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Woman falls off scooter due to pothole, dies

Thane, Aug. 3 -- A 46-year-old woman who was on her way to inspect a flat at Anjur in Bhiwandi died on Sunday after she fell off the scooter her husband was riding and was subsequently run over by an ... Read More


17-year-old drowns while fishing in lake

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- A fishing outing took a fatal turn after a 17-year-old boy drowned while trying to catch fish in Nagla Lake in Nalasopara East on Sunday afternoon, despite a prohibition on entering ... Read More


Disbursal of loan waiver benefits for 930,000 farmers to start from Tuesday

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- Although around 40% of 1.69 million farmers in the first list of beneficiaries of the government's farm loan waiver are yet to complete their e-KYC process, the government will begin... Read More


Leaked tapes of phone calls rattle BJP

India, Aug. 3 -- A leak of phone call recordings purportedly of BJP leader Vijay Chaudhary has rocked the BJP in Maharashtra. Several audio tapes of Chaudhary's alleged conversation with different lea... Read More


Homoeopaths to stage dharna at Mantralaya on Tues over mmc registration

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- Homoeopathic doctors have threatened to stage a dharna outside Mantralaya on Tuesday, coinciding with the state cabinet meeting, to press for their long-pending demand for registrati... Read More


Kasarvadavli-Kharbhav bridge runs into land acquisition hurdle

Mumbai, Aug. 3 -- More than two years after the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) approved construction of the 3.93-km Kasarvadavali-Kharbhav creek bridge, the project is langui... Read More


Rs.50L transaction leads police to close aide who planned to murder Vasai businessman

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- It was a Rs.50 lakh transaction, not the bullets fired at him, that exposed the alleged conspiracy to kill Vasai businessman Mohansingh Laxmansingh Parmar, with police naming his tru... Read More


'Vadhavan link may affect Vaitarna dam'

Mumbai, Aug. 3 -- The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has deferred clearance to the proposed Tawa-Bharvir road project, which would conne... Read More


HC backs sacking of RPF cop accused of molesting woman

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- The Bombay High Court has backed the dismissal of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable accused of molesting a woman at Kalyan railway station, saying his conduct was "truly dep... Read More


No pension for staffers, says HC, 9 yrs after DD show shut

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- Nearly a decade after Balchitravani, the State Institute of Educational Technology (SIET) that once brought educational programmes to children across Maharashtra through Doordarshan,... Read More