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Nashik Kumbh master plan: 11 bridges, tent city

Mumbai, March 24 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said that a master plan is now ready for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela to be held in Nashik in 2027. The master plan encompasses new infrastru... Read More


New book takes a look at how children play in the city

MUMBAI, March 24 -- "When I was a child, we would play in the spaces in corridors, foyers and between buildings," said architect Anuj Daga, speaking of his neighbourhood in Goregaon East. "But gradual... Read More


Two booked for social media post on Aurangzeb

Navi Mumbai, March 24 -- Two persons were booked for outraging religious sentiments and spreading enmity after allegedly glorifying Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb through social media posts. The cases were ... Read More


11.5k trees to be axed for JNPA highway

Mumbai, March 24 -- The proposed six-lane, access-controlled 30-km highway connecting Jawaharlal Nehru Port with the Mumbai-Pune and the Mumbai-Goa highways will require diversion of over 24 hectares ... Read More


MNS chief Raj Thackeray reshapes party, names first-ever Mumbai prez

MUMBAI, March 24 -- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, at a function held on Sunday, announced the appointment of former corporator Sandeep Deshpande as the Mumbai chief of the part... Read More


A lacklustre fight from MVA

India, March 24 -- It seems the three opposition parties have not yet recovered from the defeat they faced in the assembly elections last October-November. Even though there was no dearth of ammunitio... Read More


140 electric buses lie idle as BEST's fleet hits new low

MUMBAI, March 24 -- At a time when Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking's (BEST's) fleet has shrunk to its lowest in the last two decades at 2,799, 140 new electric buses are lying idl... Read More


NICB fraud case: police get 7-day custody of 8th arrested accused

MUMBAI, March 24 -- The eighth arrested accused in the New India Cooperative Bank (NICB) money siphoning case, Rajeev Ranjan Pandey alias Pawan Gupta, 47, who was arrested from Bokaro and brought to t... Read More


No access to libraries for students in 75% Maha villages

Mumbai, March 24 -- While the recent Marathi literary conference in New Delhi attracted participation from top politicians in the state, most students and residents of rural Maharashtra lack access to... Read More


Building redeveloped but tenants unable to move in

MUMBAI, March 24 -- At D N Nagar in Andheri West, the redevelopment of over 400 old buildings has been affected by the height restrictions necessitated by the high-frequency transmission towers of the... Read More