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BEST awaits BMC nod to fix 1,200 cable fault spots

Mumbai, July 4 -- Under fire over recurring power outages in south Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking has identified nearly 1,200 locations where underground pow... Read More


Court denies bail in Rs.115-Cr Satara MD bust

MUMBAI, July 4 -- A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Friday refused bail to Kuruvilla Omen Cherian, an accused in the alleged Rs.115-crore mephedrone (MD) manufactur... Read More


City to get 3 stray dog shelters in six months; feeding to be restricted

MUMBAI, July 4 -- The Maharashtra government on Friday informed the Assembly that Mumbai will get three dedicated shelters for stray dogs within the next six months, while reiterating that feeding of ... Read More


'Energy drinks' don't exist : FDA slams mislabelling

MUMBAI, July 4 -- Makers of 'energy drinks' have been told to stop mislabelling these products as such a classification does not exist under the law, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA... Read More


50 rescued as fire tears through SRA building in Andheri

MUMBAI, July 4 -- Panic gripped a seven-storey slum rehabilitation building in Andheri West on Friday afternoon after a massive fire erupted in the ground-floor meter room and raced through the buildi... Read More


Centre upset over gaps in Maha school edu system

MUMBAI, July 4 -- The union ministry of education on Thursday raised serious concerns about the condition of Maharashtra's school education system while approving the annual work plan and budget (AWP&... Read More


Rains slash MMR vegetable rates by up to 35%

Navi Mumbai, July 4 -- Incessant rains across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) have driven wholesale vegetable prices down by up to 35% at the Vashi Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), a... Read More


14 years on, 6-hour drive to Goa still a distant dream

Mumbai, July 4 -- Fourteen years after work began on the Rs.16,000-crore Mumbai-Goa National Highway, commuters are still grappling with dangerous roads, diversions, potholes and waterlogging across t... Read More


Baba Siddique murder: Plea to secure Anmol Bishnoi custody

MUMBAI, July 4 -- Shehzeen Ziauddin Siddique, the widow of slain Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former minister Baba Siddique, on Friday moved a special Maharashtra Control of Organised C... Read More


Bill tabled to overhaul healthcare regulation

MUMBAI, July 4 -- To modernise the healthcare regulatory framework in the state, the Maharashtra government tabled a new legislation on Friday, replacing a seven-decades-old law. The Maharashtra Clini... Read More