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BCCI guard held for stealing 261 jerseys worth Rs.6.52 lakh

MUMBAI, July 29 -- A security guard with a gambling addiction took his biggest gamble yet - allegedly stealing 261 jerseys valued at Rs.6.52 lakh from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).... Read More


Mercedes flips at high speed on Palm Beach Rd, teen critical

NAVI MUMBAI, July 29 -- A late-night joyride along the scenic Palm Beach Road nearly ended in tragedy for two young men when their Mercedes-Benz lost control and overturned in the early hours of Monda... Read More


HC orders probe into 935 rdvpt notices

MUMBAI, July 29 -- Calling it a "colossal misuse" of authority, the Bombay high court on Monday appointed a two-member committee to investigate a "racket" involving engineers from the Maharashtra Hous... Read More


Gaming addict kills stepmom over money

MUMBAI, July 29 -- A 32-year-old alleged gaming addict was arrested on Monday for killing his step-mother when she refused to give him money to play online games. The police said the accused and his f... Read More


Stalwart cartoonist who picked up his sketchpad 'just for fun', turns 100

PUNE, July 29 -- "What started as a fun activity went on to become my identity," said S D Phadnis about his career as a cartoonist, ahead of his 100th birthday on Tuesday. "However, as I kept working,... Read More


Bodies of missing uran fishers wash ashore

MUMBAI, July 29 -- The bodies of the three fishermen, who went missing after the Tuljai fishing boat capsized in the Arabian Sea off the Raigad coast on Saturday, washed ashore on Monday at separate l... Read More


Illegal school in Shivaji Nagar shut, bldg to be razed

MUMBAI, July 29 -- The Bombay high court has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to shut down the Red Heart English School, a primary school in the M-East ward which was operating wi... Read More


HC orders razing of illegal 6-storey bldg in Kalyan

MUMBAI, July 29 -- The Bombay high court has directed the Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) to take appropriate steps to demolish an illegal six-storeyed building at Govindwadi in Kalyan w... Read More


In Rs.381-crore drug bust, police find city's key suppliers of MD

MUMBAI, July 29 -- In a Rs.381 crore Mephedrone (MD) bust, the Sakinaka police have arrested four people and seized 187kg of the synthetic stimulant and its raw materials from a drug manufacturing uni... Read More


No job losses, BMC promises sanitation workers

MUMBAI, July 29 -- In a final resolution to the almost two-month-long conflict between the BMC and the sanitation workers union, both parties signed an agreement on Monday. The agreement promises that... Read More