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state approves Neral-Shirur highway to ease Mum-Pune E-way traffic

MUMBAI, May 9 -- In a major infrastructure push, the Maharashtra government has approved a 134-km four-lane highway connecting Neral in Karjat to Shirur in Pune district. The proposed corridor is expe... Read More


Rat poison in Dokadia home deepens mystery

MUMBAI, May 9 -- A day after it was determined that a lethal dose of zinc phosphide, a rat poison, had led to the deaths of the Dokadia family from Pydhonie, police recovered a bottle of rat poison fr... Read More


Authority under MPID Act guilty of fraud, HC says

MUMBAI, May 9 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the state government to appoint a new competent authority under the Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishm... Read More


Finish 34,000 water conservation works by Jun 15: Fadnavis

Mumbai, May 9 -- Amid likelihood of an El Nino impacting the monsoon in Maharashtra, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday directed officials to complete 34,000 ongoing water conservation jobs on... Read More


HC flags poor slum planning, orders audit

MUMBAI, May 9 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the state government to set up an expert committee within four weeks to conduct a comprehensive audit of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improveme... Read More


Yellow alert for heat till Sunday

MUMBAI, May 9 -- On Friday, the city, which has been on yellow alert (indicating hot and humid conditions) for the last three days, recorded above-normal temperatures in the suburbs. At Santacruz, the... Read More


City's peak power demand breaches May 2024 record

Mumbai, May 9 -- Around 2:50pm on Friday, Mumbai's peak power demand touched 4,329 megawatt (MW), outstripping the earlier high of 4,307 MW recorded in May 2024. The western and eastern suburbs, where... Read More


Day after Nida Khan's arrest, Sambhajinagar AIMIM corporator booked for sheltering her

NASHIK, May 9 -- Nashik city police have booked a first-time AIMIM corporator from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Mateen Patel, for allegedly sheltering Nida Khan, the absconding accused in the TCS-linked... Read More


28-yr-old man dies after bike hits Metro barricade on EEH

MUMBAI, May 9 -- A late-night ride home after dinner with a friend ended in fatality for a 28-year-old finance company employee who lost control of his two-wheeler and crashed into an iron barricade i... Read More


Court rejects Indrani's plea to travel abroad

MUMBAI, May 9 -- A special CBI court on Friday rejected a fresh plea filed by Indrani Mukerjea seeking permission to travel to Spain and the United Kingdom, observing that the Sheena Bora murder trial... Read More