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HC issues contempt notices to SRA CEO, 2 officials over false assurances to residents

MUMBAI, Aug. 27 -- The Bombay High Court has issued contempt notices to the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) and two officials of its Grievance Cell for alleged... Read More


DRI nabs woman with drugs worth Rs.3.41 cr

MUMBAI, Aug. 27 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized alleged psychotropic substances worth Rs.3.41 crore from a female passenger in an intelligence-led operation. The woman, sus... Read More


Man arrested, minor booked for vandalising and setting vehicles on fire

THANE, Aug. 27 -- A 19-year-old man was arrested and a minor boy was booked for allegedly vandalising at least 15 vehicles and setting two of them on fire in the Kolshewadi area of Kalyan in the early... Read More


BMC impleaded in mangrove damage case

MUMBAI, Aug. 27 -- The National Green Tribunal's western zone bench in Pune has ordered the BMC to be made a respondent in the ongoing case concerning alleged illegal dumping and destruction of mangro... Read More


SVKM to invest Rs.50 cr to turn 3 grounds into Olympic-standard facilities

Mumbai, Aug. 27 -- Two days after a residents' group from Juhu-Vile Parle moved the Bombay High Court challenging the handover of three prime reserved open spaces measuring 14.11 acres to the Shri Vil... Read More


Tree saves woman who fell off from 10th floor

MUMBAI, Aug. 27 -- A 26-year-old woman, who on Wednesday morning fell from the tenth floor of Sunshine, an SRA building on Lake Road in Bhandup, had a miraculous escape when she landed on a tree inste... Read More


Ex-banker loses Rs.3.83 cr in 'Pahalgam attack' scam

MUMBAI, Aug. 27 -- A retired bank officer was told that a SIM card issued in his name had been used in the 2025 Pahalgam terror attack and that Rs.7 crore had been routed through a bank account opened... Read More


What is really haunting the Amravati girls hostel?

India, Aug. 27 -- Social media was flooded with disturbing news coming in from a tribal hostel for girls in Amravati, Maharashtra last week. Some accompanying videos showed young girls in their classi... Read More


Govt ends segregation of sex workers, brothel-keepers from female prisoners

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- The Delhi government has ended the discriminatory practice of segregating sex workers and brothel-keepers from other women prisoners in the Capital's jails after a Supreme Court-... Read More


six killed, 20 injured as private bus rams truck in Telangana

Hyderabad, Aug. 27 -- At least six people, including five women, were killed and several others injured after a private travel bus rammed into a stationary container truck from behind in Telangana's S... Read More