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India, Canada Name New High Commissioners as ties improve

New Delhi/Toronto, Aug. 29 -- India and Canada on Thursday named senior diplomats Dinesh K Patnaik and Christopher Cooter as their respective high commissioners in each other's capitals, filling posit... Read More


IndiGo's Turkish B777 damp lease extended

India, Aug. 29 -- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved a six-month extension for IndiGo to operate two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on damp lease from Turkish Airlines. The fresh... Read More


1 held in Kolhapur for Baba murder

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- The Mumbai police's crime branch has made its 27th arrest in the murder case of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister Baba Siddique. The arrested accused was identified as Amol ... Read More


BMC: Dismantle temporary sheds at Lalbaugcha Raja

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- The BMC on Tuesday pasted a notice at the Peru Compound, Lalbaug, to dismantle the three unauthorised temporary sheds where free food was to be served to Ganapati devotees. On Thurs... Read More


Willingdon View residents vacate flats, seek CM's intervention for OC

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- After months of resistance, dejected residents of the top 18 floors of the 34-storey Willingdon View CHS in Tardeo finally vacated their flats on Thursday, a day after the Bombay Hi... Read More


Azad Maidan now sole protest place in SoBo

MUMBAI, Aug. 29 -- The Maharashtra government has designated the historic Azad Maidan as the only place for all sorts of protests and agitations in south Mumbai from now on. While doing so, it has imp... Read More


DRI arrests two in Rs.115-cr export fraud

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- The Mumbai unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested two people on Tuesday for their alleged roles in a Rs.114.74-crore fraud involving the availment of export ... Read More


Activist, 40, on the way to city dies of heart attack

Pune, Aug. 29 -- A 40-year-old activist, who was travelling with Maratha quota movement leader Manoj Jarange and his supporters to Mumbai, died of a heart attack near Junnar in Pune district on Thursd... Read More


40k Maratha protestors expected in city

MUMBAI, Aug. 29 -- Ahead of Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil's rally at Azad Maidan on Friday after Mumbai police granted him and his supporters permission on Wednesday, the activist censure... Read More


PMJDY hits 560 mn accounts, Rs.2.68 lakh cr deposits in 11 yrs

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has enhanced dignity and empowered underserved citizens as the world's biggest financial ... Read More