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Careless infra firm to blame for metro mishap: MMRDA report

Mumbai, March 25 -- Reliance Infrastructure-Astaldi Joint Venture (RAJV), the infrastructure firm constructing substantial portions of the Metro 4 corridor, was squarely responsible for the accident i... Read More


Loss-making BEST renting out its prime real estate for a song

Mumbai, March 25 -- At a time when the Brihamumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking is reeling under accumulated losses exceeding Rs.10,000 crore, it is undervaluing its own assets,... Read More


MSHRC calls for report after woman dies due to rat bite

MUMBAI, March 25 -- The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) on Tuesday took suo motu action in a case in which a 89-year-old woman died in a Bhayandar hospital after she was allegedly bi... Read More


HC refuses to consider arrest memo, chats

MUMBAI, March 25 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to rely on the arrest memo of the 2021 Cordelia cruise drugs bust and purported WhatsApp chats between Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) offic... Read More


godown fire at Mira Road singes 25 nearby homes

Mumbai, March 25 -- A massive fire broke out in a warehouse in Mira Road on Tuesday night, scorching balconies of over 25 nearby homes, triggering panic among residents and leading to explosions of tw... Read More


Contractor held for 7-year-old's drowning

MUMBAI, March 25 -- The Kurar police on Monday arrested Dinesh Patel, the contractor of a slum rehabilitation project site in Kurar village where a seven-year-old boy drowned in an unguarded 20-foot-d... Read More


Panel blames IPS officer, officials for Ghatkopar hoarding collapse

Mumbai, March 25 -- A Maharashtra government-appointed panel that investigated the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident has blamed IPS officer Quaiser Khalid, civic officials, and others for the "ille... Read More


CM, Uddhav trade friendly fire at council farewell

MUMBAI, March 25 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray exchanged banter, and veiled barbs, during farewell speeches for nine members due to retire from the sta... Read More


aasiya Andrabi sentenced to life in uapa case

New Delhi, March 25 -- A Delhi court Tuesday sentenced separatist leader Aasiya Andrabi to life imprisonment for running a terrorist group conspiring the secessionism of Kashmir.The court observed tha... Read More


govt tightens refund rules on train ticket cancellation

New Delhi, March 25 -- Indian Railways has tightened its ticket cancellation rules across the board, doubling the no-refund window and extending percentage-based penalties to cancellations made earlie... Read More