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From 160 sq ft to 500 sq ft: A new chapter for BDD Chawl residents

Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- His blue-rimmed sunglasses rest on his forehead as Ashish Pratap matches names on a list with personalised printed invitations to the ceremony for allotment of the first batch of re... Read More


Congress imposed meat ban in 1988, civic bodies only following it: CM

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- Amid a backlash by Opposition leaders, as well as deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, over the ban on selling meat on Independence Day impo... Read More


Kabutarkhana controversy deepens the insiders vs outsiders debate

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- The outsider-insider debate surfaced yet again on Wednesday as members of Marathi Ekikaran Samitee converged at the Dadar Kabutarkhana to protest the Jain community's recent resista... Read More


100 PhD students await research topic nod for 4 yrs

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- For nearly four years, 100 doctoral students at the University of Mumbai (MU) have been in academic limbo, waiting for their research topics to be approved. Worse, there seems littl... Read More


Sr citizen's helper steals cheques, cards, swindles Rs.85L

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- A 40-year-old man from Badlapur was booked for allegedly siphoning off Rs.84.58 lakh from a firm, where he worked as an office boy, between 2018 and 2021. The accused, Avinash Prabh... Read More


Fadnavis asks Ganesh mandals to have 'Op Sindoor' theme this yr

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday asked Ganesh mandals in the state to have 'Operation Sindoor' as the theme for this year's pandals. He said the country has shown its s... Read More


Centre approves ex BJP spokesperson as high court judge

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- The central government on Wednesday notified the appointment of advocate Aarti Sathe, former spokesperson for the Maharashtra BJP, and two others, as judges of the Bombay High Court... Read More


Court grants bail to alleged associate of Iqbal Mirchi

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- A metropolitan magistrate court in Girgaon on Tuesday granted bail to 75-year-old businessman Abdul Kader, arrested last week for allegedly encroaching upon and demolishing the defu... Read More


Coastal road promenade to open on I-Day

Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- After a long wait, 5.25 km of the 7.5-km-long promenade along the Mumbai Coastal Road will be opened to citizens at 4.30 pm on Friday, which is Independence Day. According to a pres... Read More


MCOCA invoked in kidnapping of drug dealer linked to D-Company

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- The Mumbai Crime Branch has invoked stringent provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the kidnapping case of alleged drug trafficker Sajid Electricwa... Read More