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DRI busts pan-India gold smuggling network, nabs 11; 6.6-kg gold bars seized

Mumbai, Sept. 28 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a pan-India gold smuggling syndicate, arresting 11 people and seizing 6.61 kg of foreign-origin gold bars valued at Rs.10.3... Read More


ICT prof moves HC against VC's second reappointment

MUMBAI, Sept. 28 -- A senior professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai, has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the reappointment of vice-chancellor Aniruddha B Pandit for a ... Read More


Two crashes in Navi Mumbai leave 36-yr-old woman dead, nine injured

NAVI MUMBAI, Sept. 28 -- A 36-year-old woman was killed and nine people were injured in two separate road accidents reported hours apart in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. The fatal crash occurred around 1.30p... Read More


15-year-old knifed over School dispute, two booked

MUMBAI, Sept. 28 -- A months-old dispute between two schoolboys escalated into violence in Sakinaka on Saturday evening, when a 15-year-old Class 9 student was attacked with a cutter on the neck, by h... Read More


Unmanned boats to remove marine waste at two ports

Mumbai, Sept. 28 -- Two unmanned electric boats will soon patrol the waters around Sassoon Dock and Jamshedji Port to scoop up floating garbage, with the BMC approving Rs.3.64 crore for their deployme... Read More


HC allows Lawyers Collective to seek settlement of FCRA offence

MUMBAI, Sept. 28 -- The Bombay High Court has allowed 'Lawyers Collective', an NGO, and its founders, senior advocates Indira Jaising and Anand Grover, to seek settlement of an alleged Foreign Contrib... Read More


HC quashes case against Petit trustees over property sale

MUMBAI, Sept. 28 -- The Bombay High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against the trustees of Nusserwanjee Maneckjee Petit Charitable Institution over allegations of forgery, cheating, criminal b... Read More


Sujay Vikhe Patil: Not taking credit for Nila's win

PUNE, Sept. 28 -- Differences within the Vikhe-Patil family have spilled out into the open following a public exchange between member of the Swedish Parliament Nila Vikhe-Patil and her uncle Radhakris... Read More


Sharad Pawar seeks loan waiver, cash aid for drought-hit farmers

MUMBAI, Sept. 28 -- A day after the Maharashtra government declared drought in 265 of its 358 talukas, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday wrote to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking a 17-poin... Read More


Murky Ulhasnagar river chokes pumps, cuts water supply by 20%

Thane, Sept. 28 -- A sharp increase in mud and sediment in the Ulhasnagar river over the past 10 days has repeatedly clogged pumps at filtration plants, reducing treated-water supply by around 20% to ... Read More