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State to build new film city, on the lines of Goregaon hub, in Igatpuri

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- The Maharashtra government has decided to build a new film city on the lines of Mumbai Film City at Igatpuri in Nashik district, about 150km from Mumbai. In a meeting convened by him... Read More


Fly out of 'fully digital' NMIA from Dec

NAVI MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- The Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), set for inauguration tomorrow, will be India's first fully digital airport, with facilities for pre-booking vehicle parking slots a... Read More


Drunk driver rams into Dadar bus stop; 1 killed, 7 injured

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- A 20-seater Tempo Traveller driven by a drunk driver lost control on the Tilak Bridge slope near Plaza Cinema in Dadar West and rammed into a BEST bus stop, killing one person and in... Read More


HC raps state govt for lack of officers under DV Act

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday rapped the state government for failing to comply with its 2014 order mandating the appointment of taluka-level protection officers under the Protecti... Read More


Link NMIA to city via tunnel: Shinde

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, who heads the urban development department, on Monday asked MMRDA to examine the feasibility of connecting Navi Mumbai International Airport to M... Read More


NMIA hastens MMR rail projects

PANVEL, Oct. 7 -- The Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), expected to be inaugurated on October 8, is driving the expansion of the suburban section of the Central Railway at the farthest end of ... Read More


Citing fund crunch, state drops subsidised festival kits scheme

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- The Maharashtra government on Monday made it clear that Anandacha Shidha, the subsidised festival kits scheme, would not be implemented this year. The decision was taken on account o... Read More


top court seeks govt, RBI replies on unclaimed assets portal plea

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Union government and a range of financial regulators on a public interest petition seeking the creation of a centralised digi... Read More


Fraud accused shifted from Byculla to Arthur Rd Jail after threatening witness

MUMBAI, Oct. 6 -- A special court under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) Act has ordered the transfer of businessman Jayant Sanjeeva Shetty, accused in a Rs.204-crore invest... Read More


State to pay Rs.1L to businessman illegally arrested by Bandra police

MUMBAI, Oct. 6 -- The Bombay High Court recently imposed a Rs.1 lakh fine on the state government as compensation to a businessman who was allegedly illegally arrested by the police last year. The cou... Read More