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Post-monsoon showers wash out pollutants, improve city's air quality

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- Post-monsoon showers this year are keeping air pollution in check, curbing the usual spike during Diwali, when firecrackers release a surge of particulate matter and smoke into the ... Read More


HC grants bail to 2 builders booked for duping flat purchasers in Ulwe

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to two developers, Jignesh Goradia and his wife, Pankti Goradia, accused of cheating and forgery in the sale of flats at the Maple Carniv... Read More


Panvel MLA asks to halt hsg projects till water crisis is resolved

NAVI MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- The water crisis in Navi Mumbai's CIDCO nodes has escalated into a political flashpoint, with Panvel MLA Prashant Thakur demanding that no new housing projects be cleared until... Read More


Ration officers to identify illegal B'deshis, cancel docus

Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- The state food and civil supplies department on Friday directed its field officers to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants availing benefits of government schemes and submit acti... Read More


Carboplatin increases survival rate in aggressive breast cancer, finds study

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- A low-cost, platinum-based chemotherapy drug, carboplatin, can now be utilised to increase chances of survival among women with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a form of aggre... Read More


Oppn gets combative about 'vote chori': Aaditya to make presentation on Monday

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray will make a presentation on the alleged vote theft in Maharashtra elections, along the lines of Rahul Gandhi's earlier presentation in New D... Read More


Ruling and Oppn parties both question Navi Mum voter rolls

NAVI MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- For once, both the ruling party and the opposition are raising the same alarm in Navi Mumbai: the integrity of the voter list. Belapur BJP MLA Manda Mhatre has alleged that ele... Read More


NDA Cadet Dies in Swimming practice, second death in 2 weeks

Pune, Oct. 25 -- An 18-year-old first-term cadet at the National Defence Academy (NDA) in Khadakwasla, Pune, died during a swimming practice session on Thursday evening, officials said. It is the seco... Read More


Taliban regime plans dam on river that feeds Indus

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has unveiled plans to build dams on the Kunar river, a move that could restrict water flows to Pakistan's Indus river, with the development comi... Read More


Why the proposal to label AI content may not fly

India, Oct. 25 -- My cheque bounced at a Mumbai bank a few weeks ago. Not for lack of funds, but because the signature on file no longer matched the one scrawled on paper. The old signature was carefu... Read More