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Thousands stranded on NH-48 as farmers' agitation continues

PUNE, Nov. 6 -- Amid the festive rush, the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway (NH-48) remained blocked for the third consecutive day on Thursday due to a farmers' agitation led by former MP Raju Shetti, ... Read More


'You're linked to Rs.15-cr fraud': Fake cops dupe 79-yr-old of Rs.1.1 crore

MUMBAI, Nov. 6 -- A 79-year-old retired employee living in Azad Nagar, Andheri, was cheated of Rs.1.10 crore in a cyber fraud after scammers placed him under 'digital arrest'. The victim, Harivandan D... Read More


Cooper blood bank suspended for lacking documentation

Mumbai, Nov. 6 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday suspended the operations of the blood bank at Dr R N Cooper Hospital for two days due to alleged lapses in maintaining proper docum... Read More


Enticed by deepfake video of finance minister, retd woman loses Rs.2.82 cr

MUMBAI, Nov. 6 -- A 76-year-old retired public sector employee from Borivali was duped of Rs.2.82 crore after she came across a deepfake video of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging senior citi... Read More


Gold, silver-coated mithai on FDA radar

MUMBAI, Nov. 6 -- FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has directed his team to sample gold-coated mithai sold at Rs.24,000 per kilogram in Amravati district following consumer complaints. Clarifying that ... Read More


suicides at iit bombay: Parents meet Rahul Gandhi, seek help

Mumbai, Nov. 6 -- Parents of two IIT Bombay students who died by suicide met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Thursday, seeking their intervention in the investigations i... Read More


HC sets aside bail for Waze in Antilia case

Mumbai, Nov. 6 -- The Bombay high court on Thursday set aside a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court order granting bail to dismissed police officer Sachin Waze in the 2021 Antilia explos... Read More


Kolhapur sugar factory case: ED case against Mushrif closed

MUMBAI, Nov. 6 -- A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court has closed the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) money-laundering case against Maharashtra minister Hasan Mushrif, his three so... Read More


BMC plans third phase of road works amid pollution concerns

Mumbai, Nov. 6 -- At a time when Mumbai is grappling with deteriorating air quality, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated the tender process for the third phase of its road concr... Read More


After row, Torrent Power asked to 'transplant as many trees as possible'

Mumbai, Nov. 6 -- Following the row over axing of more than 32,000 trees in Karjat for a pumped storage hydropower project, the Alibag forest division has asked the company behind the project, Gujarat... Read More