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40 gangs active in MTNL cable theft

MUMBAI, Aug. 8 -- Around 40 different gangs across the city are involved in systematically digging out defunct telecom cables belonging to the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and selling the ... Read More


BMC sweeper run over by BEST bus in Mulund

Mumbai, Aug. 8 -- A 56-year-old BMC sanitation worker was killed after she was run over by a Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus while crossing the road at a traffic signal in Mulund... Read More


Bizman loses $6k cash from room of luxe Bandra hotel

MUMBAI, Aug. 8 -- A luxury stay at a five-star hotel in Bandra turned into an expensive mystery for a Kolkata-based businessman-scientist after $6,000 (around Rs.5.28 lakh) allegedly went missing from... Read More


Prashant Kishor's meeting with Sunetra Pawar sparks churn in NCP, unease in BJP

MUMBAI, Aug. 8 -- The meeting between the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leadership and poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Thursday ruffled feathers within the party and among its ... Read More


Notices were served before Meghwadi demolition: DRP

MUMBAI, Aug. 8 -- A day after families were dragged out of their homes as demolition began at Meghwadi in Dharavi, the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) on Friday defended the eviction drive, insist... Read More


Duo booked for duping 6 docs of Rs.40L in fake hosp lease deal

Mumbai, Aug. 8 -- A couple has been booked for allegedly cheating six doctors of nearly Rs.40 lakh after promising to lease them a property in Malad for a multi-speciality hospital, only for the docto... Read More


'Paying homage to GN Saibaba not illegal': 7 TISS students get bail

MUMBAI, Aug. 8 -- Nearly ten months after nine students of Mumbai's Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) sought anticipatory bail in a case registered over a memorial for former Delhi University p... Read More


Aaditya Thackeray expands drive to protect Mumbai's open spaces

MUMBAI, Aug. 8 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has widened his campaign against the allotment of 16 acres of public land to an educational trust led by BJP MLC Amrish Patel, directing part... Read More


BJP leader arrested for using casteist remarks against ex-MP

Mumbai, Aug. 8 -- The arrest of the BJP's former general secretary and north Maharashtra convenor Vijay Chaudhari for allegedly using objectionable language against former BJP MP Heena Gavit has expos... Read More


S'pore-based firm roped in for Mumbai 3.0 master plan

Mumbai, Aug. 8 -- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has inked an agreement with the Singapore-based Surbana Jurong Infrastructure Pvt Ltd to prepare a vision document, maste... Read More