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2023 IIT-B suicide: Accused withdraws plea to quash case

MUMBAI, July 7 -- Nearly two and a half years after the death by suicide of 18-year-old IIT-Bombay student Darshan Solanki, the trial against the main accused, Armaan Iqbal Khatri, is finally set to m... Read More


Cops file charge sheet against MNS workers a week after slap row

MUMBAI, July 7 -- A week after a Mira Road shopkeeper was assaulted by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers for not speaking Marathi, the Kashimira police have filed a charge sheet and proposed pr... Read More


SP MLA objects to Urdu Sahitya Academy being evicted in its 50th year

MUMBAI, July 7 -- The Urdu Sahitya Academy, a key institution for the promotion of Urdu literature in Maharashtra, has been asked to vacate its government-allotted office space by the state's cultural... Read More


'Maharashtra Dharma is a code of ethical living': CM in podcast

Mumbai, July 7 -- The first episode of 'Maharashtra Dharma', a new podcast series featuring chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, was released on Sunday. Titled 'Maharashtra Dharma: Foundation and Formati... Read More


Celestial magic: Countering myths, changing mindsets for 4 decades and counting

Mumbai, July 7 -- "That moment was special," said Abhay Deshpande, a volunteer with astronomy club Khagol Mandal, recalling a sky-watching session they had organised in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur during... Read More


Vashi to panvel Rail services suspended after derailment

Mumbai, July 7 -- After a track relaying train (TRT) derailed near the Nerul station on the Central Railway's Harbour line at 4:20pm on Sunday, train services on the Vashi-Belapur route-a crucial rail... Read More


Hopes raised for Sena (UBT)-MNS political alliance but Raj still silent

MUMBAI, July 7 -- After the grand joint victory rally of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Raj Thackeray at Worli and enthusiastic support by party workers, t... Read More


Who scripted the reunion?

India, July 7 -- As the Thackeray cousins reunited after two decades on Saturday, the question on everyone's mind was: Who mediated between them? And, was the script of the reunion written by someone?... Read More


When butterflies come to cops' rescue

MUMBAI, July 6 -- It's a rainy afternoon. Cops in many offices under the Navi Mumbai police commissionerate are hard at work. The control room is filled with frenzied clicks of keypads and phone rings... Read More


BJP-Shiv Sena slam Uddhav, go soft on Raj

MUMBAI, July 6 -- The overwhelming response to the joint MNS-Shiv Sena (UBT) rally on Saturday could be bad news for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance ahead of local body elections. And, yet, the ruling B... Read More