Exclusive

Publication

Byline

In vino veritas: India's first Master of Wine pens journey in memoir

MUMBAI, June 29 -- Sonal C Holland has shown that it is possible to scale new peaks from humble terroirs. Early in her new memoir, 'One in a Billion: Becoming India's First Master of Wine', she writes... Read More


Thackeray cousins prepare for march; plans to burn GR

MUMBAI, June 29 -- A day after announcing a joint protest rally against the Mahayuti government's "imposition of Hindi" in primary schools, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) hav... Read More


Two-day-old girl abandoned in Panvel; parents cite poverty

PANVEL, June 29 -- A two-day old girl was found abandoned in a basket outside a girls' orphanage in Panvel's Takka area early Friday morning, sending shockwaves through the community and prompting swi... Read More


No protection from arrest for bank's ex-CEO

MUMBAI, June 29 -- A special court has refused to grant interim protection from arrest to Abhimanyu Bhoan, the former chief executive officer of the New India Cooperative Bank, in the loan fraud case ... Read More


BJP asks members for review reports

MUMBAI, June 29 -- With Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections due soon, Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Ashish Shelar has announced the names of the district-level office be... Read More


Boy, 12, finds pistol in dump, fires shot, no one injured

MUMBAI, June 29 -- A 12-year-old boy from Ghartan Pada in Dahisar accidentally fired a round from an Italian pistol he found in a garbage dump on Friday evening. The police said the boy picked up the ... Read More


Two drown at Haji Ali while immersing relative's ashes

MUMBAI, June 29 -- Two men drowned at Haji Ali while immersing the ashes of a relative, one of them the son of the deceased, on Saturday evening. A third individual who had accompanied them was rescue... Read More


Court restores Rs.952-cr property attached by ED

MUMBAI, June 29 -- In an important development, a special PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court on June 25 allowed restoration of an immovable asset valued at Rs.952 crore, attached by the E... Read More


Shefali Jariwala's cause of death 'unclear': Police

MUMBAI, June 29 -- A day after actress and television personality Shefali Jariwala was found dead at her Andheri West home, police said her post-mortem has been completed, but the cause of death remai... Read More


Religious structures are loudspeaker-free: Bharti

MUMBAI, June 29 -- "Mumbai has become free of loudspeakers on religious structures," police commissioner Deven Bharti said on Saturday. While not naming any community, the police claimed that meetings... Read More