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898 BEST drivers face action for rash driving

Mumbai, Sept. 17 -- BEST has taken disciplinary action against 898 drivers for rash and negligent driving between January 2025 and May 2026, with 789 of those drivers operating buses under its wet-lea... Read More


8k computer teachers await posts as state gears up for AI lessons

Mumbai, Sept. 17 -- Maharashtra government schools may soon expand computer education to include artificial intelligence (AI), coding and data science, but around 8,000 experienced computer teachers a... Read More


After 10 yrs in jail, man convicted of wife's murder acquitted by HC

Mumbai, Sept. 17 -- After spending a decade in jail for murdering his wife, a life-convict is set to walk out of the Mumbai Central prison after the Bombay High Court recently held that the circumstan... Read More


A plank, a prayer and a promise to Bappa

MUMBAI, Sept. 17 -- Amit Shiwalkar, 48, woke up at 6:00am on Wednesday, early enough to get from Govandi to Parel by 11:00am. Like millions of devotees, Shiwalkar was determined to visit Lalbaugcha Ra... Read More


5 of family killed as car crashes into abandoned truck on hwy

THANE, Sept. 17 -- Five members of a family, including two children, were killed and six others were injured after the car they were travelling in rammed into an abandoned truck parked by the roadside... Read More


Palghar Sena chief Gharat sent to judicial custody

PALGHAR, Sept. 17 -- A local court on Wednesday extended the police custody of 22 people arrested in connection with the alleged assault and abuse of staff at a private hospital in Palghar by two days... Read More


NCP readies Sunetra-driven campaign amid internal strife

Mumbai, Sept. 17 -- Eight months after she took over the reins of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the party is planning an extensive campaign to project its national president, Sunetra Pawar as ... Read More


14 bikes gutted in parking area of Bhiwandi building; no injuries

THANE, Sept. 17 -- Fourteen two-wheelers were gutted and an electrical meter box was completely destroyed after a fire broke out in the parking area of a five-storey residential building in Bhiwandi's... Read More


State softens stand as Jarange refuses to budge

MUMBAI, Sept. 17 -- After maintaining a firm stand for nearly a week, the state government softened its position and sent a draft proposal to Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Wednesday, t... Read More


Bank employee held for using duplicate key to steal Rs.66L from locker

MUMBAI, Sept. 17 -- A bank employee allegedly created a duplicate key for a customer's bank account and stole gold and diamond-studded jewellery and gold coins worth Rs.66.25 lakh from a Goregaon bran... Read More