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BMC acts on encroachments in Lalbaug's Mirchi Galli

Mumbai, April 4 -- In a joint enforcement drive, officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the police cracked down on spice traders in Lalbaug's popular "mirchi galli", acting on c... Read More


Mithi desilting kicks off after several delays

MUMBAI, April 4 -- After two failed attempts and an extension of a third deadline, the BMC has finally begun desilting work on the Mithi River, with operations now underway at five locations across al... Read More


Sewage-tainted water, 60% cuts hit Kalyan-Dombivli

THANE, April 4 -- At the peak of summer, when households need water the most, residents across Kalyan and Dombivli say they are receiving foul-smelling, sewage-mixed water, if at all. With supply slas... Read More


Contractors flag Rs.96k-cr dues, give state govt Apr 7 deadline

MUMBAI, April 4 -- The state owes around 300,000 contractors working on government projects Rs.96,000 crore in outstanding dues. Now contractors have threatened to stop work if the authorities fail to... Read More


The oracle has spoken, spelling out a tragedy

India, April 4 -- Thirty thousand jobs just got deleted off Oracle's rolls. Of those, 12,000 were in India. Engineers, analysts, and back-office stalwarts got hit with a fact: they were merely dispens... Read More


2 decades later, ex-corporator booked for fake caste certificate

MUMBAI, April 4 -- Over two decades after the alleged offence, a former Congress corporator was booked on Thursday for allegedly using a fake caste certificate to contest the 2002 BMC elections from a... Read More


IIT-B's TRYST to take lab innovations to the market

Mumbai, April 4 -- In a major step towards turning research into real-world solutions, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has set up a first-of-its-kind company called Translational Research ... Read More


46,000-tonne LPG carrier heads to Mumbai via Hormuz

MUMBAI, April 4 -- A Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker carrying over 46,000 metric tonnes of fuel is set to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and reach Mumbai by April 6, even as multiple Indian... Read More


3.8k left jobless after edu scheme ends abruptly

Mumbai, April 4 -- Thousands of employees working under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme have been left without jobs after the programme came to a sudden halt, bringing several key education activities acro... Read More


SRPF officer killed after confronting daughter's boyfriend

NAGPUR, April 4 -- A State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) officer was killed and his relative was injured in Nagpur on Friday when the boyfriend of the officer's daughter and his accomplices allegedly at... Read More