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RS polls: BJP names Mallick from WB, Arya from U'khand

India, Oct. 5 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced names of its candidates for Rajya Sabha polls, fielding Rukmini Mallick from West Bengal and Dinesh Arya from Uttarakhand. Electio... Read More


Discovery of police cap in car during towing op leads to arrest of car mechanic who posed as cop

Mumbai, Oct. 5 -- A 37-year-old car mechanic was arrested for allegedly impersonating a police officer after police found a blue police cap on the dashboard of a numberless car during a towing operati... Read More


retd teacher loses Rs.89 lakh in 'digital arrest' fraud

Mumbai, Oct. 5 -- A cyber fraudster, who posed as an officer of the central anti-terror agency, the NIA, allegedly conned a retired teacher of Rs.89 lakh through the 'digital arrest' scam. The Mumbai ... Read More


IIM status paves way for revamp of 26-ha campus

MUMBAI, Oct. 5 -- The lakeside campus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Mumbai is getting a makeover as part of a rebranding exercise after the institute received IIM status three years ago... Read More


BMC to meet priests today after hundreds of fish die at Banganga

MUMBAI, Oct. 5 -- With the deaths of hundreds of fish in the city's historic Banganga Tank in Walkeshwar becoming an annual concern during Pitru Paksha, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) ha... Read More


Hundreds protest against Thane Ring Metro project

THANE, Oct. 5 -- Hundreds of Thane residents took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the proposed Thane Internal Ring Metro (TRIM), raising concerns over the cutting of more than 3,200 trees,... Read More


Scrap SIR, return to ballot paper voting, demand Oppn

Mumbai, Oct. 5 -- Opposition leaders across party lines came together at the 'Virat Garjana Morcha' rally in south Mumbai on Sunday, demanding scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of elec... Read More


4 yrs on, MMRDA to build FOB at Gundavali station

Mumbai, Oct. 5 -- Nearly four years after Mumbai Metro 7 was inaugurated, the MMRDA has initiated plans to build a 164-metre pedestrian bridge connecting Gundavali Metro Station in Andheri East with t... Read More


IIT-B students divided over ongoing strike over student's death

MUMBAI, Oct. 5 -- A difference of opinion has emerged among students of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) over the ongoing protest seeking justice for the second-year student who died ... Read More


Public hosp surgeries double in 5 yrs, but is healthcare improving?

MUMBAI, Oct. 5 -- The number of surgeries in government hospitals across the state has almost doubled in the last few years, from 345,000 in 2020-21 to 650,00 in 2024-25. The numbers represent minor a... Read More