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Court refuses to discharge Mayor in 2016 assault case

MUMBAI, March 18 -- The sessions court has rejected a plea filed by Mumbai mayor and BJP corporator Ritu Tawde seeking discharge from a 2016 case of alleged assault on municipal school teachers. Addit... Read More


Lodhas to launch theoretical physics institute in Mumbai

MUMBAI, March 18 -- The city is set to acquire a privately-run dedicated research centre in fundamental physics in May, with the launch of Lodha Theoretical Physics Institute (LTPI), by the Lodha Foun... Read More


Housing projects with rehab units to be audited: Minister

Mumbai, March 18 -- The Maharashtra government has ordered an audit into housing projects in the city wherein developers were required to hand over tenements to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ... Read More


State offers aid to Konkan mango, cashew growers for crop losses

MUMBAI, March 18 -- The state government will offer financial assistance to Maharashtra's mango and cashew growers for crop losses due to changes in weather conditions. Mango, or crucially Alphanso, a... Read More


Mid-day meals serve expired energy bars with glass shards

MUMBAI, March 18 -- Energy bars or nutribars meant to support the mid-day meal programme in Mumbai's municipal schools triggered a stormy discussion among corporators on Tuesday. Mayor Ritu Tawde dire... Read More


A surgeon's photographic journey into stillness with quiet precision

MUMBAI, March 18 -- At first glance, Ishrat Syed appears to inhabit two distinct worlds-of the precise and interventionist surgeon, and of the patient and receptive photographer. Yet in 'My Silk Road'... Read More


Frauds promise Bandra flat, dupe polio patient of Rs.1.3 cr

MUMBAI, March 18 -- The Bandra police have arrested a man for allegedly defrauding a 55-year-old polio-affected woman by luring her with the promise of a flat in an ongoing construction project in Ban... Read More


IIT-B pre-summit to host 137 startups

Mumbai, March 18 -- As many as 137 startups from across the country will converge at IIT Bombay in Powai this weekend to showcase their ideas at the Bharat Innovates Deep-Tech Pre-Summit, a platform a... Read More


Proceedings against ex-DRDO scientist shifted to JMFC court

Pune, March 18 -- Proceedings in the espionage case against former Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientist Pradeep Kurulkar have taken a key procedural turn. A sessions court ha... Read More


Puris and papads off at Rama Nayak's

MUMBAI, March 17 -- Perched unobtrusively on the first floor of the municipal market right outside Matunga (Central) station, A Rama Nayak's Udipi Shri Krishna Boarding - founded in 1942 by the pionee... Read More