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Amid LPG shortage, BMC eases norms to fast-track PNG work

MUMBAI, April 2 -- The civic administration has introduced sweeping relaxations to fast-track the installation of piped natural gas (PNG) across Mumbai, facilitating the transition from LPG to piped c... Read More


PNG demand surges but connections lag

MUMBAI, April 2 -- As Mumbai continues to grapple with an acute LPG shortage, the focus is now also on PNG, or piped natural gas. Residents across the city say they are facing prolonged delays in secu... Read More


Man accused of minor's rape arrested near Nepal border

NAVI MUMBAI, April 2 -- In a significant cross-border operation spanning multiple districts, Kharghar Police have arrested a 24-year-old man, near the India-Nepal border, accused of repeatedly sexuall... Read More


45-yr-old killed by falling Tree branch at dgp's office in colaba

Mumbai, April 2 -- A 45-year-old Public Works Department (PWD) employee posted at the Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) office died on Wednesday after a branch of a Gulmohar tree fell on hi... Read More


Vasai boy still in ICU; cops to assess mental health of assaulter

MUMBAI, April 2 -- "Only a monster can do such a thing to a child, to take revenge on me. He should be hanged," says 32-year-old Atul Kondhare, of the brutal assault on his four-year-old son in a Vasa... Read More


HC dismisses Rajesh Khanna's partner's plea to legally recognise her as his widow

MUMBAI, April 2 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by actor Anita Advani seeking recognition of her relationship with the late superstar Rajesh Khanna as one that was "in the... Read More


Parents irked as BMC shifts 'damaged' school in Worli

MUMBAI, April 2 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will shift around 600 students from Classes 6 to 10 of the Worli Seaface School to a Mumbai Public School near Sasmira, located a kilome... Read More


Cong suspends 7 Jalna corporators

Mumbai, April 2 -- The Maharashtra Congress on Wednesday suspended seven corporators in the Jalna Municipal Corporation (JMC) with immediate effect for violating party discipline. The corporators were... Read More


Woman found using mobile, earphones in police exam

MUMBAI, April 2 -- In a scene right out of the 2003 Bollywood hit Munnabhai MBBS, a 28-year-old woman appearing for a police constable recruitment examination was found cheating with a mobile phone hi... Read More


State extends Ladki Bahin e-KYC deadline till April 30

Mumbai, April 2 -- The state government on Wednesday extended the deadline for completing the e-KYC process under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, giving beneficiaries time till April 30 to ... Read More