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B'luru man held with gibbons

MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- A 31-year-old delivery person from Bengaluru was nabbed after two baby gibbons, an endangered species, were found in his possession. The accused, Arvind Arogyaraj, was allegedly wo... Read More


7 sustain severe burns in Kandivali gas leak fire

MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- What began as a normal workday at a catering services workshop in Akurli, Kandivali East, suddenly took a grim turn when a gas leak set the kitchen ablaze at around 9.05am on Wedne... Read More


Her body turned dark, clothes were stuck to skin: Victims recall horror

MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- Raksha Joshi, 52, was making theplas at the Shivani Caterers kitchen when a sudden explosion sent the entire workshop up in flames. Raksha sustained over 90% burns and is currently... Read More


Echoes of Silence: Exhibition in Kala Ghoda gives voice to deaf artists

MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- On Tuesday evening, as visitors streamed into the Artists' Centre in Kala Ghoda, something unusual marked the opening of the exhibition Echoes of Silence. Instead of the familiar b... Read More


Flood-affected farmers will get aid before Diwali, says Fadnavis

MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- As the situation of flood continued to prevail over parts of Marathwada, and Solapur (western Maharashtra) and Jalgaon (north Maharashtra) districts, the death toll over the last t... Read More


State proposes higher corpus fund for SRAs

MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- The state urban development department (UDD) has proposed a steep increase in corpus funds for Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) projects and is set to amend the Development Cont... Read More


upcoming weekend to see heavy rainfall

MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- The city is bracing for a wet weekend, with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an orange alert for Saturday and Sunday, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall. Acc... Read More


Two dead in road accidents in Raigad

NAVI MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Raigad on Wednesday. While the first accident was a collision of a speeding tempo and a tanker, resulting in one death, th... Read More


Shinde-led dept disburses Rs.750 cr

Mumbai, Sept. 25 -- A few months before local body elections across Maharashtra, the Urban Development Department (UDD), headed by deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, has distributed more than Rs.750... Read More


State allows 8 municipal councils in MMR to implement slum rehabilitation scheme

MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- The Maharashtra government has paved the way for slum rehabilitation in all municipal corporations in the state, consistent with the ongoing scheme in Mumbai. Eight municipal counc... Read More