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'Return to India if you want relief'

MUMBAI, Feb. 13 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to clarify when he intends to return to India, stating that it was granting him "one more opportunity" b... Read More


EOW books hawala operator for siphoning crores out of India

MUMBAI, Feb. 13 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police has registered a case against an alleged hawala operator and his shell companies for siphoning off crores of rupees abroad usin... Read More


HC raps BMC over open cremations at Manori beach despite ban

MUMBAI, Feb. 13 -- The Bombay High Court has pulled up the BMC for allowing open cremations at Manori Beach, near Marve Beach in Malad, observing that the civic body failed to act despite subsisting c... Read More


Shinde cracks down on strays in Thane

THANE, Feb. 13 -- Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde has directed the Thane district administration to construct permanent dog shelters and intensify sterilisation drives to rein in the stray dog pop... Read More


Two kids injured as tempo rams into school bus

MUMBAI, Feb. 13 -- Two school children were injured after a tempo, allegedly being driven rashly, collided head-on with a school bus on the Pune-Mumbai Highway in Panvel on Wednesday afternoon. Accord... Read More


No helmet, no crossing tolls: State cracks down

Mumbai, Feb. 13 -- With 77% of road accident deaths in Maharashtra involving two-wheeler riders and pedestrians, the state transport department has decided to launch a dedicated campaign to curb such ... Read More


Bldgs feel tremors as Coastal Rd work starts

MUMBAI, Feb. 13 -- Residents of buildings at Charkop Sector No 8 experienced major vibrations on Wednesday afternoon due to the pile testing work on the Charkop interconnector of the Coastal Road. Res... Read More


BMC to e-auction 6 estates over Rs.455-crore tax dues

MUMBAI, Feb. 13 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated e-auction proceedings against six high-value properties after their owners failed to clear property tax dues amounting to ... Read More


Court junks Anil Deshmukh's plea to defer framing of chargesin PMLA case

MUMBAI, Feb. 13 -- A special PMLA court last week rejected former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh's plea to defer framing of charges against him in a money laundering case linked to alleged ex... Read More


'Admit you're surrendering Mumbai to encroachers'

MUMBAI, Feb. 13 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday rapped the civic authorities for their failure to remove encroachments on a busy Powai road, saying the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is... Read More