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Revamped Kala Ghoda to open by end of January

MUMBAI, Dec. 12 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) ongoing beautification of south Mumbai's iconic Kala Ghoda precinct has entered its final phase. Once completed, the upgraded streetsc... Read More


House help stole Rs.3.5-cr gold when family was abroad

MUMBAI, Dec. 12 -- A 44-year-old house help from Kalyan has been arrested for allegedly stealing antique gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs.3.56 crore from a merchant's apartment in Marine Drive. The... Read More


Tea stall owner dead, 2 injured as part of balcony collapses

Mumbai, Dec. 12 -- One person died and two others were injured on Wednesday night after a portion of a second-floor balcony at the Kotak Bhavan on Narsee Natha Street, near Masjid Bunder railway stati... Read More


City records coldest day of season at 15.6degC

Mumbai, Dec. 12 -- The city recorded its coldest morning of the month on Thursday, with the Santacruz observatory logging a minimum temperature of 15.6degC, 3.2degC below normal, according to the Indi... Read More


State announces action against all illegal hawkers in Mumbai

NAGPUR, Dec. 12 -- The state government on Thursday announced in the legislative assembly that barring the 32,415 licenced and surveyed hawkers in Mumbai, all others would face action. In a Calling At... Read More


New amnesty scheme to give OCs to over 20k buildings in Mumbai

MUMBAI, Dec. 12 -- With two final phases of local body polls on the anvil, the state government has announced yet another amnesty scheme for residents of over 20,000 buildings in Mumbai seeking occupa... Read More


Babulnath Temple land lease renewed for 30 years at Rs.1

MUMBAI, Dec. 12 -- The state has renewed the lease on land housing a portion of the Babulnath Temple complex, one of Mumbai's most revered temples, for a period of 30 years, for a nominal Rs.1. The de... Read More


Jesuit priest to challenge reports declaring Stan Swamy's death as natural

MUMBAI, Dec. 12 -- Father Frazer Mascarenhas, former principal of St Xavier's College and a close associate of the late Father Stan Swamy, told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that he will challenge... Read More


Lokayukta Bill cleared; CM in its ambit

MUMBAI, Dec. 12 -- The Maharashtra State Lokayukta Amendment Bill, 2025, was passed by both houses of the state legislature on Thursday, after incorporating three minor amendments suggested by the cen... Read More


Court allows Andekars to contest polls from jail

Pune, Dec. 12 -- A Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court has cleared the way for alleged gangster Bandu alias Suryakant Ranuji Andekar and two of his family members to conte... Read More