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Fourth Vikhe-Patil enters politics, 41-yr-old Nila to represent Stockholm City in Sweden parliament

PUNE, Sept. 21 -- In what marks the fourth generation of a family entering electoral politics, Nila Vikhe Patil, 41 - great-granddaughter of Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil who founded Asia's first (Pravara) c... Read More


Pushback against BMC demolition drive against 14-ft and taller slums

MUMBAI, Sept. 21 -- The BMC's demolition drive against slum structures higher than 14 feet, scheduled to begin from October 1, has drawn its first pushback. A legal notice was sent on Saturday to the ... Read More


When Shinde outdid the BJP

India, Sept. 21 -- On Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday last week, the one who took the lead in the celebrations was not a BJP leader but deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Sh... Read More


19-yr-old electrocuted in Jogeshwari visarjan pond

MUMBAI, Sept. 21 -- A 19-year-old man died after being electrocuted at a BMC-run artificial immersion pond in Jogeshwari East in the early hours of Sunday. The victim, Rohit Bhim Singh Rathod, was ins... Read More


26-year-old electrocuted in Ulhasnagar after coming in contact with CCTV pole

Thane, Sept. 21 -- A 26-year-old woman died in Ulhasnagar on Friday after allegedly coming in contact with a CCTV pole which had live electrical current passing through it. The deceased, Karishma Madh... Read More


Low footfall, high stall costs, vanishing Goan delicacies taking traditional sheen off Bandra Fair, say old vendors

MUMBAI, Sept. 21 -- As the week-long Bandra Fair, held in honour of the Feast of the Nativity of Mother Mary on September 8, draws to a close on Sunday, the annual festival appears to have lost some o... Read More


New Mankhurd flyovers threaten 1.62 ha of mangroves

MUMBAI, Sept. 21 -- The green cover that greets motorists on the Mankhurd stretch while travelling towards Navi Mumbai could soon give way to the flyover project, with the Municipal Corporation of Gre... Read More


Two more held for TET paper leak

THANE, Sept. 21 -- Two more arrests have been made in the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak case. Both the accused were produced before the Bhiwandi court on Sunday and remanded to... Read More


Man nabbed for possessing Indian, Pakistani passports

Thane, Sept. 21 -- The Hill Line Police in Ulhasnagar have arrested a man for allegedly possessing an Indian passport as well as a Pakistani passport, obtained on the basis of fake and forged document... Read More


Marathwada water stock at just 46%; tankers in demand

Mumbai, Sept. 21 -- With the water stock in dams and reservoirs across Marathwada falling to the lowest level in the state, at 46.19%, eight districts in the region are reeling under severe drought ev... Read More