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2 kids killed, 1,000 displaced in blaze

India, April 17 -- Two children, one aged two years and the second six months, died in a massive fire that engulfed a slum cluster in Lucknow, leaving around 1,000 people homeless, police said on Thur... Read More


8 killed as SUV rams into truck in Andhra

India, April 17 -- Eight people were killed and 13 others injured when an SUV they were travelling in collided with a ready-mix concrete truck near Chilakaladona village in Mantralayam block of Andhra... Read More


1 killed as speeding car rams into stalled truck

NAVI MUMBAI, April 17 -- A 34-year-old dumper driver was killed and his helper injured after a speeding car rammed into their vehicle, stalled for changing a punctured tyre, near the Atal Setu toll pl... Read More


Drug deaths: Supplier held, police suspect larger racket

MUMBAI, April 17 -- The Vanrai police have arrested a 22-year-old man who allegedly supplied drugs to several attendees of the '999999999' music concert held at the NESCO Exhibition Centre in Goregaon... Read More


Auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers to read from textbooks for Marathi test

MUMBAI, April 17 -- With the May 1 deadline for testing the Marathi proficiency of auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers drawing near, the state transport department is busy putting together a Standard Opera... Read More


Malad 'baba' held for duping people in name of exorcism

MUMBAI, April 17 -- A 'self-styled exorcist' from Malad was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly cheating multiple people by luring them into rituals and issuing death threats if they refused to comply... Read More


'Matrimonial court can't casually order psychiatric test of spouse'

MUMBAI, April 17 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday ruled that trial courts have the power to refer parties to a matrimonial litigation to psychiatric evaluation, but such discretionary power canno... Read More


Not absconding, Nida is pregnant, at home, says family

Nashik, April 17 -- The 26-year-old Nida Khan who has been portrayed as the absconding mastermind at the TCS-run BPO in Nashik, is in Mumbai, and where she is expecting her first child, her family has... Read More


City to get 5% less water supply for tunnel work

MUMBAI, April 17 -- The city will face a 5% reduction in water supply for a week starting April 20, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to undertake crucial maintenance of its key w... Read More


BMC general body meetings to be telecast live on youtube

MUMBAI, April 17 -- Mayor Ritu Tawde on Thursday announced that general body meetings would be telecast live on the BMC's YouTube channel, @MyBMCMyMumbai. She said that this would help citizens see ho... Read More