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19-yr-old rams into 4 pedestrians in Powai hit-and-run

Mumbai, May 4 -- A 19-year-old car driver was arrested on Sunday evening for allegedly ramming into four pedestrians and fleeing the spot on Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR) near Mahatma Phule Nag... Read More


woman killed in bandra after confronting man for public urination

MUMBAI, May 4 -- A 78-year-old woman was strangled and bludgeoned to death with a brick in Bandra East after she objected to a man urinating in public. The Kherwadi police in Bandra have arrested the ... Read More


RTO official, aide booked by CBI for soliciting bribe

Mumbai, May 4 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) booked an official at the Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Silvassa, Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, in a brib... Read More


Love-hate between Cong, Thackeray

India, May 4 -- The messy relationship between partners flared up again, in the run-up to the legislative council nominations. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray's decision to field senior party l... Read More


Fines for spitting and littering on Western Rly surge 13-fold in April

MUMBAI, May 4 -- Despite a Rs.500 fine and intensified enforcement, commuters continue to spit and litter across Western Railway stations, with April recording a sharp surge in cases along the Western... Read More


ICT faculty write to board to push for central univ status

MUMBAI, May 4 -- Two separate letters have brought the focus back on the Institute of Chemical Technology's (ICT) future, funding challenges, and institutional status. Both letters approach the issue ... Read More


New rules at Oscars gives India a chance

MUMBAI/LOS ANGELES, May 4 -- On May 1, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduced a series of revisions to its existing rules. Ahead of the 99th Oscars in 2027, the regulations mandate... Read More


Study abroad fraud: Agent held after 5 months on the run

MUMBAI, May 4 -- Five months after she went off the radar, one of the three accused linked to a study-abroad consultancy that allegedly duped a Kandivali doctor of Rs.10.11 lakh on the promise of secu... Read More


Inside city's crumbling LIC chawls

MUMBAI, May 4 -- For a cluster of ageing chawls and buildings at Khetwadi and Lamington Road in Mumbai, a slogan hovers as a cruel irony: 'Zindagi ke saath bhi, zindagi ke baad bhi' (With you in life,... Read More


School founded by Ambedkar set to shut down

MUMBAI, May 4 -- There will be no roll call at Siddharth Night School in Fort this academic year. Founded 80 years ago by Dr BR Ambedkar, Dalit leader and architect of the Indian Constitution, the sch... Read More