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BMC school crisis and shrinking open spaces dominate poll agenda for voters in Mahim

Mumbai, Jan. 13 -- Ward 190, which includes parts of Mahim Koliwada, is a largely working-class area that has been in the spotlight over the past year due to the lack of a proper municipal school buil... Read More


SC to hear plea against 'mass rejection' of nominations

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- A city-based businessman has moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Bombay High Court's dismissal of his petition challenging the "mass rejection" of nomination forms for the BMC ... Read More


Upcoming Mumbai marathon sparks air quality worries again

Mumbai, Jan. 13 -- Ahead of the Tata Mumbai Marathon the city's air quality has once again become a point of concern, with environmental group Awaaz Foundation urging civic and pollution control autho... Read More


FIlm Producer cheats actor of Rs.2.5 lakh, booked

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- A film producer was booked on Sunday for allegedly cheated an actor of Rs.2.5 lakh by issuing a cheque that later bounced. The actor worked with the producer for a Telugu film with ... Read More


Be benign to yourself

India, Jan. 13 -- A 62-year-old female client in her first session tells me, "I have chosen to start therapy because I find it hard to forgive myself. Although others see my life as a good one-and in ... Read More


Man held for hindering probe into Rs.5k-cr fraud

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested an imposter for allegedly attempting to manipulate and stall the auction of assets seized in the money laundering probe into an... Read More


IDBI Bank challenges high court relief to Anil Ambani

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- IDBI Bank has challenged a Bombay High Court order that granted interim relief to industrialist Anil Ambani by staying coercive action by three banks seeking to classify the loan ac... Read More


Amid a splintered political field, parties try to consolidate Muslim votes

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- With the January 15 civic elections approaching, political parties have begun jockeying for support among Mumbai's largest minority, the Muslim community. Muslims constitute a quart... Read More


U.P. man shoots wife dead in police station

Lucknow, Jan. 13 -- A 36-year-old man allegedly shot his wife dead at a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district on Monday, just days after he had lodged a complaint accusing her of eloping w... Read More


sc TO WEIGH IN ON IMMUNITY TO CEC, top POLL OFFICERS

New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a constitutional challenge to the law granting blanket permanent immunity from any criminal prosecution to the chief election commis... Read More