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RTOs ramp up crackdown on illegal bike taxis in Mumbai

MUMBAI, Dec. 7 -- In a push to curb unauthorised bike-taxi operations, Mumbai's Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) have intensified enforcement drives against two-wheelers illegally ferrying passengers... Read More


College student dies as truck runs over bike

MUMBAI, Dec. 7 -- A 20-year-old college student died after she was run over by a cement mixer truck in Jogeshwari on Friday. The police said the young woman was riding pillion when the rider tried to ... Read More


Diva crime rise revives demand for police stn

THANE, Dec. 7 -- A recent spike in crime has intensified the long-standing demands for a separate police station in Diva. Despite having a population of over 500,000, the area continues to be served o... Read More


Thousands to march from Bhiwandi to NMIA as renaming row escalates

Navi Mumbai, Dec. 7 -- The long-simmering agitation to rename the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) after project-affected people's (PAP) leader DB Patil has surged into its most confr... Read More


Tour operators suffer as IndiGo meltdown disrupts Mumbai flights

MUMBAI, Dec. 7 -- Mumbai Airport on Saturday witnessed the cancellation of 146 flights of IndiGo in the carrier's ongoing crisis. A spokesperson for Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) said th... Read More


14 years later, murder accused acquitted for lack of evidence

MUMBAI, Dec. 7 -- The sessions court on Friday acquitted the three surviving accused in the 2011 Chembur jewellery robbery and murder case, concluding a 14-year trial after ruling that the prosecution... Read More


IndiGo crisis has MLAs pooling funds for private jets to Nagpur

MUMBAI, Dec. 7 -- Turbulence in Indigo Airlines, India's largest air carrier, has tossed the travel plans of the state's ministers, MLAs, MLCs and senior government officials up in the air. Scheduled ... Read More


Maha-Guj row: GI tag claim for Valsad Hapus sours the 'king of mangoes' growers in Konkan

MUMBAI, Dec. 7 -- Alphonso, or Hapus, mango growers along Maharashtra's Konkan coast have been an embittered lot since they learnt that a coastal district in south Gujarat is looking to share their li... Read More


Short, stormy winter session set to begin

NAGPUR, Dec. 7 -- The customary winter session of the Maharashtra legislature, beginning Monday, is arriving this year under an unusually heavy political cloud. Though it will be among the shortest se... Read More


major Fire at sobo godown, no one injured

Mumbai, Dec. 7 -- A major fire broke out at a 3,500 sqft wooden works godown in Nagpada on Saturday evening, according to a civic official. As of Saturday night, no injuries were reported. The level-2... Read More