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'Rail roko' at Virar to protest against back-to-back AC locals

Mumbai, May 5 -- The Monday morning rush hour at Virar railway station turned into a scene of intense agitation with around 15-20 commuters staging a "rail roko" protest, sparked by Western Railway's ... Read More


Lawyer, 28, run over by truck in Kharghar; driver held

NAVI MUMBAI, May 5 -- A 28-year-old lawyer was killed after being run over by a speeding dumper truck loaded with rice near Vardhman Jewellers in Sector 12, Kharghar, around 5pm on Monday. The victim,... Read More


Two teens killed as auto rams into bike

MUMBAI, May 5 -- Two teenagers were killed in a hit-and-run accident in Nalasopara early Monday after an autorickshaw crashed into their motorcycle and fled the scene. The victims, identified as Hriti... Read More


Goregaon school management protests against appointing teachers for poll duties

MUMBAI, May 5 -- In a first, a private school management has written to the municipal commissioner and the civic education officer, objecting to the appointment of teachers from private, government-ai... Read More


'Gravely erred': 17 years on, HC asks railways to pay Rs.8 lakh for teen's fall from local train

MUMBAI, May 5 -- Nearly 17 years after a 16-year-old boy died after falling from a crowded suburban train at Jogeshwari station, the Bombay High Court on Monday granted compensation up to Rs.8 lakh to... Read More


RIL buys triplex apartment in BKC for Rs.120 cr

Mumbai, May 5 -- Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has purchased a triplex apartment on the top three floors of a 17-storey luxury residential building in the Bandra Kurla ... Read More


8 yrs on, Surendra Gadling gets bail in Elgar case

MUMBAI, May 5 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to Surendra Gadling, a lawyer known for defending human rights activists, Dalits and Adivasis, in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon c... Read More


Dharavi residents protest 2nd-home clause

MUMBAI, May 5 -- Hundreds of Dharavi residents participated in a protest march on Monday against the ongoing Dharavi redevelopment project (DRP). The primary issue was that residents who own a second ... Read More


Ex-NCW chief's sister quizzed over accounts

MUMBAI, May 5 -- Pratibha Chakankar, sister of former Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) chairperson and NCP leader Rupali Chakankar, was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on M... Read More


Newborn girl abandoned on Mahim footpath

Mumbai, May 5 -- A newborn baby girl was found abandoned on a footpath outside Victoria High School on Lady Jamshedji Road in Mahim on Sunday evening. The infant was spotted by Omkar Hatalkar, a local... Read More