusuf Ansari, one of the two accused acquitted in the 26/11 terror attack case, can take up any job that does not require a police clearance certificate (PCC),... Read More