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Messi to visit Mum during India tour

India, Oct. 3 -- Lionel Messi on Thursday confirmed his participation in the much-anticipated GOAT Tour of India, calling it an "honour" to revisit the "passionate football nation". "It is such an hon... Read More


Dussehra and GST rejig fuel vehicle sales

Mumbai, Oct. 3 -- The auspicious Dussehra festival and the recent rejig of GST rates, has fuelled a rise in demand for cars and two-wheelers. As per the regional transport authority (RTO) officials, i... Read More


Singer dupes jeweller, buys Rs.5.4L diamond bracelet with bogus cheque

MUMBAI, Oct. 3 -- A 36-year-old singer, Vipul Chheda, was arrested for allegedly cheating a marketing executive of a diamond bracelet worth Rs.5.41 lakh. The arrest, made on Wednesday by Malad police,... Read More


GG Parikh, last of the practising Gandhians, dies

Mumbai, Oct. 3 -- It was befitting that the last of the legendary Gandhians should die on Gandhi Jayanti. Dr GG Parikh who passed away on Thursday morning was one of those rare figures whose death at ... Read More


two dead as tempo rams into parked dumper

NAVI MUMBAI, Oct. 3 -- A tempo driver and cleaner were killed after their vehicle crashed into a parked dumper in Ulwe on Wednesday morning. Repair work was going on at the spot and the dumper was par... Read More


BMC ran medical supplies tests sans licence for 8 yrs

MUMBAI, Oct. 3 -- For more than eight years, the civic administration potentially risked the health and lives of patients as it did not have a licence to test medical devices, drugs and other supplies... Read More


Paws, claws and prayers: Pets get blessed at Chakala church

Mumbai, Oct. 3 -- At the blessings meet at the Holy Family Church in Chakala on Thursday evening, along with the parishioners, there were 50-odd unusual visitors in the audience. Some barked in excite... Read More


Upping bribe leads to civic official's arrest

MUMBAI, Oct. 3 -- If he had pocketed the Rs.20 lakh bribe he had originally demanded from a builder, this senior civic official from Thane may have got away with it. Instead, he upped the sum to Rs.50... Read More


ED files charge sheet against bizman for duping realtor of Rs.95.66 crore

MUMBAI, Oct. 3 -- The Mumbai unit of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against businessman Sudhanshu Dwivedi, a relative of a BJP legislator from Madhya Pradesh, accusing him o... Read More


Ivorian jailed for 12 years for drug trafficking

MUMBAI, Oct. 3 -- A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court on Tuesday sentenced an Ivory Coast national to 12 years' rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs.1.25 lakh af... Read More