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TISS students decry police complaint over saibaba event

MUMBAI, Oct. 15 -- Students at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) have expressed concern over the institute's "extreme step" of filing a police complaint against them for gathering on campus... Read More


2 die in separate hit-and-run accidents in Andheri East

MUMBAI, Oct. 15 -- Two pedestrians died in separate hit-and-run accidents in Andheri East on Monday. While the first death was of a senior citizen who was hit by a dumper while crossing a road, the se... Read More


Disgraced VVCMC chief 'made Rs.169 cr from bribes'

MUMBAI, Oct. 15 -- Former Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner and Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Anil Pawar made at least Rs.169 crore via bribes and commissions f... Read More


Forest minister Naik faces flak for 'keeping wild animals'

Navi Mumbai, Oct. 15 -- Maharashtra's forest minister, Ganesh Naik, has landed in controversy after a candid admission at a community programme in Vashi, where he said that he had once kept wild anima... Read More


Duo rob 2kg of gold worth Rs.2.3 cr at gunpoint

MUMBAI, Oct. 15 -- Two unidentified men were booked on Monday for allegedly robbing 2 kg of gold ornaments worth Rs.2.29 crore at gunpoint from two employees of a jewellery firm on Monday. According t... Read More


3 prime accused in Pansare's murder get bail

MUMBAI, Oct. 15 -- The Kolhapur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to three prime accused in the 2015 murder of communist leader Govind Pansare. The single judge bench of justice S... Read More


Women in ecstasy: Sensual love as metaphor of divine love

MUMBAI, Oct. 15 -- A painting by famous Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio will headline an exhibition jointly organised by the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum (BDL), Consulate General of Italy ... Read More


355 declarations of manual scavenging submitted to BMC

Mumbai, Oct. 15 -- The BMC received as many as 355 declarations of manual scavenging from the M East and M West wards-covering areas like Govandi and Chembur-on Tuesday, in response to an annual exerc... Read More


HC sets aside SRA's acquisition of Nesco land for slum rehab

MUMBAI, Oct. 15 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday set aside the acquisition of land owned by Nesco Limited in Goregaon (East) for a slum rehabilitation project, holding that the state and Slum Rehab... Read More


Thane housing societies to install own organic waste recycling units

THANE, Oct. 15 -- Housing societies in Thane will have to install organic waste recycling units on their premises, as part of an initiative of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to reduce the pile-... Read More