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Panasonic buys plot for Rs.160 crore

MUMBAI, Jan. 31 -- Panasonic Life Solutions India Private Limited has purchased a prime land parcel in Andheri East for Rs.160 crore while the KJ Somaiya Trust has sold one of its plots in the eastern... Read More


With Munde by his side, Ajit warns party in Beed

MUMBAI, Jan. 31 -- Ajit Pawar, while flatly refusing to sack NCP minister Dhananjay Munde-whose close aide Walmik Karad is the alleged mastermind of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh's murder-is reading Beed'... Read More


CBI arrests customs officer in Rs.4L bribery case

MUMBAI, Jan. 31 -- The Mumbai unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Customs officer in a corruption case. The officer, Vineet Dhattarwal, has been accused of demanding an un... Read More


Ajit's call on Munde is final: CM

MUMBAI, Jan. 31 -- Amid the rising pressure to sack Dhananjay Munde, minister for food, civil supplies and consumer protection, for his close association with Walmik Karad, chief minister Devendra Fad... Read More


Elphinstone bridge to be demolished in Feb end

Mumbai, Jan. 31 -- Motorists visiting the central Mumbai area of Parel should brace themselves for severe congestion starting next month, as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA... Read More


SC relaxes rules for high courts to appoint ad-hoc judges

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- In a significant move to tackle pendency of criminal appeals clogging the judicial docket of high courts, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed high courts across the country to ... Read More


man who staged Quran burnings killed in sweden

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 31 -- An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden in 2023 was shot dead near Stockholm, authorities said on Thursday, with Sweden's PM Ulf Kristersson suggesting a "f... Read More


Official estimates could peg FY26 GDP growth at 6.5-7%

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- The government expects the economy to grow 6.5%-7% in 2025-26, regaining its momentum after sliding to a four-year low in terms of growth in 2024-25, people familiar with the num... Read More


panel to audit maternity homes run by civic body

MUMBAI, Jan. 30 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday ordered an audit of all civic-run maternity homes within the limits of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and named an eight-member pane... Read More


city's Air quality shows slow improvement

Mumbai, Jan. 30 -- Even as it is being shrouded in haze, the city has been witnessing a consistent drop in the air pollution for three consecutive days with a considerable lowest on January 29, when o... Read More