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Bandra W ground set to become a convention centre

MUMBAI, June 25 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) plan to convert an 8,450 sq m football ground at Bandra Reclamation into a convention and exhibition centre moved a step closer on Wed... Read More


Spat over shutting train door ends in fatal stabbing of 22-year-old man

MUMBAI, June 25 -- A 22-year-old man was stabbed to death inside the first-class compartment of a Churchgate-Nalasopara local train on Tuesday night, following a spat with a fellow passenger over clos... Read More


'Mayank was jovial, stylish, a fantastic photographer'

MUMBAI, June 25 -- "Jovial, stylish, a fantastic photographer, and an equally simple person." That is how neighbours and acquaintances remember 22-year-old Mayank Lohar, who was allegedly stabbed to d... Read More


'Amazon integral partner in Maha's digital journey'

Mumbai, June 25 -- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday met Amazon chief executive officer (CEO) Andy Jassy in the city, on the first day of the latter's India visit. "We had a nice discussio... Read More


BMC set to take over Aarey Hosp for 30 yrs

Mumbai, June 25 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to take over operations of the state-run Aarey Hospital in Goregaon for a period of 30 years, with an eye on improving heal... Read More


Maha offers electricity duty waiver to IT, ITeS and data centres

Mumbai, June 25 -- In a push for the digital economy, the state government has unveiled new incentives offering long-term and permanent electricity-duty exemptions to Information Technology (IT) firms... Read More


Women artists speak about power, expression in visual arts

MUMBAI, June 25 -- What does it mean to be a woman artist? Or a woman in the arts? Shakuntala Kulkarni, Prajakta Potnis, Yardena Kurulkar and Saviya Lopes -- all Mumbai-based artists across age groups... Read More


HC seeks coastal rd plantation report

MUMBAI, June 25 -- Six months after the Bombay High Court permitted the felling of 45,675 mangroves for the proposed Versova Bhayandar Coastal Road citing "demonstrably required public interest", the ... Read More


Maha MPs have used just 13.37% of MPLADS funds

Mumbai, June 25 -- Maharashtra's 48 MPs have spent just over 13% of the funds allocated to them under the central government's Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), barely half ... Read More


mann attacks rival parties for using fake video to defame him

Chandigarh, June 25 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday slammed the rival parties of joining hands and using the objectionable video, which he claimed is fake, to defame him, amid the ... Read More