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Day after man's death, falling cement block injures 1 at metro site

MUMBAI, Sept. 21 -- Metro construction sites across the city continue to pose a serious threat to motorists and commuters, with falling objects putting lives at risk. A 23-year-old man suffered seriou... Read More


'BMC cannot blame architects for foul air'

MUMBAI, Sept. 21 -- Architects are objecting to the BMC's decision to hold them and licenced surveyors responsible for air pollution lapses at construction sites. The Council of Architecture has writt... Read More


Dissenting voices emerge as Maratha stir ends 'abruptly'

Mumbai, Sept. 21 -- Days after Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil unexpectedly called off his indefinite hunger strike, dissenting voices have begun emerging from within the community. Besides... Read More


171 IIT students died unnatural deaths in 20 years; 82% suicides on campus

MUMBAI, Sept. 21 -- At least 171 students in various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have died by suicide or in other unnatural ways in the last 20 years - between January 2006 and September 20... Read More


IIT-B board to meet today to discuss campus suicide, students' demands

MUMBAI, Sept. 21 -- Three days after protesting students at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) refused to back down following Friday's suicide on campus, the institute has convened a sp... Read More


Fourth Vikhe-Patil enters politics, 41-yr-old Nila to represent Stockholm City in Sweden parliament

PUNE, Sept. 21 -- In what marks the fourth generation of a family entering electoral politics, Nila Vikhe Patil, 41 - great-granddaughter of Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil who founded Asia's first (Pravara) c... Read More


Pushback against BMC demolition drive against 14-ft and taller slums

MUMBAI, Sept. 21 -- The BMC's demolition drive against slum structures higher than 14 feet, scheduled to begin from October 1, has drawn its first pushback. A legal notice was sent on Saturday to the ... Read More


When Shinde outdid the BJP

India, Sept. 21 -- On Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday last week, the one who took the lead in the celebrations was not a BJP leader but deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Sh... Read More


19-yr-old electrocuted in Jogeshwari visarjan pond

MUMBAI, Sept. 21 -- A 19-year-old man died after being electrocuted at a BMC-run artificial immersion pond in Jogeshwari East in the early hours of Sunday. The victim, Rohit Bhim Singh Rathod, was ins... Read More


26-year-old electrocuted in Ulhasnagar after coming in contact with CCTV pole

Thane, Sept. 21 -- A 26-year-old woman died in Ulhasnagar on Friday after allegedly coming in contact with a CCTV pole which had live electrical current passing through it. The deceased, Karishma Madh... Read More