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Andheri subway could flood this year too, says BMC chief

Mumbai, May 20 -- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Ashwini Bhide on Tuesday said those using the Andheri subway would have to endure flooding this year too as the civic body was s... Read More


BMC seeks Rs.10k cr from Centre for city

MUMBAI, May 20 -- The BMC has sought over Rs.10,000 crore from the central government to finance various city projects such as sewage treatment plants, drinking water projects, and to finance flood re... Read More


INS Guldar submerged for India's 1st underwater warship museum

PUNE, May 20 -- After repeated delays last year due to heightened security alerts during 'Operation Sindoor' and the early arrival of the southwest monsoon, the decommissioned Indian Navy vessel, INS ... Read More


Sunetra meets Prashant Kishor amid NCP tussle

Mumbai, May 20 -- Amid widespread speculation of a tussle with her party's senior leadership, Nationalist Congress Party chief and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar, met political strate... Read More


Abhishek Banerjee's firms get notice over illegal constructions

Kolkata, May 20 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has issued notices to Abhishek Banerjee's company, Leaps and Bounds Private Limited, over alleged illegal constructions in some of the buildi... Read More


Don't slaughter cows on Eid, urge Muslim clerics

Kolkata, May 20 -- Muslim clerics across West Bengal have advised the community against offering cows for qurbani on Eid-al-Adha. The development comes days after the state home department, headed by ... Read More


Umar spins Churchgate Centre B to win

Mumbai, May 20 -- After figures of 6/37 in the first innings, off-spinner Mohammed Umar took 5/53 in the second innings to help Churchgate Centre B earn an eight-wicket win over Thane Centre B in thei... Read More


No takers for BMC's plan to set up shelters

MUMBAI, May 20 -- The civic administration's moves to set up shelters for Mumbai's stray dogs has been met with little or no enthusiasm. Animal welfare groups say some of the BMC's conditions, especia... Read More


TMC candidate withdraws two days before Falta repoll

Kolkata, May 20 -- Jahangir Khan, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from Falta in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas withdrew from the contest two days ahead of polling in a major embarrassment for ... Read More


unreasonable grounds: COURT DENIES INTERIM BAIL TO UMAR

New Delhi, May 20 -- A court on Tuesday dismissed a bail plea by former JNU student Umar Khalid, accused in the 2020 Delhi riots, calling the grounds unreasonable. He sought 15 days' interim bail to a... Read More