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Tawde vows crackdown on illegal Bangladeshi hawkers

MUMBAI, Feb. 12 -- Mumbai's new mayor, Ritu Tawde, 52, says high on her list of priorities is clearing the city's footpaths of illegal Bangladeshi hawkers, restoring pavements to pedestrians and senio... Read More


Naik targets 6-yr NMMC administrator rule

Navi Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- Forest minister and BJP strongman Ganesh Naik met the newly elected mayor of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), Sujata Patil, and directed the civic body to release ... Read More


BJP's Ritu Tawde elected unopposed

MUMBAI, Feb. 12 -- Ritu Tawde, 52, was elected Mumbai's 78th mayor on Wednesday, fulfilling the BJP's promise that the city's first citizen would be a Marathi, while the Shiv Sena's Sanjay Ghadi was e... Read More


ZP, Panchayat celebrations turn violent; 11 PEOPLE BOOKED

NAVI MUMBAI, Feb. 12 -- Post-election celebrations following the declaration of Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti results spiralled into violence in Raigad district on Sunday, with a group of Shiv S... Read More


TIFR Survey finds Indian students lacking basic understanding of astronomy

Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- Indian students, although curious and fascinated by astronomy, struggle to understand the basic concepts of the subject, revealed a nationwide survey of more than 2,000 secondary sc... Read More


120-ft DP Rd greenlit as 167 families rehabilitated

Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- A key hurdle in the construction of the proposed 120-ft Development Plan (DP) Road connecting Lokhandwala Township to Thakur Village in Kandivali (East) was cleared on Wednesday, wi... Read More


Five injured as lift plunges in byculla building

Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- Five persons were injured after a lift plunged from the fourth floor to the ground floor of an 18-storey residential building in Byculla late on Tuesday night. The incident, reporte... Read More


How commuters risk their lives daily in packed locals from Badlapur to CSMT

Thane, Feb. 12 -- The deaths of 18-year-old Soham Kathare, an HSC student, after he fell from a crowded local train between Mumbra and Kalwa, where he was headed to an exam centre on Tuesday, and 28-y... Read More


Macron to visit Mumbai on February 17

MUMBAI, Feb. 12 -- Emmanuel Macron, President of France will visit Mumbai on February 17 as part of his official state visit to India from February 17-19. During his short stay in the city, Macron wil... Read More


Maha govt resumes recruitment of teachers for state-run universities

MUMBAI, Feb. 12 -- After almost two years, the state government has cleared the recruitment of teachers in government-run universities and colleges. Around 650 vacant posts of assistant professors, as... Read More