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Duo who extorted Rs.2.5 cr from CA held for suicide abetment

MUMBAI, July 9 -- Two days after a Santacruz-based 32-year-old chartered accountant died by suicide, the Vakola police arrested a man and a woman, both of whom claim to be models and aspiring actors, ... Read More


Singer, 2 others, booked for video stunt on sea link

Mumbai, July 9 -- The Bandra police on Tuesday evening booked Indian singer-songwriter Yasser Desai, 35, and two others for endangering his life after he climbed the edge of the Bandra Worli Sea Link ... Read More


Man booked for harassing grandmother

MUMBAI, July 9 -- A 27-year-old man from Goregaon was booked on Monday for allegedly harassing his 76-year-old grandmother for money and property. The grandmother, Smita Rajput, told the police that h... Read More


Palava flyover a 'skidding zone', four days after its inauguration

THANE, July 9 -- The Katai-Nilje flyover, commonly known as Palava flyover, was inaugurated on July 4 at the hands of Shiv Sena MLA Rajesh More, from Dombivli. On the same day, two bikers skidded on i... Read More


Panel formed to remove illegal religious bldgs

Mumbai, July 9 -- The state government will appoint a high-level committee under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner to remove illegal religious structures in Mumbai, industries ... Read More


Grateful minister urges alma mater PES educationtrust to go autonomous

MUMBAI, July 9 -- A senior minister, grateful to his alma mater for "shaping his political and public career", has urged the trust that runs the college to apply for autonomous university status. The ... Read More


BMC receives 3 bids for Rs.2,368-crore Deonar waste treatment project

MUMBAI, July 9 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received three bids for its Rs.2,368-crore bioremediation project for the 185-lakh tonnes of legacy waste and reclamation of 110-hect... Read More


State FDA to increase staff, build 2 new labs

Mumbai, July 9 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Maharashtra is set to undergo a major upgrade, with a significant expansion of its laboratory infrastructure and food sample testing capacit... Read More


FYJC round 1: 15.1k students pass on first-choice college

Mumbai, July 9 -- Around 15,190 students have not sought college admissions despite being allotted their first-choice college during the First-Year Junior College (FYJC) online first round of the cent... Read More


1 dead as MLA's son rams SUV into bike

PUNE, July 9 -- Sagar Dhas - son of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Ashti, Suresh Dhas - has been booked in connection with a fatal road accident that occurred Monday night on the Pune-Ahilya Na... Read More