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Fadnavis raps Sena on cross-party support in MLC polls

MUMBAI, Oct. 19 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday expressed displeasure at the growing differences among the Mahayuti allies ahead of the October 23 biennial elections to five seats in the... Read More


Man's second wife killed by first wife's father and brother

Mumbai, Oct. 19 -- A woman who was her husband's second wife was allegedly strangled to death by her husband's first wife's father and brother, with the accused dumping her body in bushes near Mahim c... Read More


20 years after doc's death, convict set to walk free

Mumbai, Oct. 19 -- Two decades after an orthopedic surgeon from Pune was murdered for ransom and his body dismembered, Deepti Devasthali, a former student of medicine, who was convicted for abducting ... Read More


Driver killed after row over bike collision

Thane, Oct. 19 -- A cab driver was allegedly stabbed to death after his car brushed against a motorcycle on a damaged stretch of road in Kalyan's Wadvali village early on Sunday. The Khadakpada police... Read More


BMC to fund minor repairs in cessed bldgs

MUMBAI, Oct. 19 -- Residents of cessed buildings in Mumbai can now avail of free minor repairs to compound passages, flooring, drainage and water pipelines after being apprised of a funding provision ... Read More


Three men fire three rounds at Wadala resident, two arrested

MUMBAI, Oct. 19 -- A man narrowly escaped death after three men allegedly arrived in an aggregator cab and opened fire at him near SIWS College in Wadala West on Saturday night. The attackers fired th... Read More


CM announces probe, raft of steps for pandal safety; Oppn hits at govt

Kolkata, Oct. 19 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced a raft of measures on Sunday to ensure safety of devotees at Durga Puja pandals across the state even as opposition parties ta... Read More


former cops flag lack of crowd management, space constraint

Kolkata, Oct. 19 -- The death of 19 people at the Chor Bagan stampede pointed to a lack of planning and bad space management, several former officers of the Kolkata Police said on Sunday. Speaking on ... Read More


'There was no way out', recall Kolkata survivors

Kolkata, Oct. 19 -- Akriti Kumari, 17, was for the first time accompanied by her relatives, some of whom had arrived from Gaya in Bihar, for pandal hopping in Kolkata. A trip to the Chor Bagan pandal,... Read More


Locals first to respond, rush stampede victims to city hospital

Kolkata, Oct. 19 -- Sonu Ojha, a resident of Chor Bagan, was chatting with two friends at a tea stall on Amar Basu Sarani, watching the crowd move towards the entrance of a puja pandal. It was drizzli... Read More