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State clears flood aid for Palghar, VVCMC

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- The state relief and rehabilitation department has announced an aid package for Palghar district and the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), where 23 persons died and thousand... Read More


Two societies booked over tree damage

Mumbai, Aug. 4 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched legal action against two housing societies, one accused of damaging roadside trees and another of pruning more than 100 tree... Read More


CJP rules out political plunge

Mumbai, Aug. 4 -- Laying all speculation to rest, Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday clarified that the outfit would not be transformed into a political party, but would con... Read More


Disha Salian case: HC questions police over refusal to register FIR

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned the Mumbai police over its refusal to register an FIR based on deceased celebrity manager Disha Salian's father's allegations that his daug... Read More


Drop charges against students, top cops told

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- The state home department has instructed the commissioner of police in cities where students protested against the NEET-UG paper leaks, to expedite the withdrawal of cases against th... Read More


Plea about compensation for land acquired in 1951 dismissed

Mumbai, Aug. 4 -- The Bombay High Court last week upheld an interim arbitral award granted to the heirs of the owner of a plot of land in Thane which was acquired in 1951 for building a protective wal... Read More


Man falls off cliff near Zenith waterfall, dies

NAVI MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- A 22-year-old man from Thane died after slipping off a cliff while trekking near Zenith Waterfall in Khalapur taluka of Raigad district early on Monday, police said. The decease... Read More


HC revokes 'private forest' status, raps Maha

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- The Bombay High Court recently granted relief to most of the petitioners in 184 cases where the state government had declared privately-owned forest land as "private forest" under th... Read More


IIT-g student dies after falling into brahmaputra

Silchar, Aug. 3 -- A third-year Bachelor of Technology (BTech) student of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) died after falling into the Brahmaputra, police said on Sunday. The incide... Read More


Woman run over after falling off a scooter due to a pothole

Thane, Aug. 3 -- A 46-year-old woman died on Sunday after she fell off the scooter her husband was riding and was subsequently run over by an oncoming truck. The accident occurred after the scooter th... Read More