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MMRDA launches 24x7 helpline to monitor safety

Mumbai, Oct. 2 -- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has launched a 24x7 toll-free helpline and centralised dashboard to document and track safety incidents at metro and othe... Read More


SIT to probe Purnekar murder; six, including two women, detained

THANE, Oct. 2 -- The Thane police have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the murder of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar, even as six people, including two women, have been deta... Read More


hc: take down AI deepfakes of Samantha Ruth

MUMBAI, Oct. 2 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed social media platforms to take down objectionable content featuring actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu, including AI-generated deepfakes, fake porn... Read More


State plans trauma centres every 100 kms to curb accident deaths

Mumbai, Oct. 2 -- The state government is considering setting up trauma care centres every 100 kilometres along state and national highways, with an eye on curbing deaths due to road accidents. A prop... Read More


Wadia opens doors for adults who've had congenital heart disease since childhood

MUMBAI, Oct. 2 -- Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai's only public charitable superspeciality hospital for kids, on Tuesday threw open its Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease (GUCH) or Adult... Read More


Rs.146-cr bank fraud: Nod to use statements from related case

MUMBAI, Oct. 2 -- A special court on Wednesday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to rely on statements of 14 witnesses in a separate but connected case to prosecute fugitive diamantair... Read More


mahanagar gas announces CNG price hike of Rs.1/kg in city

MUMBAI, Oct. 2 -- Compressed natural gas (CNG) prices in Mumbai rose by Rs.1 per kg on Thursday, taking the price to Rs.89 per kg and adding to the operating costs of autorickshaw and taxi drivers alr... Read More


Cheaper Egyptian onions worry farmers

NAVI MUMBAI, Oct. 2 -- As prices of Maharashtra onions surge amid dwindling stocks, Egyptian onions have made their entry into the Vashi Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), offering some rel... Read More


8 Pune-based students on study tour drown at Diveagar beach

PUNE, Oct. 2 -- Eight 16-year-old students of a Pune-based private college drowned at Diveagar beach in Raigad district on Thursday while on an educational trip, raising questions over safety arrangem... Read More


Two held with leopard skin

MUMBAI, Oct. 2 -- The skin of a leopard destined for the illegal wildlife trade has led to the arrest of two members of an inter-state trafficking syndicate, with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligen... Read More