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3 fall ill after AC fails in CR local

Mumbai, July 14 -- A packed AC local on Central Railway (CR) turned into a sweltering coach during Monday's rush after its air conditioning system malfunctioned for nearly 16 minutes, leaving two comm... Read More


10-year-old boy drowns while swimming in andheri lake

MUMBAI, July 14 -- A 10-year-old boy drowned after he and a few other children entered a private lake to swim in Andheri (West) on Monday afternoon, civic officials said. The deceased, identified as D... Read More


politician's son booked after 51-year-old dies in hit-and-run

THANE, July 14 -- A 51-year-old furniture market worker was killed and his son injured after their scooter was allegedly hit by a speeding car driven by the son of a politician, builder and jeweller i... Read More


Chembur tree fall: Clean chit for all; contractor, consultant fined

MUMBAI, July 14 -- The inquiry into the Chembur tree collapse that killed 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastava on June 30 has recommended penalties against the contractor and consultant working on a storm wa... Read More


'Should infra come at the cost of our children?'

MUMBAI, July 14 -- A day before her birthday on May 13, doctors at Hinduja Hospital in Khar told Aarika Srivastav's parents that their 14-year-old daughter was brain-dead. For Aarika's mother Binal, i... Read More


MSRTC to earn Rs.600 cr a year by renting out 251 bus depots

Mumbai, July 14 -- The cash-strapped Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has proposed commercialising its 251 bus depots across the state under the public-private partnership (PPP) mo... Read More


Mira Road may lose bus depot to pay-and-park facility, auto stand

MUMBAI, July 14 -- A prime plot measuring 37,000 sq m near Mira Road railway station, reserved for a bus depot, could be turned into a pay-and-park facility and an autorickshaw stand, greatly shrinkin... Read More


Convention centre will fund housing: Mhada defends plan

Mumbai, July 14 -- The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) has defended its controversial proposal to change the land-use reservation of the Neville D'Souza Football Ground at B... Read More


sobo jewellery firm Manager siphons off gold worth Rs.6 crore

Mumbai, July 14 -- A manager employed by a south Mumbai jewellery firm allegedly siphoned off 6.12 kg of gold jewellery worth Rs.6 crore from the company's manufacturing unit in Dagina Bazaar, Mumbade... Read More


Nair hosp to get city's first disaster ward

MUMBAI, July 14 -- More than a century after it was established, Dr BYL Nair Hospital at Mumbai Central is set to become the first civic-run hospital to have a dedicated disaster management ward, a fi... Read More