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Nose for trouble: How five Labrador siblings sniff out narcotics trail at airports

PUNE, Sept. 27 -- When Ovi stopped by a wheeled luggage at Pune airport in August 2026 and signalled her handler, customs officials knew she had sniffed trouble. Inside the luggage's specially created... Read More


4 injured AS Car enters Ganpati procession

MUMBAI, Sept. 27 -- Four people suffered minor injuries after a car drove into a Ganpati procession on Kaka Saheb Gadgil Marg in Prabhadevi on Friday evening. Police said the car, driven by 21-year-ol... Read More


RTI reveals IIT-B has few SC, ST, OBC profs despite spl recruitment drive

MUMBAI, Sept. 27 -- Despite a special recruitment drive for SC and ST faculty members, the representation of the SC, ST and OBCs remains low at IIT Bombay. According to RTI data accessed by HT, as of ... Read More


Students demand independent inquiry into IIT Bombay suicide

MUMBAI, Sept. 27 -- Students standing in support of the 20-year-old IIT Bombay student who allegedly died by suicide last week have demanded that the committee set up to investigate his death be disso... Read More


Four more arrested in MPSC paper leak

MUMBAI, Sept. 27 -- The crime branch has arrested two candidates and two middlemen on Friday in connection with the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) paper leak for recruitment of drug insp... Read More


18-year-old booked for letting minor drive car that plunged onto railway tracks

NAVI MUMBAI, Sept. 27 -- Three days after a Honda City plunged nearly 70 feet from Parsik Hill Road, landing on the Belapur-Uran railway tracks, the CBD Belapur police have booked the 18-year-old owne... Read More


'Ganpati noise dips, but political booths cross decibel limits'

MUMBAI, Sept. 27 -- Most Ganpati visarjan processions in Mumbai on September 25 and 26 appeared to have turned down the volume on loudspeakers and DJ music compared with last year. However, political ... Read More


9-yr-old hurt after man hurls stones at local near Wadala

MUMBAI, Sept. 27 -- A nine-year-old boy travelling with his family on a local train suffered an injury below his right eye after a man allegedly hurled stones at the train following an argument with a... Read More


BMC turns to L&T to fix Coastal Rd CCTV blackout

MUMBAI, Sept. 27 -- The BMC has turned to Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to find a long-term solution to the repeated cable thefts that have left CCTV cameras inoperative along most of Mumbai's Coastal Road. T... Read More


ambulance driver held for carrying Rs.1-cr Leopard skin

MUMBAI, Sept. 27 -- A leopard skin allegedly worth around Rs.1 crore was found inside an ambulance intercepted near August Kranti Maidan in Grant Road, with the Gamdevi police arresting the vehicle's ... Read More