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Kavitha's new party name gets EC nod

India, May 1 -- Former Telangana MP Kalvakuntla Kavitha's newly launched political party has been approved as Telangana Rakshana Sena, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI), instead of t... Read More


Constitution does not permit quota based only on religion: State tells HC

MUMBAI, May 1 -- The "Constitution does not envisage granting of reservation solely on the basis of religion", the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, opposing a petition t... Read More


CAG report flags lapses, blocked funds in ICT; DTE seeks transition proposal

MUMBAI, May 1 -- Irregularities in tendering procedures, construction delays at the Jalna campus, blocking of department of atomic energy (DAE) funds to set up an institute, no minutes maintained of v... Read More


More AC local services from May 1

Mumbai, April 30 -- In a bid to upgrade the suburban rail network, Western Railway (WR) is set to convert 17 existing 12-coach local trains into 15-coach services and introduce 12 additional air-condi... Read More


Grocery stores at railway stns? CR floats bids

MUMBAI, April 30 -- In a move that could increase crowding outside suburban railway stations, the Central Railway (CR) will be opening grocery stores on its property just outside its stations. The dec... Read More


Cop killed as piling machine at BMC site topples on his bike

MUMBAI, April 30 -- A police constable, Santosh Gopal Chavan, attached to the Nehru Nagar police station in Kurla East, died on Tuesday night after a piling machine toppled on his two-wheeler ahead of... Read More


Son might not see his mom: HC junks UK man's custody petition

MUMBAI, April 30 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected the petition filed by a Maharashtrian doctor settled in the United Kingdom (UK), seeking an order compelling his estranged wife to send ... Read More


hit-and-run accident kills pillion rider in Kalamboli

Navi Mumbai, April 30 -- A 35-year-old man from Panvel was killed in a hit-and-run accident at the Kalamboli circle on JNPT Road in the early hours of Tuesday, after an unidentified vehicle rammed int... Read More


Vikhroli FoB tender scrapped over lack of adequate bids

MUMBAI, April 30 -- Linking Kanjurmarg railway station with Vikhroli metro station through a pedestrian bridge will take longer, after the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) scra... Read More


27-year-old man kills fiancee and her mother for calling off wedding, attempts suicide

MUMBAI, April 30 -- Enraged that his wedding had been called off, a 27-year-old man stabbed his fiancee and her mother to death before attempting to die by suicide in Gokul Township in Virar west on W... Read More