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Contractor stabbed outside BMC ward office

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- A civil contractor was attacked outside the F-North office of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) by four persons, after allegedly being threatened over a civic contract. Th... Read More


22 BEST depots to be revamped to fund Rs.28,000-crore revival

Mumbai, Aug. 5 -- The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Committee on Tuesday approved an ambitious plan to revive the cash-strapped undertaking by redeveloping 22 of its 27 bus depots ... Read More


Glass in mid-day meal: FDA cancels supplier's licence

Mumbai, Aug. 5 -- Days after small glass shards were found in the mid-day meal served to students at a municipal school in Ghatkopar, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cancelled the licence o... Read More


BEST to procure 1,500 electric buses to revive 100-125 routes

Mumbai, Aug. 5 -- The BEST Committee on Tuesday also approved the procurement of 1,500 new electric buses under the central government's PM E-Drive scheme, which will allow it to revive at least 100-1... Read More


MTNL cable theft racket busted; 7 held

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- The police arrested seven persons and busted an alleged MTNL cable theft racket in the early hours of Tuesday after catching the accused digging up a road in south Mumbai while posin... Read More


Tempo runs over 61-yr-old man

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- A 61-year-old man was killed after being run over by a tempo near the Sandhuwadi bus stop on Sion-Trombay Road in Chembur on Monday while on his way to work. The deceased, Namdev Cha... Read More


Congress's 'goongi gudiya' jibe at Sunetra sparks political row

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- Emotions ran high among NCP leaders and the Mahayuti partners after the opposition Congress addressed deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar as "goongi gudiya" (mute doll), ironically l... Read More


Educationist, former governor dies at 90

PUNE, Aug. 5 -- Dr D Y Patil, founder of the D Y Patil Group that pioneered private professional education in Maharashtra, former governor of Bihar, Tripura and West Bengal, and a Padma Shri awardee p... Read More


SIR-burdened teachers cry foul over language camp directive

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- The state government has directed schools across Maharashtra to organise a seven-day 'Indian Language Summer Camp' in August, and to preserve attendance records, photographic evidenc... Read More


MMC registers 1st homeopath amid protest

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- A day after the state government approved the conditional registration of homoeopaths, allowing them to dispense allopathy medicines in remote and rural areas, Mankhurd-based Dr Neha... Read More