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Spotlight on air charter firm after fatal crash

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The crash of VT-SSK, a 16-year-old eight-seater jet popularly used for short-haul charter flights, that killed Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar has brought the spotlight on VSR A... Read More


'For us, Ajit Pawar was Baramati'

BARAMATI, Jan. 29 -- News of Ajit Pawar's violent end struck at the heart of Baramati early on Wednesday. Usually marching to the beat of buses, traders, farmers and political workers on the move, the... Read More


How Ajit's death may impact Maha politics

Mumbai, Jan. 29 -- The sudden death of Ajit Pawar is expected to have a significant impact on Maharashtra politics, which has been witnessing upheavals since 2019, when the BJP and the undivided Shiv ... Read More


NCP faces leadership void; kin may step in

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- Ajit Pawar's sudden death has left a leadership vacuum in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), with no successor commanding both organisational authority and the confidence of its ... Read More


SRA expected to hand over six new school buildings to BMC before June

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- Ten buildings meant for BMC schools have been caught in a long-running dispute between the civic body and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), leading to an acute shortage of cl... Read More


Fake cops rob Kenyan trader of Rs.66.45 lakh

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- A 26-year-old Kenyan garment trader was on Tuesday robbed of around Rs.66.45 lakh by two bike-borne men who claimed they were policemen. The accused intercepted the cab the trader w... Read More


Bus driver in police custody, blames toddler's guardian for negligence

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- The 45-year-old school bus driver involved in the accident where a toddler died on Tuesday, has been remanded to police custody till January 30 by the Girgaon metropolitan magistrat... Read More


2017 murder accused gets life imprisonment

NAVI MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- The Belapur sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of a Sanpada resident in 2017. Additional district and sessions judge PA Sane also imposed a ... Read More


No discharge for accused in Amaravati pharmacist murder

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has rejected the discharge plea of Abdul Taufeeque Shaikh, who is accused of killing Amravati-based pharmacist Umesh Kolhe over h... Read More


HC nod to Abu Salem's parole under an escort

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted a four-day parole under an escort to gangster Abu Salem, a convict in the March 1993 Mumbai serial bombings case. Salem, currently lodged ... Read More