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Co-owners' consent must for joint land sales, says state govt

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- The Maharashtra government has tightened land registration rules to prevent the sale of jointly held land without other co-owners' knowledge or consent. Under the new procedure, sel... Read More


Conversion solely for marriage can't be permitted

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday held that while individuals are free to change their religion, conversion solely for the purpose of marriage cannot be permitted. The court also ob... Read More


Rs.500 cr row: Jarange presents audio clips

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of conspiring against him ahead of the 2024 elections, on Thursday. During a press conference in ... Read More


'Reaction of pollutants with salt in sea water behind haze'

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- Beyond established two factors contributing to Mumbai's air pollution -- vehicular emissions and construction dust - the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified sodi... Read More


Man unloading chickens dies in freak accident after tempo door hits BEST bus in Andheri

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- A 53-year-old man, Farid Ahmad Shaikh, died in a freak accident in MIDC, Andheri East on Wednesday after a stationary tempo door from which he was unloading chickens grazed a passin... Read More


23 booked for manhandling cops probing garba sword case in Titwala

THANE, Oct. 23 -- What began as a probe into a viral video of youths brandishing swords at a Varap garba event escalated into a high-voltage clash in Kamba, near Titwala. Acting on a tip-off, a Thane ... Read More


Amid stiff opposition, BMC to dereserve Alexandra Cinema plot in Byculla for residential use

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- The BMC Improvements Committee on Thursday passed a proposal to delete the cinema reservation on the 1,005-sq-m plot of the defunct Alexandra Cinema in Byculla-Nagpada, paving the w... Read More


Badlapur IVF racket: ED seizes Rs.29L cash, freezes bank lockers

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized cash worth Rs.29 lakh and frozen several bank lockers and mutual fund (MF) investments during searches conducted on Friday as part of its... Read More


Airport security officer, 21, killed by ex-lover over suspected affair

NAVI MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- A 21-year-old security officer at Navi Mumbai International Airport died on Wednesday, a day after she was allegedly stabbed multiple times by her former partner near Nerul rai... Read More


'Felling 1.5k trees for GMLR could lead to more heat, pollution'

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- The proposed felling of 1,524 trees for the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project could further aggravate Mumbai's rising heat and pollution, undermine its ecological balance and... Read More