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Teen girl ends life a day after lover's suicide

MUMBAI, April 1 -- A love story took a devastating turn over the weekend when a 17-year-old girl died by suicide just a day after her 24-year-old boyfriend ended his life in Naigaon, Palghar. The sequ... Read More


SUV driver says he pressed accelerator instead of brakes

MUMBAI, April 1 -- Two days after the fatal accident on Parel's Elphinstone Flyover that claimed the lives of a kaali-peeli driver and a 55-year-old flower vendor, the 21-year-old SUV driver-accused o... Read More


Solapur tops ready reckoner rate hike; Rs.10k cr more in stamp duty for state

MUMBAI, April 1 -- After a gap of two consecutive years, the state government on Monday announced a rise in the ready reckoner (RR) rates across the state for the financial year (FY) 2025-26. Although... Read More


Rs.1 crop insurance plan junked to save Rs.7,000 cr

MUMBAI, April 1 -- The state government is winding up its ambitious Rs.1 crop insurance scheme launched with much fanfare two years ago. A new version of the scheme will be introduced from the new kha... Read More


Home salesin Mumbai increase by 8.75% in FY 2025

MUMBAI, April 1 -- Since the pandemic, the uptick in the sale of homes continues in Mumbai, year on year (YoY). As compared to FY 2024, at the close of FY 2025 a 8.75% increase in registrations of sal... Read More


Woman dies after being run over by JCB in Thane

Thane, April 1 -- A 48-year-old woman died after being struck by a JCB machine while collecting waste at the CP Talav dumping ground in Wagle Estate, Thane, on Sunday. The victim, identified as Rajshr... Read More


Raut: RSS to decide Modi's successor, likely from Maha

Mumbai, April 1 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday asserted that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) would determine the successor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and further claimed that t... Read More


Five hectares of hope: A forest reborn in SGNP

MUMBAI, April 1 -- From the heart of Mumbai's green lung, steadily depleted by human activity, comes a story of hope and renewal. "It's back to being a forest," says V Shubhalaxmi, of the five hectare... Read More


Show and tell: What we can learn from Adolescence

India, April 1 -- I watched 'Adolescence' a couple of weeks back, and the scenes from the show have continued to linger in my mind. The show is the story of a family whose 13-year-old son is arrested ... Read More


Struggling Dhoni is taking it to bitter end

New Delhi, April 1 -- In the waning moments of Sunday's game between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, Mahendra Singh Dhoni looked old. He looked like he was 43. He looked like a man who had r... Read More