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Revoke 5,510 e-bus contracts: Min

MUMBAI, May 27 -- State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik directed officials of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to cancel the contract for procuring 5,510 electric vehicles (E... Read More


Mithi desilting fraud accused denied bail

MUMBAI, May 27 -- An additional chief judicial magistrate court has denied bail to Jay Ashok Joshi and Ketan Kadam, who were arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in Mithi river desilting... Read More


Dino Morea and brother questioned in Mithi case

MUMBAI, May 27 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police on Monday questioned actor Dino Morea and his younger brother Santino in connection with alleged irregularities in the awarding ... Read More


Man arrested on the way to dump newborn

MUMBAI, May 27 -- A 28-year-old man was arrested on May 24 while trying to abandon a newborn girl, who he later admitted was his illegitimate child with his aunt, according to the police. The accused,... Read More


Dowry death: State orders probe against cop

Mumbai, May 27 -- The Maharashtra home department, headed by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, has asked the additional director general (jails) to investigate allegations that the special inspector g... Read More


Court rejects bail plea of another smuggler in red sanders case

MUMBAI, May 27 -- A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has rejected the discharge application of alleged red sanders smuggler Ajit Satam, who is facing charges of launde... Read More


Road rage: Man who killed car dealer held

MUMBAI, May 27 -- The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested a 22-year-old scooterist in connection with the fatal stabbing of a second-hand car dealer during a road rage incident on the Eastern Express Hig... Read More


BMC caught napping as SoBo goes under

MUMBAI, May 27 -- The Mumbai monsoon arrived two weeks ahead of schedule on Monday, dropping more than 250mm of rainfall in south Mumbai and exposing the civic administration's utter lack of preparedn... Read More


Pak to pay higher price for backing terrorism: Tharoor

New Delhi, May 26 -- India has demonstrated that Pakistan will have to pay an increasingly higher price for backing terror attacks against the country because Islamabad has failed to display any serio... Read More


China adversary, Pak ancillary problem for New Delhi: US

New Delhi, May 26 -- India perceives China as its "primary adversary" and Pakistan as "an ancillary security problem to be managed" despite the military clashes this month triggered by New Delhi's mil... Read More