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'Cemetery land marked residential'

Mumbai, Feb. 3 -- Six months after the Bombay High Court directed the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) to remove encroachments from a 200-year-old Jewish burial ground in Panvel, the Jewish Heritage... Read More


14 booked for social boycott of family over land dispute

NAVI MUMBAI, Feb. 3 -- As many as 14 people from Borli Panchatan village in Raigad district were booked on Sunday for allegedly subjecting a family to social boycott following a land dispute. Accordin... Read More


Illegal hawkers cleared from 2 roads near Bhendi Bazaar

MUMBAI, Feb. 3 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday carried out an anti-encroachment drive along Mohammed Ali Road and Ibrahim Merchant Road, two of south Mumbai's busiest commerc... Read More


City chokes as smog lingers, AQI slips into unhealthy zone

MUMBAI, Feb. 3 -- Despite being repeatedly rapped by the Bombay High Court, efforts by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to rein in rising air pollution appear to be yielding little impact,... Read More


BMC rolls out steeper fines for civic offences in bye-laws

MUMBAI, Feb. 3 -- Determined to crack down on civic disobedience, the BMC has rolled out tougher penalties for waste generators across Mumbai, including individuals, hawkers, commercial establishments... Read More


Gujarat corridor of bullet train to launch by Dec

MUMBAI, Feb. 3 -- The 50-km-long first phase of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) or bullet train between Bilimora and Surat is expected to be complete by the end of this year, while commer... Read More


2 held as CBI busts 3 cyber fraud networks

MUMBAI, Feb. 3 -- Two people have been arrested after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out searches at 35 locations across several states including Maharashtra as part of its crackdow... Read More


Traffic cop dies five days after accident

MUMBAI, Feb. 3 -- A 38-year-old traffic police constable who was injured in an accident on January 28 succumbed to his injuries on Monday morning. The police said the accident took place on the Easter... Read More


No relief for 98-yr-old in 3-decade-old fraud case

MUMBAI, Feb. 3 -- A special court on Monday refused to discharge a 98-year-old bedridden cancer survivor and neurocognitive disorder patient from a 30-year-old alleged bank fraud case worth Rs.11.89 c... Read More


State aims to plant 3bn trees in next 5 years

Mumbai, Feb. 3 -- The Maharashtra government on Monday decided to set up the Green Maharashtra Authority (GMA) with an eye on increasing forest cover in the state from 20% to 33%, to address climate c... Read More