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21-year-old woman chops friend's hair after her boyfriend praises it

MUMBAI, March 27 -- A 21-year-old woman has been booked for allegedly barging into a 20-year-old friend's house, cutting her hair and threatening to upload a video of the incident on social media, all... Read More


Hit-and-run, open car door claim lives of 2 motorcyclists

MUMBAI, March 27 -- Two motorcyclists were killed in separate road accidents in Vile Parle and Kandivali on Wednesday. While the first was a hit-and-run, the second occurred when a car door opened int... Read More


Tanker runs over woman in Ghatkopar

MUMBAI, March 27 -- A 29-year-old woman died after she was run over by a water tanker at a traffic signal in Ghatkopar East on Wednesday night. According to the police, the deceased, Yamini Ashok Suwa... Read More


Mumbai's ad world shaken up by subtle storyteller Suspi's death

MUMBAI, March 27 -- Mumbai's advertising fraternity was profoundly shaken as news of Anand Suspi aka Anand Subbarao's passing spread on Wednesday night. It is in this city that 54-year-old Suspi -- as... Read More


95-yr-old scratchboard artist to hold first solo exhibition

MUMBAI, March 27 -- For 73 years, K K Venkateswaran has sat at his table every day, using implements to carve out beautiful and intricate works of art on a 'scratchboard', a technique used by commerci... Read More


From flunking math to advising bizmen: Rise and fall of rape-accused 'godman'

Pune/Nashik, March 27 -- There is a striking paradox at the heart of the Ashok Kharat story. The 67-year-old self-styled astrologer-godman from Nashik now being probed by the Fadnavis government for r... Read More


Sakinaka police's new Scorpio N catches fire

MUMBAI, March 27 -- One of the 633 new Scorpio N cars given to the Mumbai police caught fire in Andheri West on Thursday afternoon after smoke suddenly began seeping out of its bonnet. While the exact... Read More


Mhada allots prime Kalina plot to tennis non-profit

Mumbai, March 27 -- The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) has allotted a prime two-acre plot in Kalina to a Pune-based tennis foundation without charging any lease fee. In add... Read More


NCP's Zirwal in fresh row over 'objectionable video'

MUMBAI, March 27 -- NCP minister Narhari Zirwal is once again at the centre of controversy, with a video being circulated that purportedly shows a transgender individual in the bedroom of Zirwal's off... Read More


UpGrad deal takes Unacademy value 90% below '21 mark

mumbai, March 27 -- UpGrad is finalizing Unacademy's acquisition at a more than 90% markdown from its edtech rival's 2021 valuation and also below what it was willing to accept in the previous round o... Read More