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Majority don't know BMC budget size, funds: Survey

MUMBAI, Dec. 28 -- A comprehensive citywide survey has found that a majority of Mumbaikars do not know how the BMC, the country's richest municipal body, functions, with 72% unaware of its annual budg... Read More


Staff crunch as 29 municipal corporations vote together

Mumbai, Dec. 28 -- With elections to all 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra being held simultaneously, civic bodies are facing a severe shortage of staff for election-related duties. While t... Read More


Other than Marathi manoos, Thackerays seek help of Muslims

MUMBAI, Dec. 28 -- Three decades after the Shiv Sena was accused of stoking communal riots in Mumbai, the Thackerays are turning to the Muslim community to bolster their poll prospects in their fight ... Read More


Two missing 10-yr-old boys found in a garden after night-long search

MUMBAI, Dec. 28 -- Two 10-year-old boys from Sahakar Nagar in Virar East, who went missing on Thursday evening, were found by the Virar police on Friday morning in a garden after an overnight search. ... Read More


High court dissolves marriage of topchef-restaurateur Farrokh Khambata

MUMBAI, Dec. 28 -- The Bombay High Court has dissolved the marriage of one of the city's top chef-cum-restaurateurs, Farrokh Aspi Khambata, after he deserted his wife and allegedly fled to the Philipp... Read More


Court upholds life sentence to tailor who assaulted wife and killed mother-in-law

Mumbai, Dec. 28 -- The Bombay High Court recently upheld the life imprisonment handed out to a tailor, who assaulted and killed his mother-in-law with a scissor in 2012. Dismissing the accused Murgesh... Read More


Seat-sharing splits Pawars again, NCP (SP) turns to MVA

PUNE, Dec. 28 -- Negotiations between the two rival Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions over seat sharing have hit a deadlock, prompting the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) to reopen talks with Congre... Read More


'Toilet test', essays irk poll hopefuls

MUMBAI, Dec. 28 -- Candidates hoping for a seat at the table in the BMC must first pass the "toilet test". They must prove - with visuals - that they have a toilet in their home, or access to a public... Read More


Aravallis: SC takes suo motu cognisance, lists it for Dec 29

New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Saturday took suo motu cognisance of the contentious issue surrounding the definition of the Aravallis, reopening the possibility of a judicial relook at its... Read More


Modi calls for cooperative federalism for dvpt goals

New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for strengthened cooperative federalism to bolster human capital to meet India's long-term development goal during the fifth natio... Read More