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Court clears VVCMC chief in land-grab case

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- A special PMLA court on Saturday discharged Anil Kumar Pawar, former commissioner of the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), from a land-grab and illegal construction rac... Read More


How the Gondal royals revived 110-year-old Royal Opera House's cultural spirit

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- In Kannada author Jayant Kaikini's deeply moving short story, 'Opera House', translated by Tejaswini Niranjana, readers are given a fictional rendering of the night before the iconic... Read More


A new play brings Sindh to life on stage

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- One of the plays to be staged at the annual Prithvi Theatre Festival, which opens tomorrow, is 'Everything we forgot to say' by Lillete Dubey's Primetime Theatre Company (PTC). Dubey... Read More


Maha forms panel to address concerns over loose oil ban

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- The Maharashtra government on Friday issued an order to set up a committee to find ways to enforce the food safety rules on the sale of loose edible oil while simultaneously addressi... Read More


IIT-B suicide: Parents move HC, seek CBI or SIT probe

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- The parents of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) student who died by suicide after he was allegedly caught copying in a mid-semester exam have moved the Bombay High C... Read More


shroff firing: 12th accused in police custody till november 6

Mumbai, Nov. 1 -- A special MCOCA court on Saturday remanded the 12th accused in the Tiger Shroff firing case in police custody till November 6, after investigators told the court that money had been ... Read More


CNG price up by Rs.1/kg; rate in city now Rs.90/kg

Mumbai, Nov. 1 -- Motorists in Mumbai and adjoining areas will pay Rs.1 more per kg for compressed natural gas (CNG) from today, after Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) announced a price hike. The revised r... Read More


Court clears former Vasai-Virar civic chief in Rs.300-cr land-grabbing racket

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- Over a year and a half after the demolition of 41 illegal buildings in Vasai-Virar left nearly 2,500 families homeless, a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court has ... Read More


Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta dies after fatal fall at Versova home

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, best known for directing films such as Kaante, Shootout at Wadala and Kaabil, died after taking a fall and suffering a fatal head injury at his Versova reside... Read More


Forest dept to post squads to prevent wildlife attacks

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- The state's answer to the man-animal conflict, fuelled by expanding urbanisation into forest land, is to station rapid response teams armed with tranquiliser guns and traps to preven... Read More