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Cultural centre and museum to come up at open plots in BKC

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- Mumbai has just given up open space for a cultural centre, museum and state archives at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), one of the city's most coveted real-estate addresses. To help... Read More


'Love is not penal': SC on minors' relationships

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- "Love is not penal, and it cannot become one," the Supreme Court asserted on Tuesday, underlining that young couples, even those just short of attaining majority, must be "left a... Read More


Kurla floods as Mithi river nears danger mark of 4m

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- Residents of Kurla (West), especially those living in close proximity to the Mithi River, are struck by an intuitive fear every monsoon driven by memories of July 26, 2005, when Mum... Read More


Political blame-game kicks off over Mithi desilting work

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- As the Mithi River nearly touched its "danger mark" of 4 metres, in the aftermath of incessant rainfall on Tuesday, leaders of political parties wasted no time in plunging into a bl... Read More


5th straight day of heavy rain cripples city, suburbs

Mumbai, Aug. 20 -- Heavy rain continued to pound Mumbai for the fifth consecutive day, with several areas recording over 300 mm of rain in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Tuesday. The relentless downpo... Read More


'I thought my heart would stop'

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- "I was close to having a heart attack inside the train," was how Amey Bane, a corporate employee working in Lower Parel, summed up the experience. Bane is not a regular monorail com... Read More


Mumbai's lifeline halted as rain pulls the brakes

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- The Mithi roared like the river it once was rather than the discarded nullah it became over the decades, and on Tuesday, its turbulent force stopped Mumbai's lifeline, the local tra... Read More


3 who looted jeweller at Mum Central were cops, confirms CCTV footage

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- Two days after a case was registered by the Government Railway Police (GRP) against three persons presumed to be cops for extorting Rs.30,000 from a Rajasthani jeweller at Mumbai Ce... Read More


Nod for Metro 11, road link between Thane and NMIA

Mumbai, Aug. 20 -- In a big boost for transport infrastructure in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the state government on Tuesday approved a 16-km underground metro rail connection between Wadal... Read More


Demolish slums in Mahape MIDC: HC

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) to demolish slums, which are illegal encroachments, in Mahape MIDC within four months, which a... Read More