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ED charge-sheets 10 in Rs.43.73-cr redvpt fraud

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- The ED has submitted charge sheet against 10 people and entities over an alleged diversion of Rs.43.73 crore collected from flat and shop buyers for redevelopment projects across Mu... Read More


water pipeline in thane hit by major leak

Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- A major leak was detected in the 3,000-mm-diameter Mumbai-III water pipeline near Teen Hath Naka in Thane, close to the Eastern Express Highway, on Thursday, prompting the BMC to la... Read More


MSEDCL raises electricity tariffs for all consumers

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- Electricity consumers in Mulund, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombivli in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and in the rest of Maharashtra will have to pay more for power as the... Read More


Man killed for intervening in Rs.250 bill row

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- A 29-year-old man who stepped in to settle a quarrel over a Rs.250 restaurant bill was beaten to death with wooden planks in Goregaon West on Wednesday night. The Goregaon police ar... Read More


Cong opposes BMC's plan to lease Century Mill land

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- Congress group leader in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Ashraf Azmi, has opposed the civic body's proposal to lease the 6.17-acre Century Mill land in Lower Parel to ... Read More


Ministerial task force to implement drone policy

Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced that his government will constitute a ministerial task force to ensure the effective implementation of the state's... Read More


vile parle fire: notice issued to bldg soc over ineffective fire fighting system

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- Two days after a fire gutted an 11th-floor apartment in Vile Parle, killing two-year-old Abir Vatavia and his 23-year-old nanny Ankita Chetri, the Mumbai Fire Brigade has issued a n... Read More


Rs.1.3k-cr fake work orders surface ahead of Kumbh

PUNE, Aug. 14 -- In a major scam related to the upcoming Kumbh Mela in Nashik, fraudsters have allegedly issued eight fake work orders worth over Rs.1,349 crore over the past 14 weeks. The first two c... Read More


24-year-old drowns at Kharghar waterfall

NAVI MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- A 24-year-old man from Panvel drowned while swimming in the pool below Pandavkada waterfall in Kharghar on Thursday afternoon, despite a rescue operation by the CIDCO fire brig... Read More


1999 mayor attack: HC grants 3-month remission to Chhota Shakeel aide

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- A Chhota Shakeel aide serving a life sentence for his role in the 1999 attack on former Mumbai mayor Milind Vaidya, in which three people were killed, has been granted a three-month... Read More