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84-year-old man dies in hit-and-run in Bhandup

MUMBAI, Dec. 14 -- An 84-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Bhandup on Friday. The incident occurred near Mangatram Petrol Pump in Bhandup West when an unknown vehicle hit the elderl... Read More


MD unit busted, drugs worth Rs.115-crore found

MUMBAI, Dec. 14 -- The crime branch has busted a drug manufacturing unit operating from a farm in Jawali, Satara and seized 7.5 kg of solid Mephedrone (MD), 38 kg of liquid MD, and large quantities of... Read More


Model arrested forswindling lawyerof over Rs.30 lakh

MUMBAI, Dec. 14 -- Three months after registering an FIR of blackmail and extortion, the Goregaon police on Saturday arrested 28-year-old model Parul Rana for allegedly extorting over Rs.30 lakh from ... Read More


Woman accused of being 'illegal immigrant' gets bail

MUMBAI, Dec. 14 -- A Thane sessions court has granted bail to a woman arrested on allegations that she is a Bangladeshi national who entered and lived in India illegally. The court held that the docum... Read More


State to fill lecturer vacancies in colleges

NAGPUR, Dec. 14 -- The government has begun taking steps to fill the hundreds of posts of lecturers and assistant professors lying vacant in universities and colleges across the state, said higher and... Read More


Company heads can't be blamed without direct negligence: HC

MUMBAI, Dec. 14 -- The Bombay High Court has ruled that the Indian Penal Code (IPC) does not recognise the concept of vicarious liability, meaning that senior company officials cannot be held criminal... Read More


Extra FSI for redevelopment of buildings on defence land

MUMBAI, Dec. 14 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday announced in the legislative assembly that the government would allot additional incentive FSI to enable the redevelopment of old and di... Read More


'New GST slabs to cost state Rs.15k crore per year'

Nagpur, Dec. 14 -- The revision of Goods and Services Tax (GST) slabs two months ago is expected to cost Maharashtra around Rs.15,000 crore annually, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said on Saturday,... Read More


State rejects Union minister's remark on retaining IIT Bombay name

NAGPUR, Dec. 14 -- The Maharashtra government on Saturday strongly objected to a remark made by Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh, who had said last month that he was "... Read More


2nd Mum-Pune Expressway to come soon, says Gadkari

MUMBAI, Dec. 14 -- A second Mumbai-Pune Expressway parallel to the existing one, a new expressway from Pune to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and a major infrastructure boost for Pune - these were some of... Read More